Developments at old Kodak site

The shutters finally closed on the Kodak factory at Coburg North when it succumbed to the digital era in 2005. Facebook had just begun its quest for global domination and Generation Selfie was more interested in posting photos on the internet than getting film processed on to paper.

The 20-hectare former factory site has a new life as Coburg Hill, a new residential development by Satterley Property Group nine kilometres from the CBD. It will feature a mix of townhouses and houses that will eventually be home to around 1200 residents.

The estate has a new shopping centre with a supermarket, pharmacy, bakery and other shops and its own walking and bike paths. It is close to the inner north’s multicultural hubs of Coburg, Brunswick and Carlton.

For stages six and seven of the project, Satterley has teamed with builders Metricon and Boutique Homes to construct 265 townhouses, 141 with three bedrooms and 124 with two bedrooms. There are 154 still available.

The Focus by Boutique three-bedroom townhouses designed by Mills Gorman Architects range from 160 to 180 square metres internally and are selling from $665,000. All have two bathrooms, a study nook and a first-floor rumpus room plus landscaped courtyards with timber decking.

The smaller two- and three-bedroom TownLiving by Metricon townhouses were designed by dKO Architecture and are 107 to 128 square metres internally with prices starting from $530,000.

Construction is expected to finish in 2016. The Coburg Hill sales office is open Wed-Sun on the corner of Elizabeth and Boyne streets, Coburg North, phone 1300 262 874.