The Collective Atchison puts the best of Crows Nest within easy reach
Located steps from Crows Nest Metro, the near-complete development brings luxury living to Sydney’s Lower North Shore.
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For new home purchasers seeking village life, exceptional transport and everyday amenity on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, The Collective Atchison makes a compelling case for putting location first.
Developed by TWT Property Group, The Collective Atchison is the first stage of The Collective, an ambitious new precinct bringing residences, workplaces, retail and creative spaces together at the meeting point of Crows Nest and St Leonards.
The 16-level building, currently near completion and expected to welcome its residents by the end of the year, comprises 93 one, two, three and four-bedroom residences. The one and two-bedroom apartments have proven particularly popular with a mix of first home buyers, DINKS (double-income-earners with no kids), and downsizers with budgets under $2.5 million.
While the architecture is now visible from its Atchison Street address, a public artwork installed by Mel O’Callaghan and the interiors by the team at DBI showcasing high-end finishes like natural stone benchtops and Miele or Gaggenau appliances, it is the location that proves The Atchison’s greatest luxury.
Crows Nest’s celebrated village is on the doorstep, placing cafés, restaurants, wine bars, fresh food, everyday shopping and an extensive choice of fitness and wellbeing facilities within an easy walk. It is a neighbourhood that works just as well for a spontaneous midweek dinner as it does for a quiet morning coffee or a weekend spent close to home.
That walkable lifestyle is more than a sales promise. Crows Nest has a Walk Score of 92 out of 100, earning it “Walker’s Paradise” status and ranking it among Sydney’s most walkable neighbourhoods.
Connectivity is equally impressive. The Collective Atchison is approximately 300 metres from Crows Nest Metro Station and around a four-minute walk from St Leonards railway station. Metro services place Barangaroo about five minutes away and Martin Place just seven minutes away, transforming the daily journey to the CBD. Heavy rail, buses and nearby arterial roads add further flexibility for travel across Sydney.
The broader precinct also offers access to one of Sydney’s most important health, research and education clusters. Royal North Shore Hospital anchors the Sydney North HealthCARE Innovation Precinct, alongside North Shore Private Hospital, The Kolling Institute and links to the University of Sydney. Local educational options include TAFE NSW St Leonards and a concentration of respected public and independent schools across the Lower North Shore.
This combination gives The Collective Atchison unusually broad appeal. Downsizers can exchange maintenance for convenience without surrendering an established neighbourhood. DINKS and professionals gain rapid access to major employment centres. First-home buyers can secure a foothold in a premium location, while investors benefit from the depth of tenant demand generated by nearby health, education and commercial hubs.
TWT Property Group Head of Sales and Marketing, Johnson Yap, says buyers are responding to precisely this convergence of lifestyle and connectivity.
“The Collective Atchison brings together the best of both worlds, a premium residential offering surrounded by the lifestyle, amenity and connectivity of Crows Nest and St Leonards,” Yap says.
“It’s a rare opportunity to secure a high-quality home in one of Sydney’s most established and connected lifestyle precincts.
“The Collective is a reflection of how buyers want to live today, with premium residences, exceptional amenity and the convenience of having everything within easy reach.”
With its village atmosphere, dual rail access and essential amenities close at hand, The Collective Atchison offers something increasingly valuable: a home that makes Sydney feel easier.
With the building approaching completion and off the plan apartment purchasers moving in soon after, the remaining apartments aren’t expected to last long. Click here to find out more.
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On the owner’s deck, a 20-metre swimming pool incorporates Feadship’s patented ContraWave technology and extends indoors as a suspended, glass-bottomed infinity pool.
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With 30 metres of beach frontage, two pools and a 12-car garage, the Hedges Avenue estate is asking $7.5 million more than Queensland’s standing house price record.
A six-bedroom beachfront estate on Mermaid Beach’s Hedges Avenue has come to market for $47.5 million, putting Queensland’s house price record in reach less than three months after it was reset in Noosa.
Michael Kollosche and Matthew Follent are marketing the four-level residence at 79–83 Hedges Avenue. It occupies a 1,212-square-metre corner block spanning three allotments, with about 30 metres of direct beach frontage.
The beach is visible from the moment you enter. Two storeys of glass frame the surf beyond the sunken formal dining room, bringing the view deep into the house. Dark granite and black fossil marble give the interiors a more dramatic palette than the usual beach house, with sandstone walls and timber cabinetry adding warmth.
The ground floor is arranged around several places to eat and entertain. The kitchen has a butler’s pantry and an adjoining meals area that opens to a sheltered beachfront terrace. A built-in barbecue and adjustable shutters make the terrace practical when the sea breeze picks up. The heated infinity pool sits beside it, at the same level as the main entertaining areas.
The living room has its own bar, with an ice maker, fridge and dishwasher. Doors open towards both the front courtyard and the pool terrace, giving guests somewhere to spread out when the house is full.
Upstairs, all six bedrooms have private bathrooms. The main suite looks straight out to sea through full-height glass and has a private balcony facing the beach. Its dressing room has curved cabinetry, a dedicated vanity and a coffee station. The other five bedrooms share the floor with a family room, a rumpus room and two smaller retreats, giving children and guests living space of their own.
The rooftop offers a different view of the Gold Coast. From the second pool and spa, the outlook extends along the beach, across the skyline and inland to the hinterland. One of the two offices is on this level, with the other on the ground floor. 
A lift links all four levels, including the basement, where a cinema with its own bar sits alongside a temperature-controlled wine cellar and a 12-car garage. A separate shed at the foot of the driveway ramp provides additional storage. Altogether, the house spans about 2,241 square metres, with its northeast-facing corner position giving it roughly 30 metres of frontage directly onto the sand.
The records in reach
A sale at the asking price would clear the $40 million Queensland house benchmark set in August by 32–34 Noosa Parade. That transaction covered one waterfront estate across two adjoining blocks, with a 1980s residence and two private jetties.
On the Gold Coast, the reported house benchmark is $28 million for 41–45 Hedges Avenue, a similarly sized triple-block holding that traded in 2024.
The Gold Coast has also seen a roughly $40 million deal for a collection of homes across three titles at Jefferson Lane and Fourth Avenue in Palm Beach. The Mermaid Beach asking price sits above that transaction, too. Palm Beach deal
Five of Queensland’s highest reported residential sales
The comparison covers individual estates and apartments, including reported off-the-plan contracts. The Palm Beach portfolio is a separate transaction.
- $40 million — 32–34 Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads. The deep-water estate changed hands in August 2026, setting Queensland’s house price record.
- $34 million — 17 Webb Road, Sunshine Beach. The beachfront home on a 2,015-square-metre block set the previous Queensland record in a deal struck in 2021.
- $32 million — NALU Ultra Penthouse, Miami. Kollosche announced the off-the-plan deal on 5 November 2026 as a new Queensland apartment price record.
- About $30 million — 43 Witta Circle, Noosa Heads. The Tim Ditchfield-designed waterfront home sold in 2024.
- $30 million — ONE Burleigh penthouse, Burleigh Heads. The off-the-plan sale set Queensland’s previous apartment benchmark earlier in 2026.
Brisbane’s reported house record stands at $25 million. It was set in 2025 by the sale of Graya co-founder Rob Gray’s riverfront property at 17 Julius Street, New Farm.
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