5-star resort hotel with Wet’n’Wild-style beach proposed for Sydney’s west
AN 11-storey resort hotel with a Wet’n’Wild-style beach, floating bar and three private karaoke rooms has been flagged for a sleepy suburb in Sydney’s west.
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AN 11-storey resort hotel with lagoon pool and floating bar has been flagged for the sleepy suburb of Luddenham.
The 275-room hotel would be located within the Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club, in the Western Sydney innovation corridor, and down the road from Celestino’s new $5 billion science city Sydney Science Park.
“The lagoon pool will be the centrepiece — it will have a beach like at Wet’n’Wild,” Twin Creeks chief executive Grant Martin said. He said visitors will be able to swim under a floating bar and eat in an outdoor dining area “which straddles the pool”.
“The longer term vision is to be Western Sydney’s No. 1 hotel ... No. 1 in terms of 5-star, top end of the market,” Mr Martin said.
“We already identified, even without the science park and the (Western Sydney) Airport, that there was a market for us to introduce further accommodation but not just for golf.
“There’s an obvious market for golf play-and-stay.
“We’re looking at the broader market, for functions and events.”
The $99 million staged Twin Creeks development proposal will go before Penrith Council for consideration before proceeding to the Joint Regional Planning Panel, which decides on developments over $10 million.
“We’re ideally hoping to be under construction at the end of 2017,” Mr Martin said.
Other features will include a day spa with outdoor plunge pools, three private karaoke rooms, an 100.8sqm convenience store, a resort boutique, a gymnasium, two lounge areas, and multiple function spaces.
The existing carpark will be replaced with two levels of underground parking for 500 vehicles, and the clubhouse will have a level added.
“The overall master plan is three projects; project one being the hotel, the second project being a winery/villa complex,” Mr Martin said.
“The third project is an elite sports and golf academy.”
Confirmed tenants of the science park include Birling National Avian Laboratories Centre, the CSIRO, and the Catholic Education Office.
The education office is establishing its first kindergarten to year 12 STEM School on the Luddenham Rd site.
Celestino says the first buildings are planned to be open and occupied by 2018.
“(Ours) is a very top end concept,” Mr Martin said.
“What Celestino is doing is 5 star. You would hope that influences what goes in around us.”
Existing businesses in Luddenham include Luddenham Raceway, Model Park and Workers Hubertus Country Club. Dogs NSW’s head office is also in Luddenham.
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