Four towers up to 12 storeys for Brompton Gasworks under plan to lift maximum building heights
Four high-density towers up to 12 storeys would be built in a massive renewal of the Brompton Gasworks site, as developers seek to lift buildings heights.
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Four towers up to 12 storeys high – two for apartments – would be built on the old Brompton Gasworks site under newly released plans for a high-density housing development on the site.
In total, 11 buildings are part of the plans to renew the site in Adelaide’s inner-north, which was sold to Victorian developers MAB by Renewal SA, instead of becoming the Adelaide Crows new HQ, in 2022.
A proposal to lift building heights for the site from 10 to 12 storeys was released for public consultation on Wednesday. A report says doing so would increase open space at the 800-home development.
The masterplan includes 151 townhouses, four apartment blocks, 2100sq m retail building, a 9000sq m office building and 120-room hotel. A commercial and retail zone would incorporate a piazza surrounded by cafes, restaurants and bars.
It also features more than 200 affordable units, 340 two-bedroom units and 45 three-bedroom units.
About 25 per cent of open space would be created, with plans to reuse the old gasworks tunnels and other heritage-listed structures, such as the still-standing gasworks chimney, in green landscaped areas that includes walkways and bike paths.
A new ‘Plan X’ is part of the latest change, with plans revealing overshadowing could be a problem along Drayton St, where residences are also most likely to experience overshadowing.
A building up to six storeys along that street is planned to reduce overshadowing for neighbours.
The report says overshadowing caused by the development should be “considered reasonable and expected”.
It also states there are existing buildings in the area that have hit 12 storeys.
The development would place the taller buildings “along the central parkland-style boulevard” to lessen the impact on surrounding neighbours.
It comes as developers seek to build a 20-storey apartment tower at Glenside, and a five-storey medical building was approved for Kensington Rd.
The site has had extensive soil remediation to fix contamination, with nearly 40,000sq m of clean fill used as a capping layer across the entire site.
When it was announced in 2022, MAB Corporation said it planned to restore former gasworks structures and tunnels across the heritage site.
The commercial and retail space, featuring an Employment Hub, will flow across about 11,500sq m – four times larger than Bowden’s Plant 3 and Plant 4 combined.
The development will house an estimated 2200 residents once completed.
In 2022, MAB said it would invest more than $459m into the precinct, with an average of 190 construction jobs supported over the site’s 10-year development.
A further 730 to 1000 ongoing jobs are expected once the rejuvenation has been completed.
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