More high-rise apartments planned for Irving Avenue, Box Hill

It’s already dubbed Melbourne’s second CBD, but Box Hill’s apartment blocks continue to mount up, with plans to build a fourth apartment complex in a once-quiet street.

A ONCE-quiet Box Hill street could be crammed with 350 apartments if plans for a fourth apartment block are approved.

The booming suburb has been dubbed Melbourne’s second CBD and is home to the tallest Victorian building outside the CBD — the 115m Whitehorse Towers.

Construction is already underway on three high-rise apartment blocks in Irving Avenue Box Hill, with plans for a fourth just submitted to Whitehorse Council.

The plans are for a 15-storey building at 21-23 Irving Ave, on the corner of Shipley St, where two homes now stand.

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It would comprise a cafe, 113 apartments and 121 carparking spaces.

The $25 million development would feature a curved design, reaching a peak height of 49.3m on the corner of the block.

An artist’s impression of the building planned for 21-23 Irving Avenue.

Construction is wrapping up on a seven-storey apartment building at 19 Irving Ave, and a 10-storey building is also being built at 15-17 Irving Ave, comprising 96 apartments.

And a nine-level building is being erected down the road at 5-7 Irving Ave.

A map including in the application for development of 21-23 Irving Ave.

Just 250m away on Nelson St, construction is starting on a 20-storey apartment building.

Irving Ave sits within the Residential Growth Zone — Schedule 3 in Whitehorse Planning Scheme.

It’s close to Box Hill’s hospitals, shopping district and railway station.

The developer for 21-23 Irving Ave has been contacted for comment.