Project Facts

Maximum GFA: 38,470 sq m
Residential GFA: 34,520 sq m
Commercial GFA: 3,810 sq m
Retail GFA: 140 sq m

Render:
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/237/screenshot20111122at124.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/542/screenshot20111122at124.png/)

Link to above information and render:
https://majorprojects.affinitylive.com/public/ee43dfd6c0bd4749afd86e92d5f9f6e9/MP09_0154_Final%20report.pdf

Link to Era Documentation:
http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.go...ob&job_id=4481

As posted by Finn in the Chatswood thread


According to today's Fin Review Mirvac's 43-storey Era development (tallest tower in the Pacific Place cluster in rendering below) sold 94% of apartments less than 11 hours after they were released, at an average price of around $1m. Chatswood high rise resi market is so hot right now.

http://www.auzoom.com/bbs/attachments/month_1104/20110405_c5d76caabe4df8e6a37dBQS2BkLGCgjp.jpg

http://c.mirvac-dev.blocksstaging.com/templates/mirvac_dev_chatswood2/images/framework/tower_bg.jpg

As posted by khimba in the Chatswood thread

Minister approves 43-storey Chatswood development
4 Mar 11 @ 01:02pm by Charis Chang

THE State Government has approved a 43-storey commercial and residential development in Chatswood.

NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly announced Thursday that the Mirvac development in Railway St, known ``Pacific Place’’ had been approved under Part 3A.

``This project makes a positive contribution to the Chatswood commercial centre and as well as towards the NSW Government’s target of 9,000 new jobs in Chatswood by 2036,’’ Mr Kelly said.

``The site on Railway St is located around 250 metres from the recently constructed Chatswood Transport Interchange and is well serviced by both rail and bus services to the Sydney CBD and other centres.’‘

The approval allows for construction of a 43-storey building, including:

* 4876 square metres of commercial space to support an estimated 320 jobs;

* 295 residential apartments;

* Seven levels of basement parking for 332 vehicles; and

* A 1867 square metre landscaped area and pedestrian link under the railway line, creating a total of 3,500 square metres of public open space.

Mirvac has announced residential apartments in the development would be released to the public in weeks.

The chief executive officer of NSW development for Mirvac, John Carfi, said the 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, which feature panoramic views from the Blue Mountains to the City and the Pacific Ocean, would be available for purchase off the plan.

As posted by Culwulla in the Chatswood thread on September 3


ERA this morning. digging deep
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6182/6108012120_b5d06c4afc_b.jpg


Any new construction photos would be greatly appreciated!!

Even before the chatswood interchange or the civic place - this will become the tallest non CBD skyscraper in Australia

actually melbournes Royal Domain tower is 154m and located 2.1km from melbs GPO in st kilda rd. is st kilda rd part of melbourne?
Era is approx 10km from sydneys GPO by road.

lol ohhh well and i just realized that the goldcoast towers oracle are 160m? we will have to wait for interchange and civic which will dwarf them all probz the tallest forever or in our lifetime at least

Great to see so much action in Chatswood, it's skyline is very noticeable in Ryde, where I live.

Looks awesome :)

nearmap OCT23
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6039/6382119315_db68c89404_b.jpg

Great to see so much action in Chatswood, it's skyline is very noticeable in Ryde, where I live.

Thanks to the Zenith Towers, you won't be able to see it until construction reaches the upper levels.

att sky-height of ERA = 135m not 153m
you have a few thread titles to fix.
can you or do you have to ask mod?

Era will bulk high on sydney skyline. one of highest
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6112/6385513581_44ab1e04cc_o.jpg

att sky-height of ERA = 135m not 153m
you have a few thread titles to fix.
can you or do you have to ask mod?

Really?

Urgh I fail at this :lol:

Thanks for getting it edited. I would have gotten on to it yesterday but I was k/o'ed by food poisoning

As of December 9 2011, the hole is very deep. I could not even see the bottom while passing through.

^^
Thanks for the update Fabs :)

And I'm sorry for not getting a photo. I was on a bus and access on the street on foot is very limited to get the photos. The crane should be up early in the new year given the progress.

