Edge Reveals 10-Storey Scheme at Fremantle’s Leighton Beach

The project’s 4015sq m site is one of two remaining vacant plots prepared for apartments in the late 2000s just before the GFC hit and after the WA government divested the land that had housed the defunct Leighton railway marshalling yards.

A three-storey 30-apartment complex by Summit Homes was unanimously approved by the panel on June 23 for the other vacant plot, which adjoins the eastern boundary of Edge’s site.

Edge’s project would have a commercial tenancy and kayak storage on the ground floor. A communal lap pool, dining area, games room, co-working space, cabanas, gym, steam room and sauna would be on Level 1.

▲ A rendering of the communal swimming pool planned by Edge Visionary Living for its 10-storey apartments scheme at Leighton Beach.

Level 9 would have four three-bedroom and two two-bedroom penthouses.

The rooftop would have solar panels and a terrace from which sunsets over the ocean could be viewed.

The project would be twice the height of neighbouring apartment buildings. It would also be taller than the nearby Dingo Flour mill, a state heritage-listed landmark that late Fremantle-raised 1980s entrepreneur Alan Bond once touched up before switching from sign-writing to property development.

▲ Neighbouring buildings and the six-storey landmark Dingo Flour mill would be dwarfed by Edge’s 10-storey project. Image: State Library of Western Australia

Edge tops out at Fremantle’s East End

Meanwhile, Edge’s six-storey Muse at Artisan Place project on the fringe of the East End of central Fremantle has topped out.

Edge managing director Gavin Hawkins said Muse was a contemporary development that fitted seamlessly with the Port City’s well-established character.

“It’s a suburb that we all know and love as Perth locals, so it was important to us that we deliver something special that embraces the lifestyle, culture and amenity already here,” he said.

Fremantle is known for its maritime history, artisan community, Dockers Australian Football League club and generally doing things a little differently to the rest of Perth.

▲ Muse at Artisan has topped out and all of its one-bedroom apartments have been sold.

Muse, on Burt Street, will have 153 apartments in a mix of one, two and three-bedroom configurations across two buildings.

All of its one-bedroom apartments have sold.

Hawkins said the Hillam Architects-designed buildings were planned to complete next year.