City Tattersalls Club Pitt St redevelopment plans revealed
The historic City Tattersalls Club is set to reach new heights – and new generations – with a multimillion-dollar project set to catapult the organisation into the new age.
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Inside the doors of 194 Pitt St lives one of Sydney’s proudest institutions, which for more than 125 years has aspired to be the city’s most welcoming social, sporting and business hub.
Now, the historic City Tattersalls Club is set to reach new heights – and new generations – with a multimillion-dollar project set to catapult the association into the new age.
Club chairman Patrick Campion told Central Sydney for half a century the club had harboured ambitions to build towards the sky, with plans for a 50-storey tower featuring up-market apartments and a 101-room hotel now on public exhibition with the City of Sydney.
Mr Campion said the proposed $762 million redevelopment of the existing site had younger members at the front of mind.
“In this development, we are looking at the desires and wants of people who are now 40,” he said. “We certainly have (potential younger members) in mind.”
The club, which has more than 18,000 members, has a business model heavily reliant on gaming.
It is hoped the development and use of the hotel will shift the income stream away from gaming.
New restaurants, retail space, bars, a fitness centre and event spaces are also proposed as part of the project.
Mr Campion said the new plans were the best way to protect and rejuvenate the existing heritage space, with the original development proposal knocked back three years ago on heritage grounds in the Land and Environment Court.
City Tattersalls Club Group CEO Marcelo Veloz said the tower development would secure the club’s future for the next 125 years.
“The significance of this redevelopment to our members and a CBD that is very much in need of reactivating is indescribable,” he said.
If approved, the project is expected to be complete by 2026.
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