Mickleham - Hermitage

Mickleham

A crafted city ready to live in… all that’s missing is you!

Masterfully planned for a modern community, Merrifield is transforming over 900 hectares into a vibrant new city. The ideal balance of urban amenity and open green spaces. Merrifi eld is giving rise to over 8,000 new homes, an employment base for 30,000 workers, a lively city centre, open parklands and community areas.

Picture a crafted city of cafes and shops, nestled amidst sculpted parkland and sporting fields. A place of culture, leisure, and opportunity, providing life-long learning including a mix of childcare, kindergarten, primary, secondary and tertiary education and essential services for your family with excellent transport links to Melbourne and beyond.

Merrifield Park, a State Government proposed regional parkland, is being planned to include a range of conservation areas, sporting facilities, playgrounds, waterways, walking and cycling trails. Just 30 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, Merrifield is perfectly positioned at the heart of Melbourne’s expanding northern corridor. 

Merrifield will also boast a showcase of high quality landscaped parks, playgrounds and open spaces for all to enjoy. The future community at Merrifield will enjoy excellent access to a diverse range of community facilities, retail, civic, education, commercial, entertainment and recreation, creating an opportunity for a balanced urban lifestyle that remains close to nature.

Merrifield aspires to incorporate the simple and elegant nature of Australian contemporary design style. Encouraging a balance between creativity, innovative design and practical construction solutions. 

The vision for Merrifield is to achieve a neighbourhood character which:

• Reflects a cohesive contemporary style in residential development with a clear urban characteristic.
• Provide a diversity in housing products to satisfy the needs and aspirations of the new and evolving community.
• Create a built environment that is functional, safe and aesthetically pleasing and promotes a strong sense of place and address for future residents.
• Create quality streetscapes and parklands through the public realm and private property landscape treatments.
• Carefully considers the environment, both the impact during construction as well as ongoing environmental sustainability in day-to-day living.