Penrith Panthers development: $187m East Side Quarter plan for 335 apartments, Nepean river link

Hundreds of apartments could be built on the outskirts of Sydney’s west as part of a $187 million plan for a series of high-rise towers. See the proposal.

A $187 million development could see the dramatic expansion of residential apartments at the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club site in Sydney’s western suburbs.

The fourth and fifth stages of the East Side Quarter residential precinct at Mulgoa Rd, Penrith, earmarks the construction of four residential towers ranging from five to 13-storeys high, as well as 335 additional apartments alongside a 1.6km Outer Nepean River walking corridor.

CGIs of Cabe's $500m project in Penrith- East Side Quarter.

The multimillion-dollar development application was submitted to Penrith Council this month as part of East Side Quarter’s ambitious residential village plan for the Panthers entertainment precinct.

Planners for the project said as many as 20 retail outlets and 753 parking spaces will be built as part of the development.

“The proposal will support the Penrith Panthers Precinct which to provide a vibrant

entertainment, leisure, lifestyle and sporting precinct while providing new workplace,

day and night entertainment, food and beverage opportunities, conferencing and

accommodation,” the planner said. “Development will also maximise pedestrian activities around the lakeside promenade and within the planned through-site link by retail premises

including food and drink premises with outdoor dining spaces.”

The planner also revealed a proposal for the creation of a new “lakefront promenade” with a series of new timber platforms over the existing Panthers lake.

Meanwhile, a plan has been lodged with Penrith Council for a “Riverlink Walk” connecting the Nepean River to the Penrith Panthers site in an effort to “take pedestrian traffic off Nepean Ave and Ladbury Avenue”.

Stages one and three of ESQ are already sold out, with construction of stage two currently underway.