Building profile · Bondi Junction
Heritage shopfronts below, towers above, in the middle of Bondi Junction. Three sales this year — and they say something the brochure never did.
The Forum — 310–330 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022. Stargate Property Group · MHN Design Union · delivered 2013.
The Forum stands at 310–330 Oxford Street, at the centre of Bondi Junction. It is one of the most recognisable residential addresses in the Eastern Suburbs. Stargate Property Group delivered it in 2013. MHN Design Union designed it.
The idea was old and new together. Restored heritage shopfronts run along Oxford Street. Modern residential towers rise above them. For mixed-use living in the Junction, it set the standard of its time.
There are more than 130 apartments across several wings — studios, one, two and three-bedroom. What sets the building apart is how it meets the street.
The Forum draws a particular buyer and tenant. Professionals, downsizers and investors who put walkability and convenience first.
The rooftop terrace is the feature people remember. The view runs to Sydney Harbour, the CBD skyline and the Pacific coastline. Add security, lift access and modern finishes, and the building does what many newer ones attempt — it balances lifestyle with function.
Three sales at The Forum carry 2026 dates. Two one-bedroom apartments in the west wing and one two-bedroom in the east.
Against the suburb, the building holds its premium. The Forum has long traded above the Bondi Junction median, and it still does. All three sales this year cleared the suburb median for their type.
Against its own range, it is softer. One-bedroom apartments here have generally sold between $900,000 and $1,480,000, with a median around $1.19 million. This year's two came in at $848,750 and $925,000 — one under the range, one at the foot of it.
The two-bedroom sold inside its range, and still below cost. Two-bedroom apartments sit in the $1.4 million to $1.6 million band, with a median around $1.5 million. Apartment 608E sold for $1,435,000. It cost $1,555,000 in 2022. That is $120,000 less, before stamp duty and selling costs. It has no car space, and in this building that matters.
The top end did not trade. Three-bedroom and sub-penthouse apartments have reached $2.2 million and more, on the higher floors and better aspects. None appears in this year's records.
The building's usual range, and this year's sales
A premium to the suburb is not the same as a profit on the price paid.
Two of the three sales have an earlier price. They point in different directions.
Apartment 1106W was bought in 2012, off the plan, for $640,000. It sold for $925,000. That is a gross gain of 45 per cent over about fourteen years — between 2 and 3 per cent a year.
Apartment 608E was bought in 2022, near the top of that cycle. It sold four years later for 7.7 per cent less.
Two sales are not a growth rate for a building. But the pattern is the one I see across the newer towers in Bondi Junction. Long holds have made money, slowly. Recent buyers have found the resale market less generous than the price they paid.
The rental side is steadier. Transport, retail and employment are all close, and tenants stay. A notable share are long-term occupants, which says something about how the building lives.
Two-bedroom apartments lease for about $1,200 to $1,275 a week. Gross yields have averaged 4.0 to 4.5 per cent, depending on price and configuration. At this year's two-bedroom price of $1,435,000, that rent works out to about 4.3 to 4.6 per cent gross — before levies, rates and vacancy.
The location is not in question. Buyers still pay more for The Forum than for the suburb at large.
The price is the question. An owner who quotes the old range will be measured against three sales that sit at the bottom of it.
Parking, aspect and level separate one apartment from the next here. So does the year you bought. Price to this year's evidence, and present the apartment to earn the top of it.
The location is not in question. The price is.
I read the sales in your own building first. I will tell you plainly where your apartment sits — by wing, level, parking and aspect.
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Sources. The three 2026 sales are from a property export dated 5 October 2026 for 310–330 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction. Earlier prices and years are from CoreLogic RP Data; no earlier price was available for 504W. Suburb medians are for Bondi Junction unit sales above $500,000 from 1 January to 1 October 2026. Changes are gross, compare the 2026 price with the previous priced sale, and exclude stamp duty, selling costs and renovations. Annual figures are approximate, as only the year of the earlier sale is known. The building's usual price ranges, medians and rents are approximate and vary with aspect, level, parking and presentation. Yields are gross: weekly rent multiplied by 52, divided by price. Building details are as understood at the time of writing.
This article is general commentary on the Eastern Suburbs property market and does not take account of any individual's circumstances, objectives or financial position. It is not financial, legal or investment advice. Property values move, and past sales are not a reliable indicator of future results. Alan Weiss, Weiss Real Estate — Licence 218396, independent contractor for eXp Australia.
