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Oran Park is one of Sydney’s fastest growing suburbs and it is about to get a whole lot bigger. Greenfields Development Company is in the process of developing a precinct with 1000 terrace-style homes described as “the Surry Hills of Oran Park”. The precinct will be located north of the growing town centre. Greenfields general manager of property Mick Owens said the medium density development would have “high levels of amenity.” “The terrace homes will have the town centre to the north and the lake system to the south,” he said. “A green space will link the precinct to the town park, library, leisure centre and shopping centre.” Mr Owens said the terrace home would provide people with another housing option in Oran Park. “It will be a high quality development with a price point lower than detached houses,” he said. “There will be a range of homes available from two to four bedroom.” Greenfields are currently in the process of designing the precinct. Mr Owens said it could be another two years before construction work begins on the terrace houses. “We will start work on the roads in the next year,” he said. In the 1970s and 1980s the state government built hundreds of terrace-style homes in suburbs including Claymore and Airds. The homes were intended to create alternative living arrangements for people on low to moderate incomes. However these houses soon fell into disrepair. Mr Owens said the Oran Park precinct would not fall into the same category. “The houses in Claymore and Airds were placed in an area with no access to amenities to support residents,” he said. “The amenity for people who choose to live in Oran Park is already here.” There are already a number of terrace homes sprinkled throughout Oran Park however Mr Owens said this new precinct offered something a little different. “It’s about density close to amenity and creating safe streetscapes and green spaces that lead to the town centre,” he said. “There will be walking and cycle paths as well as access to two or three parks.” Mr Owens said terrace homes were essential to provide people with a range of housing options in Oran Park. “For us it is about creating housing diversity,” he said. “Small blocks, large blocks, apartments and terraces are a part of that, but with the higher density stuff located close to the town’s amenities. “We’re creating a complete town and 1000 homes is a small percentage of the 20,000 homes that will be built here eventually.”

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