Surry Hills Village: New details on redevelopment of Murder Mall

Stunning new images and details have been revealed of the multimillion-dollar Surry Hills Village as work begins on the mega complex.

Fresh details have been revealed as work begins on the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the Surry Hills Village site.

Once unkindly nicknamed Murder Mall, it will some feature a shiny new Toga redevelopment with shops, cafes, restaurants, units and events space.

The project hit a major milestone on Tuesday with the demolition phase officially wrapped up and construction set to start.

Fabrizio Perilli, Toga’s CEO of development and construction, said the next step of the redevelopment would be the piling around the perimeter, a form of foundation, followed swiftly by excavation.

Artists impression of the laneway.

“We’ll see the structure at the lowest level towards the end of this year, the third quarter of this year, and it will come through from there over a seven month period,” Mr Perilli said.

He added the number of trucks going to from the site at the intersection of Cleveland and Baptist streets would heaviest for the first 12 to 18 months of the build and would taper off moving towards the late 2023 completion deadline.

Speaking at the official sod turning ceremony on Tuesday, where he wielded a golden shovel together with Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Toga managing director Allan Vidor said 50 per cent of the 122 apartments had already sold off the plan with only two of the eight penthouses remaining on the market.

Demolition is now complete. Picture / Monique Harmer

Mr Vidor also provided new details on the 102 room boutique hotel which he confirmed would be managed by the Toga group’s hotels arm which boasts the likes of Adina Apartments, Vibe and Travelodge.

“There’ll be an events space where we are planning on a whole suite of cultural events and lectures and we are working with really interesting people who want to use it to stage all their cultural happenings,” Mr Vidor said.

How part of the Surry Hills Village project will look

“We don’t have commercial tenants yet but we have a lot of interest from the creative and arts community and technology start-ups who want to work in this area.

“Within the commercial building there will be meetings, exhibition and function space where people who want to launch products can do so and we will also have a series of curated cultural events.”

There will be multiple cafe and dining options

So far Coles and Vintage Cellars are locked in as tenancies and they will be joined by restaurants, bars and retail.

“A number of really wonderful operators, including a number already operating in the inner city, are excited to come and open here also,” Mr Vidor said.

“There’s going to be a great authentic range of local food.

“It’s not all gourmet, it’s going to be very accessible. There’s lots of places in the city for high end – this is going to be very community and very comfortable.”

Toga's Fabrizio Perilli, Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Toga managing director Allan Vidor at the Surry Hills Village sod turning.

The Lord Mayor said there were necessary delays during the development application process in order to get aspects such as the traffic management plan just right.

“The first proposal needed improvement,” Lord Mayor Moore said.

“We worked on the improvements and I think people were happy in the end.”