Old Freemasons Club to be demolished for new Stones Corner apartment tower

The old Freemasons Club building in Stones Corner is set to be demolished to make way for a proposed new 13-storey apartment tower with retail space on the ground floor.

The old Freemasons Club building in Stones Corner is set to be demolished to make way for a proposed new 13-storey apartment tower with retail space on the ground floor.

A development application was recently lodged by Developer Oakridge Property Group, who intend to acquire the 2104sq m allotment on 17 Cleveland St, to build a 99-unit apartment complex.

Concept designs of a proposed 13-storey apartment at 17 Cleveland St, Stones Corner. Picture: Supplied

The proposed development is bordered by Cleveland St to the northeast, Lincoln St to the southwest, multiple residential developments to the south and a medical centre to the north.

Planning documents show the proposed development involves the creation of a new 11 level apartment complex comprising 33 one-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom and fifty-five 55 three-bedroom residential dwellings, a ground retail space, and four levels of basement parking.

Concept designs of a proposed 13-storey apartment at 17 Cleveland St, Stones Corner. Picture: Supplied

The civil construction works on site will include demolition of the existing single storey structure, basement shoring and excavation for the construction of four levels of basement parking, construction of a new vehicle crossover to Cleveland St and construction of stormwater pipe connection to Lincoln St, water and sewer connections.

The proposed site for the new Stones Corner apartment building.

The proposed basement is accessed via a ramp in the western corner of the site and provides the residents with 211 parking spaces as well as motorcycle spaces.

Town planners Urbicus outline in planning documents that an adjoining site has also been approved for an eight-storey building.