No photo update but I will take a few snaps next time I venture to Chatswood seeing as I am going to be a permanent resident on the north shore ;)

Just bumping this thread because it is one of the few U/C skyscrapers in metro Sydney and it would be good to get some more regular updates on it.

Also between this, Thomas Street Carpark and Metro Chatswood, there will be around 1,000 new apartments all coming online around the same time. That's over 2,000 new residents! Impressive!

I'm in Ryde which is only 3 stops from Chatswood so I can get some updates on this.

Also between this, Thomas Street Carpark and Metro Chatswood, there will be around 1,000 new apartments all coming online around the same time. That's over 2,000 new residents! Impressive!


Ohh if you want to live in an apartment and enjoy city life, this has to be one of the best areas in Sydney. A short train ride to the CBD, and Chatswood is very vibrant and urban in it's own right. I'm sure they'll have no problems selling all these apartments, and more!

Guys I live in Chatswood & go to the Crunch gym from where I can see the excavation. Will take a pic when I go to the gym.

The excavation of the site IS almost complete. The first tower crane was erected a week ago and a second crane will go up thru the lift cavity.

It was a big excavation because half of the site will be a public park (northern half). The car park basements will cover most of the site.
The public park will be maintained by the body corporate of ERA, not the council who refused to maintain it because of the basement areas underneath.


http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/ERAexcavation2.jpg?t=1331442644

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/ERAexcavation1.jpg?t=1331442647

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/Siteview.jpg

Artists impresison of public park...

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/ERApark.jpg

great pic thanks

I'm not sure about the park particularly the raised sections.

I'm not sure about the park particularly the raised sections.

+1

Not sure how much use this would actually get.. You could only really sit and eat your lunch there.

I'd prefer to have seen a children's playground or something that would actually attract people to it.

Lots of Office workers walk past here, to the train station and to get lunch. Many people who will use it for eating lunch. ;)

A small playground is a nice idea. I wonder where the nearest playground is. Would be good for the kids visiting family in the towers or need somewhere to burn energy.

The park area was designed with the original commercial building proposal. So it was to be used by workers from the commercial building. Now that we have a residential building (ERA) it probably wont get as much use. And ERA will have to maintain it. I think MIRVAC have put aside about $1.5 million for the body corporate to maintain the park for the first 10 years.

There wont be any public access to the top of the RES (cover over railway line).
ERA is also not part of the community title of Pacific Place which includes all of the other buildings. It is a stand alone project and cannot share the other facilities.

A couple of cafes/garden areas etc may be better use of the space.

The raised section of the park will join up with park land that already exists. Interesting that they seem to be going for grasses, like the New York high line.
And the park is right next to two blocks full of office buildings and oddly a brothel, this is a busy pedestrian area too. A good spot for a park.

The "parkland" in the "raised area" is private property only for use by the residents of the Pacific Place Towers.

That makes sense if the body corporate is paying all the costs.

Took these today.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6835172528_ffb0b1e6e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6835172528/)
IMG_1157 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6835172528/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6981300959_f6b2571803_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6981300959/)
IMG_1146 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6981300959/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

Took these today.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6835172528_ffb0b1e6e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6835172528/)
IMG_1157 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/6835172528/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr




I used to live in the apartment in the background :) Some beautiful views from the 18th floor over the North Shore and toward Homebush.

Here is a plan of the landscaping from one of the final submission documents.

There will be public thru access from the park on the west side thru to the small public landscaped area on the east side.
This thru access will be via the existing tunnel under the railway line. (numbered 22 on the plan).

There is no public access to the landscaping/park areas on top of the railway line concrete cover.

ERA has 4 levels of podium/commercial.
The swimming pool/gym is on the 5th level and has access out onto the private landscaping/podium areas.


http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/ERAPARK2.jpg

Thanks for confirming the resident access only to the upper landscaped areas.

Nice diagram.

Will be interesting to see once complete. Will be great for the office workers in the area at lunch time.

Is the car park entrance for the new ERA building via the EPICA building?

The entry for the basement parking of ERA will be at the southern end of EPICA building, next to the EPICA loading dock.

The heavy digging machines were lifted out on saturday - see photos.

Now the form work begins for the 7 basement levels. Then the 43 levels above ground! About 2 years of work probably. It will be a good looking building.

