Bayleys Appointed to Market Desirable Retreat

Media Statement

19th January 2007

Bayleys Real Estate Appointed to Market ‘One of the Most Desirable Retreats in Australasia’

Leading Sydney residential developer brings in top agency to market exclusive beach side village

Bayleys Real Estate has been appointed to market the Whisper Cove beachside retreat north of Auckland. The sales campaign will break this weekend with the launch of an interactive website and advertising campaign.

The appointment is the latest by Lance Hodgkinson, the new owner of the Whisper Cove development as part of his drive to make it: ‘One of the most desirable waterfront retreats in Australasia.’

Bayleys’ sales team will be led by Fran Hudson-Carter who is one of the company’s most experienced premium project marketers with a significant international clientele.

A luxurious show home fitted out by top interior designer Ray Lind of Martin Hughes Design opens at Whisper Cove on Saturday (20th January).

Lance Hodgkinson commented: `Bayleys is working closely with BKA Advertising, the architects at Swan Railley, our interior designers and landscape artists to promote this outstanding location. We have done our utmost to create one of the most prestigious beachfront enclaves in Australasia and wanted the most experienced sales force to bring it to market.’

John Bayley, Bayleys Executive Chairman added: ‘I am very impressed by the development. It is a very good design, superbly executed and you have to give the developer credit for pulling out all the stops.’

The agreement with Bayleys follows the signing up of one of Auckland’s leading interior designers and a top Australian landscape designer to add the ultimate in luxury finishes and sophistication to Whisper Cove.

Rick Eckersley, one of Australia’s most famous garden and landscape designers and Ray Lind, Senior Designer at top Auckland consultancy Martin Hughes Architecture Interiors have been commissioned by Lance Hodgkinson with a no-holds brief to make the most of the stunning location and reflect the beauty of the native character which New Zealand is so rightly famous for.

Notes to Editors:

Kalmar Projects has now started building the first of the 160 luxury homes on 16ha of prime land at the popular beach resort. The outstanding Swan Railley designs feature a mixture of styles from villas to apartments and are notable in that all will have a sea view.

Stafford Eckersley Design was this year’s Gold Award winner at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. The best selling Outside: the Garden Designs of Rick Eckersley and Lisa Stafford featuring photography by Simon Griffiths (Penguin Australia) was published late last year.

Martin Hughes Architecture Interiors is the longest established design based company in New Zealand and famous for its subtle interiors and original solutions. Ray Lind has won numerous awards for his work while with the company and has a select list of long standing clients.

Lance Hodgkinson is one of the figures behind the much-lauded redevelopment of Melbourne’s iconic Chevron building and the Australia Post site in Crown Street, Darlinghurst. He recently completed construction of a seven-storey 31 strata office/retail building in Sydney’s Bondi Junction commercial precinct, along with numerous boutique style developments in East Sydney. In the last five years he has arranged close to $600 million finance for other real estate projects.

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