A Sydney planning panel is to consider a 27-storey mixed-use apartment tower at Chatswood, one of more than a half a dozen high-rise developments before local councils along the city’s North Shore.
Sydney North Planning Panel is expected to decide by the end of January on plans for 64 apartments, two ground-floor retail tenancies and four office spaces in the 90m tower.
LFD Developments—run by Strathfield-based builder Ben Zheng Lin—is seeking to demolish structures on the 1520sq m site at 5-9 Gordon Avenue.
Two penthouses will top the $61-million development, as well as communal open space, a swimming pool, barbecue area, co-working spaces, outdoor gymnasium, yoga room and golf simulator. Basement parking will provide for 106 vehicles.
There will be four single-bedroom apartments, 19 two-bedroom, 34 three-bedroom and seven four-bedroom, including the penthouses.
However, in a briefing note the Sydney North Planning Panel said “the unit mix can be improved” and noted the “floor level above the basement may require a redesign”.
CBRE has begun marketing the FJC Studio design.
The latest application joins more than a half a dozen towers planned for Chatswood and surrounds following major planning changes.
Those applications come as the NSW government pushes for local councils to accept more high-rise development to address housing demand.
Antaeus Group has plans in train for another 27-storey building this time at 613-627 Pacific Highway, and 200m from that of LFD Developments.
Most recently DPG Project 38 Pty Ltd, reportedly a vehicle of Sydney development company Develotek, filed plans with Willoughby City Council—again for a 27-storey residential building—on a site at 691-699 Pacific Highway.
Develotek is no stranger to Chatswood, having already launched a partnership with Aqualand in previous years for a major 600-apartment development in the suburb.
Construction has begun on Central Element’s $150-million luxury 17-storey residential tower on a site at the corner of Ellis Street and Pacific Highway.