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/removedigequip.jpg?t=1332042747

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/removedigequip2.jpg?t=1332042784

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/removedigequip3.jpg?t=1332042758

just a crane photo...

http://i42.************/157op74.jpg

Some photos of ERA building site from above.

You can see the form work and Lift shaft constructions. There will be 4 high speed lifts to service the 43 levels.

There is still some excavation being finished off at the north end where the park will end up.

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/eraabove01.jpg?t=1333438228


http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/eraabove02.jpg?t=1333438644


http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/eraabove03.jpg?t=1333438226

Great shots! The site is SO big. When heading home on the train you get a quick glimpse and it really is impressive.

By the way, I still can't believe they painted that brothel building that colour. Such a shame, it looked so nice and inviting before :lol:

Great shots upwards! Thanks for posting :)

Upwards - Great photos.

I assume taken from the Cambridge apt building?

Speaking to the traffic staff - they expect to finish digging the north end - by end of month.

It is impressive to see how quick this is going up.

What is the finish date 2013?

The photos were taken from a top level apartment of Cambridge building.

It will take about another 2 years for completion of the building. About 6 months to get above ground level.

And then about a week or so per level above ground for form work. And the outfitting/brickwork follows this up. MIRVAC uses bricks for most interior and adjoining walls so sound proofing is great.

So completion in first half of 2014 i would say!

Not sure if anyone saw this video?

gWJYdZgKPHE


Also there's a website;

http://www.erabymirvac.com.au/

was talking to my neighbour yesterday (he is a builder) and he said he started work on a 43storey in chatswood called Era. i said really? lol he said 95% of units are sold and they have to build fast as possible and no holdays til finished.

^^ bet that is good news for a builder at this point in time!

Seems there are plenty of residential properties being snapped up quick smart in high rise towers. Just goes to show how much demand there is for high rise living

yes, you better believe it. expect some big towers to go up in sydney soon ;)

yes, you better believe it. expect some big towers to go up in sydney soon ;)

Haha alright Cul, that is about the 5th time you have referenced 115 Bathurst St in variously random threads. I take it that some news on this is just around the corner??

The lift core will be above street level very soon ..

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/IMG_0524.jpg?t=1336297187

In the top left we can see one of the idle Metro residential cranes

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/IMG_0522.jpg?t=1336297176

Wow - they are powering along. The elevator shafts are now at road level. They have placed advertisement on the west side.

They will finish the digging at the north end by the end of the month.

The entrance to the car park is under the Epica building - using a split drive way. Will be interesting to see this.

But I am just amazed at how efficiently they are constructing this building.

great progress.
so this will be tallest building in sydney outside of CBD?
Era is 8km as crow flies from sydney GPO. ive already thought of siedlers horizon, thats only 1km from GPO.
at 135m its 1m higher then sydney harbour bridge..

^^
Yup depending how things pan out there could be a height race outside the CBD.

Chatswood's Era raises the bar to 135m.
Potentially North Sydney's 100 Mount Street edges ahead at 149m.
Chatswood could wrestle the title back with the 155m Metro Spire and then ultimately 170m Metro Grand.

Then it could be up to Parramatta.

yeah im hoping civic place will be parras tallest at 200m. should be focal point out west . have observation deck ect. landmark ect

^^
Agree. The new face of Parramatta & Western Sydney.

I was in Chatswood today and there is certainly scope for more skyscrapers east of the station along Victoria Avenue (particularly above the shopping centres). Does anyone know what the height limits are for this part of town?

About 27-34 metres. Victoria Avenue has 14 metre height limit. I think they are far too low.

So this one is higher than North Sydney's 2 biggest, that's a bit hard to believe.

its taller then any northsydney bldg.
northpoint-131m
optus plaza-120m
beaumonde-115m

its taller then any northsydney bldg.
northpoint-131m
optus plaza-120m
beaumonde-115m

Extraordinary! Optus Plaza looks incredibly tall. I thought it would have been at least 150m?

its 156m with spire.

North Sydney is quite high above sea level.

If you stand on the corner of Miller & Blue Street you are clearly higher than the roadway on the ANZAC Bridge.

About 27-34 metres. Victoria Avenue has 14 metre height limit. I think they are far too low.

Agree. Hopefully council comes round in future.

