Rare hillside land with sweeping views over Adelaide and the coast has hit the market as construction materials company Boral sells off a portion of its Stonyfell Quarry.
It is expected to be popular among prospective buyers who are determine to secure land in established suburban areas, which is in limited supply and getting more expensive.
The 3.2ha Skye site at 20 McBeath Drive, which has been owned by Boral for more than 40 years, includes three titles that have the potential to be turned into three separate residences, with council approval.
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The Skye property at 20 McBeath Drive is a rare offering to hit the market.
The parcel includes three titles with breathtaking views.
Colliers Adelaide national director Alistair Mackie, who is selling the property with Rhys Newman, said the portion of land was a small part of its property where the Stonyfell Quarry was located but they were selling it because it was “surplus to their needs”.
“They’ve realigned the titles to create these three unbelievable allotments,” he said.
Opportunities to purchase land in the area are rare given the neighbouring quarry’s footprint and the constraints of being in Burnside Council’s Hills Face Zone.
Constraints aside, Mr Newman said the site had a lot to offer.
“Large, vacant landholdings of this scale and quality within the City of Burnside are extraordinarily rare, particularly those with existing title separation and panoramic views,” he said.
“The scarcity of supply, combined with sustained demand for premium residential product in the eastern suburbs, makes this a highly attractive opportunity for a wide buyer pool seeking a blue-chip landholding.”
The neighbouring quarry is one of Adelaide’s oldest, with operations dating back to 1837 when it supplied stone for some of the city’s earliest road and rail infrastructure.
It later became part of Quarry Industries before Boral acquired it in the 1980s and it has remained an important source of construction materials for the region.
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It overlooks Adelaide and the coastline.
Land parcels in the Hills Face Zone are rare.
The listing comes as new figures from Oliver Hume reveal fierce demand coupled with limited supply is driving land prices up across Adelaide.
Adelaide’s median land price rose 6 per cent in the December quarter and 27 per cent in 2025 to $371,000, its latest Quarterly Market Insights data revealed.
The rise is despite the volume of land sales across Adelaide dipping nine per cent to 550 sales in the last three months of the year.
Oliver Hume chief economist Matt Bell said Adelaide’s continued price growth reflected increased demand and ongoing supply constraints.
“While gross Adelaide land prices remain more affordable than both Melbourne and South East Queensland, in $/sqm terms, Adelaide ($981/sqm) now sits only 17 per cent behind Melbourne ($1,041/sqm),” he said.
“In 2025, demand has been translated directly into price gains,” he said.
“While the outlook for new supply has improved, the translation to on-the-ground delivery will be slow.”
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