First Perry Lakes lots for sale in Dec

The first home sites in the new Perry Lakes redevelopment at Floreat will be auctioned in December.

Perry Lakes Stadium was the site of the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

The ageing athletics stadium and surrounding infrastructure is being demolished to make way for the development.

The on-site auction will include 17 blocks in the Garden Precinct, ranging in size from 308sqm to 739sqm.

More than 1,000 people have registered interest in purchasing lots in the redevelopment with the first lots to be auctioned at 10am on December 4.

Planning Minister John Day said,"The first land release in the Garden Precinct has been very much anticipated by purchasers and developers since this important urban infill project started almost four years ago."

See statement from Planning Minister below:

The first home sites in the new Perry Lakes Redevelopment at Floreat will be auctioned in December.

Planning Minister John Day said the auction at 10am on Saturday, December 4, 2010 was a major milestone in the transformation of Perry Lakes Stadium into a modern housing development.

The on-site auction will include 17 blocks in the Garden Precinct, ranging in size from 308sqm to 739sqm.

"The first land release in the Garden Precinct has been very much anticipated by purchasers and developers since this important urban infill project started almost four years ago," Mr Day said.

"More than 1,000 people have registered interest in purchasing lots in this redevelopment, which will provide an alternative for families seeking to be part of an established community.

"Perry Lakes Stadium, built for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, was a landmark sporting facility which is emerging as a landmark housing development. It reflects the site's heritage and the Floreat community."

The Minister said design guidelines would mean homes at Perry Lakes would incorporate the modernist style which was reflected in the stadium and other civic buildings of the time.

Since civil works started in January 2010, specialist landscapers have restored the edge of the East Lake, replacing weeds and exotic plants with native species.

"Timber seating from inside the athletics stadium has been recycled as boardwalks around the edge of East Lake so the whole community can enjoy its natural beauty and protect it at the same time," Mr Day said.

Since February 2006, LandCorp, on behalf of the Town of Cambridge, has taken the project through concept planning, extensive community and stakeholder consultation, structure planning and subdivision design.

Background information on the Perry Lakes redevelopment:

Perry Lakes redevelopment site covers an area of 15.56ha

It will ultimately include four distinctive precincts celebrating aspects of
Perry Lakes history:

Garden precinct - adjacent to the green belt, trees and open spaces
Track and Field precinct - towards the centre, reflecting the original 400m running track
International precinct - in the heart of the redevelopment, reflecting formal modernist design
adding density, the Apartment precinct near Underwood Avenue, reflecting the important public structures of the 1962 Commonwealth Games

Stage 1 will create 38 lots. The auction on Saturday, December 4, 2010 will offer the first 17 lots

More than 1,000 people have registered interest in purchasing lots through the Perry Lakes website

The redevelopment plan allows for more than 600 dwellings to be built on 134 lots. It is envisaged more than 1,200 people will live in the Perry Lakes redevelopment once fully complete

More than 9,250 native plants have been incorporated in the wetlands rejuvenation in Stage 1 civil works and 7,500 linear metres of timber from the stadium seating has been used for boardwalks

Sir Thomas Meagher Pavilion (the grandstand) will be removed in Stage 2 works in 2011. RugbyWA and the Western Force are currently tenants within the grandstand. Their new facilities are currently under construction adjacent to the WA Basketball Centre on Underwood Avenue. The basketball stadium is currently being demolished.