The lift core jumps above street level!

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/IMG_0630.jpg?t=1337407446

View from april 26

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/ERAaerialview260412.jpg

Wow amazing shot upwards!

Question:

How much more potential growth can Chatswood sustain in the future? Are there many sites left to build on? I'd love to see the city go from strength to strength. It could be something very special.

Wow amazing shot upwards!

Question:

How much more potential growth can Chatswood sustain in the future? Are there many sites left to build on? I'd love to see the city go from strength to strength. It could be something very special.

Well i dont believe a place can be overbuilt, the more popular it is, the more popular it will be.

Ive never understood the resistance to chatswood given the congestion across the harbour, and no plan to resolve it. If you live on the north shore, and most decision makers do, it is a perfect location.

Well i dont believe a place can be overbuilt, the more popular it is, the more popular it will be.

Ive never understood the resistance to chatswood given the congestion across the harbour, and no plan to resolve it. If you live on the north shore, and most decision makers do, it is a perfect location.

I loved what .. (was it) Sky said in another thread? About Sydney having the potential to be a bit like Tokyo? In that there are many districts and no 'one' district of the city dominates.

Here's something I mocked up a while ago - about where the city could spread. All along North Shore up to Chatswood. Then we'd have Parramatta growing as a second major CBD in the West.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8687/sydkong.png

great updates upwards

Excellent. Time to point my camera upwards.

http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/IMG_0654a.jpg?t=1337842886



http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u442/upwards888/Buildings/IMG_0652a.jpg?t=1337842788

Era this morning.

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8289/img2237ec.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47420026@N02/

Looks like we have had a core rise over the past few days. :)

Digging has finished in the northern end of the site and concrete is starting to be poured.

Lifts are almost as high as the railway enclosure this week.

They were starting to erect a second crane today in the lift well.

Looks like they are getting ready for the tower to go up.

^^
The first half of installing the second tower crane was done last Sunday.
The crane head and the rest will be finished next Sunday - up thru the lift core --see photo.

June 19
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7406347206_ee02710b8a_b.jpg

ta for updates.

Took some photos today. The second crane is up.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7453623262_cd8602f896_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453623262/)
IMG_5541 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453623262/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7453624866_158f96c249_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453624866/)
IMG_5556 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453624866/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7453625862_2456f9050d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453625862/)
IMG_5563 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453625862/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/7453624062_a0ddaec3ef_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453624062/)
IMG_5553 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mornnb/7453624062/) by mornnb (http://www.flickr.com/people/mornnb/), on Flickr

wow up she goes/

Great photos mornnb. I took some myself today but these show all there is to see.
The form work is above street level so we will see it move up quickly now.
43 levels to go!
Will probably top out before Metro residences over Chatwood station which is still stalled - no work for 12 months now and no word of a resolution to the disputes.

MIRVAC expect to have the structure up to level 34 by the end of 2012.
They are working to a 4 day cycle per level.

And construction is estimated to be finalised late 2013.

^^
Wow, that's impressive!

34 floors in about 6 months??!!

Plenty of future construction shots for this thread then!

^^
Lets hope the weather is good to complete this schedule.
The form work is already up to level 2.

Mirvac have done 3 other towers in the complex so they know by now how to do it in this area etc.
And the sooner it is finished the company will be able to settle on the sale contracts and bring the money in.

We will have some great photos coming up over the next year!

MIRVAC expect to have the structure up to level 34 by the end of 2012.
They are working to a 4 day cycle per level.

And construction is estimated to be finalised late 2013.

Yeah, maybe the jump-form core, but i doubt the decks would be done in 6 months up to level 34. You can just use an egsample of the meriton buildings being built at vic park. Everybody knows harrys builds quick, and gets every deck level up as soon as possible, but they havnt been going up that fast.

^^
Yes i agree probably the jump-form core.

July 2 - Photos of construction workers hard at work on a cold windy winter day..

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7486255116_10d89420b6_b.jpg

Check the guy out at bottom right on the narrow projection! But he is just reaching out no problem.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7486256700_6941ca4991_b.jpg

Nice shots :)

Chatswood's (temporary) new tallest is making nice progress.

Do we know how the apartments have been selling?

