Developer Plots Double-Block Project for WA’s Innaloo

Perth’s appeal continues to drive demand for new apartments with Windsor Knight’s filing plans for an “ambitious” mixed-use development.

Proposed for a site opposite Westfield Innaloo, the plans lodged with the City of Stirling comprise 122 apartments, 10 retail spaces and parking for 372 vehicles.

The design by Hames Sharley shows two built forms and a through-site link across the 1ha site at 367 Scarborough Beach Road, Innaloo, 9km north-west of the CBD.

However, these plans have been put on hold by the council until issues concerning reciprocal easements with a neighbouring property are addressed.

The property is next to a service station and single-storey retail strip. 

The vacant site in Perth’s north-west “warrants an ambitious development”, according to the application report. 

“​​The proposal responds to the site’s prominent corner location, creating an entry statement to the Stirling City Centre,” the report said.

“The development has been put together with significant consideration given to the existing low-density character of Woodlands, ensuring setbacks to road frontages are maximised where possible, reducing the overshadowing on to the surrounding residential areas. 

“The subject site is surrounded by a variety of commercial land uses, and low density residential properties to the west and south of the subject site.”

A number of designs were put to an engagement group for Woodland north, which preferred the dual 6 and 13-storey design.

▲ The apartment buildings designed by Windsor Knight have frontage to Scarborough Beach Road and Ewen Street opposite Westfield Innaloo.

Private amenities would be above the podium, including a pool gym and barbecue areas along with communal landscaped terraces. 

“The proposal has elevated this corner site to a landmark node within the precinct,” the architect statement said.

“We have listened to the community needs and suggestions, we have responded to the LDP envelope and we have met the objectives of the structure plan.”

The project team made contact with council in 2021 as the affordability the Perth apartment market drove demand.

Perth’s property market is expected to rise again next year, driven by a tailwind of the recovering Chinese economy, according to SQM Research.

The Boom and Bust report predicted prices to increase 5 to 9 per cent regardless of what happened to the cash rate in 2024.