Memphis Group unveils high rise vision for Campbelltown on current Bunnings site
A 7ha industrial lot in Campbelltown could be flattened to make way for a city-transforming precinct consisting of 1800 homes across 27 towers up to 25-storeys high. SEE THE JAW-DROPPING PLANS HERE
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A multibillion-dollar city-changing project, set to feature 27 towers rising up to 25-stories high, is edging closer to reality in Campbelltown.
The major project plans to flatten a 7ha site, which currently includes Marketfair Shopping Centre, Bunnings Warehouse and Fit HQ, and erect a ‘mini-tower city’ generating up to 1800 homes and more than 2000 jobs.
Town planner Wayne Gersbach, director of Memphis Strategic which represents the four landowners, said it was a special opportunity to create an contemporary precinct in southwest Sydney where people can live and work.
“We have been working alongside council with this project and we may well be the first cab off the rank to kickstart Reimagine Campbellown,” he said.
“It is still part of a long process.”
The planned vision is to see towers stand up to 80m high, with 17 of the proposed buildings set to be 10 stories high. The current height limit for the precinct is 32m.
The site is owned by Dumarch and Holdings and Dankur, Morad Group, Senkhun Two Pty Ltd and Fort Street Real Estate Capital Group.
Mr Gersbach said the towering heights were necessary to allow 30 per cent of the precinct to be community plazas and green space.
Campbelltown Council officers have recommended the ‘tower city’ vision be supported and sent to the Department of Planning for further investigation. The officers’ support came on the proviso more investigation would be completed about potential traffic and flooding impacts. Councillors will vote on the recommendation at Tuesday night’s meeting.
Campbelltown state Labor MP Greg Warren said he welcomed any project to generate job growth in the city, but would like certainty that the surrounding road, rail and health infrastructure could handle the ‘tower-city’.
“Our health services, roads and rail is already overcapacity,” he said. “I will also listen very closely to the community’s views on the matter of height.”
The city-changing project has also been generally supported by members of the business community.
“Any development that stimulates our local economy with residences, retail and hospitality is always a plus as long the development is sympathetic to its surrounds,” said Campbelltown Chamber of Commerce president Tamlyn van Zyst.
The applicant is hopeful the precinct would be rezoned for development early next year.