^^
They sold about 98% off the plan over a year ago in 2 days.
There are about 5 left - 3 bedrrooms - they probably put the price up to keep some sales buzz going.

Here is an aerial photo from june 15.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/7506973730_8c929b126a_b.jpg

^^
Wow, 98% in 2 days??!!

That Feng Shui must be pretty good in Chatswood!!

I head passed this every day on the train. Extraordinary progress. It's going up at an incredible speed.

the feng shui is good in chatty.its the dragons head while hurstville is the tail.
this is why units sell well.

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/govettsleap/2742.jpg
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/govettsleap/2744.jpg
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the feng shui is good in chatty.its the dragons head while hurstville is the tail.
this is why units sell well.

Even without the feng shui, there are still alot of good reasons to have a home in Chatswood.

Even without the feng shui, there are still alot of good reasons to have a home in Chatswood.

They'll all be insignificant next to the feng shui. I have the green dragon next to my house and only wish i had the black tortoise behind.

July 13 2012

Cranes visible from Sydney Tower.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4563/img2104sf.jpg
By fabianamuso (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/fabianamuso) at 2012-07-13

^^
Wow, great shot Fabs! Sydney Tower is the perfect spot to watch Chatswood's new tallest make its mark on the Chatswood skyline.

The downside is that my Sydneypass for Sydney Tower expires on December 30 and that will be before it becomes noticeable on the skyline.

^^
You can always reinvest??

My favorite construction site at present;

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/govettsleap/3434.jpg
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/govettsleap/3435.jpg
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http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r625/govettsleap/3462.jpg

Thanks Climbing Crane. The core looks to be at about level 8 inside the corebox.

^^
You can always reinvest??

I hope they offer it again for 2013.

The podium levels 1-4 (commercial, swimming poll) have been done and now doing form work at level 6.

So should start moving up even quicker on the residential levels.

Here is overhead from july 12

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/7707240310_6b9e9d20a3_b.jpg

the sun is shining on ERA..

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7708560802_e3c83bbe4c_h.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7708562224_6c3f0209fe_h.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7708559594_29d21f581f_h.jpg

incredible how Era will be RL231m. thats only 4 bldgs higher in sydney
MLC-250m
WT-246m
GPT-244m
Chifley-242m
diagram sea level
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6112/6385513581_44ab1e04cc_o.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/549649_10151154327437619_1426899431_n.jpg

Yesterday from my iPhone. Not the best quality but it really shows what an impact this building will have. Would it reach the top of this photo?

I'm also really surprised the tower is as tall as it is considering its proximity to the sidewalk!

I would say the top of the tower will reach close to the top of the shot, but not go over.

Nice pics.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7257/7779596578_4c65c31b89_h.jpg



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bloody awesome upwards. howd you get up there

^^
Taken from Cambridge building. i have friends who have apartment in there.

Wow what amazing photos. Yes how did you get up there?

What size are the are the form work boards that Mirvac are using for the form work? The look like a lego kit that just snaps together.

^loooks like precast. quick and easy.

Yes they are using some precast especially for the columns.

formwork looks like 1800x900? didnt think that was a standard size but its hard to pick what else it would be

Great shots guys! Exciting times in Chatswood. By year's end we could have fair dinkum construction on 5 x ~100m+ towers in Chatswood!

that's more than the cbd *from rough memory :lol:

CBD = 2 x International Towers, 1 x ANZ Bank Centre, 1 x 8 Chifley Square, 1 x One Central Park. So it would be the same.

However ANZ Bank Centre and One Central Park will be functional in early 2013. As such, they would have to be replaced by 200 George Street and 33 Bligh Street (well the substation anyway) for the CBD to stay even.

Ahh right how could I have forgotten about banga :lol:
Still says enough about the cbd though when a suburb many times smaller could seemingly do just as well

Chatswood is just going through one of those periods of high-rise construction. My concern will be once these towers are complete and if there will be new projects to take its place.

New projects definitely need to start constructing down the Pacific highway towards St Leonards. There is a empty lot across the road from the Persian rug place near the church intersection of the P highway that looks ripe for construction.

^^
That is quite a large site and has been vacant for a couple of years.
I dont know what it is zoned or the height limitations, but commercial or apartments would be ok on this site.
This is just north of the Mowbray rd intersection and on the east side of pacific hgy.

