Catalina Apartments Overview : Off The Plan Investment Property

Catalina Apartments offer an excellent off the plan investment opportunity in the North Shore area...

Catalina St Ives is a new boutique, energy efficient, residential development in the heart of the St Ives village, located on the exclusive upper North Shore. The development consists of 33 beautifully designed 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments that have been designed to maximise privacy and minimise energy and water use. These environmentally friendly units are pioneering the way future developments will be designed and constructed.

Catalina St Ives occupies a superb location within the well-established upper North Shore suburb of St Ives and falls into the leafy municipality of Ku-Ring-Gai. Approximately 20 kilometres from Sydney's CBD, St Ives enjoys a village atmosphere and a feeling of space.

St. Ives is ranked amongst the top suburbs in the City of Sydney. It is a location, which offers a lifestyle, and community facilities, which few suburbs can equal.

Surrounded by trees, flowering shrubs and Australian native flora and fauna, St. Ives enjoys a leisurely lifestyle.

St. Ives is popular with families because of its close proximity to some of the best public and private schools in Sydney, as well as excellent amenities, shopping and sporting facilities.

For the golf enthusiasts Pymble Golf Course is across the road from St. Ives Shopping Village and it is only a short drive to the beautiful Northern Beaches.

The population of St Ives is made up largely of professional people, who choose to live in the area because of its easy access to transport to the CBD, its lifestyle amenities, Sydney’s top schools and the abundance of open space including parks and bush lands.

St Ives is an established suburb characterised by an overall affluence. The socio-demographic profile of residents indicates:

• The median weekly family income is around 82% above the Sydney median and 110% above the Australian median.
• The median age of residents is 43, above the Sydney median of 35 years.
• Families with dependent children comprise almost 57.2% of trade area households, compared to the Sydney average of 49.3%.

St Ives is a predominantly residential area with large areas of parkland and bush land. Significant development occurred between 1961 and 1976, when the population trebled. From the 1970s, St Ives took over from Gordon as the commercial centre of the Ku-ring-gai municipality. Construction of some medium density housing—townhouses and retirement villages—took place from the 1980s onwards. From 1996 to 2006, as a result of new dwellings in the area, St Ives experienced a small increase in population