I checked - there is a DA in for this site with Willoughby council. And unfortunately not for a 50 level building!

Lodged by Ausgrid for..
Construction of three-storey mixed commercial building comprising office accommodation, workshop space and ancillary staff cafeteria and basement car parking.

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The view from the Chinese restaurant (Fook Yuen) is changing quickly as Era rises higher!


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Lodged by Ausgrid for..
Construction of three-storey mixed commercial building comprising office accommodation, workshop space and ancillary staff cafeteria and basement car parking.

Yeah, someone posted a render image somewhere before. Shocking height!

diagram update
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diagram update
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great work thanks for the diagram

Will be a towering erection over the small brothel next door.

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Indeed it will be. :)

Well played, Sir.

how do you its a brothel? ;)

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Is there a height limit in North Sydney? The councils documents are a confusing read!


how do you its a brothel? ;)

I've heard. ;)

Go the north shore. The Global arc is powering on.

Construction is moving along fast - must be about level 13 or 14 in the core.
You can see the use of precast concrete with window frames and glass for some of the smaller windows.

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The last picture is a killer!

wow, great updates.

Photos taken from Cambridge building.

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Great photo's! Also is the other half of the site going to be used for a park?

^^
Yes it will be a public park.


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Cheers for that!

Mighty core! Love Chatty concrete jungle, bring on Interchange Towers! :cheers:

pregressing well. did a diagram over elevation
looks like lev16/17 in corebox. 54m above street or Rl150m.

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Great drawing Cul.
The building is starting to impose itself - looking really big now.


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going to be some great views in a few months.

Photos - Oct 16 - They are working on decks level 15/16

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And some more Oct 16

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nice residential building in this area... how much is it sold for?

There are one bedroom apartments going for sale in the upper 600 000's.

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-chatswood-111800519

A press release from Mirvac in May 2011 gives an overview of sales at that point in time. 94 % of apartments had been sold.

http://groupir.mirvac.com/icms_docs/132445_Mirvac_Group_Chatswood_Sales_Update110511.pdf

Hope that answers your query.

great updates upwards.
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Taken yesterday;

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Great photo! Good to see your photos back on this forum sbx.

Thank you mate. Nice to be back.

i was going to say this ERA is tallest building in NSW outside of the Sydney CBD at 135m tall.:banana:
(current tallest Northpoint 131m). but forgot about the 2nd tallest metro residence tower at interchange which will be 140m to roof. not inc the 15m high ladder feature above (total 155m).:nuts:

Oct 26 - looks like working on deck 17

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Taken November 9
Looking good - going up quickly.

They are doing form work on deck level 19.


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Density!!

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great snaps. lev22 in box or Rl164m or 68m above st or exactly half way up!!

current height 170-96=74m
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great shots mornb. sure is getting large.
i count 20floors built with maybe 4 in core (which im estimating).
current height=80m

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Impressed with the progress to date. I like the fact the podium is built right to the street.

November 23 2012

Now visible from Sydney Tower.

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great shots. looks good

Photos from Cambridge apartments.
ERA is now taller than Cambridge and is bursting thru the skyline.

Working on decks of level 22
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great shots. top of corebox is lev26 or RL174m. or 80m high.

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How effin' great isn't Chatswood becoming?

Pretty effin great.

New (and tallest) skyscrapers, the Chatswood Concourse, improved rail connections and a major commercial and retail hub all point to a bright future for the hub of the North Shore

Its great times for Chatswood. A real revitalisation of the suburb.

Willoughby Council is doing a truly good job. The Concourse development has really changed Victoria Ave, the important retail strip between the two shopping centres. It's brought great architecture and culture to Chatswood. The council seems to realise that density is an asset and is making Chatswood as good as possible.

Its not just about building up the working and residential population of Chatswood, but rather expanding what Chatswood can offer.

The Concourse actually gives Chatswood a chance to improve the cultural life that the suburb brings and also offer an alternative to city venues and it has been able to offer some top end entertainment in its short life.

Some people might question the money spent in building it but if it brings people into Chatswood and helps statuswise as a place to go the benefits are there long term.

December 14 2012

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its nearly the tallest already

So where the tip of the crane is should roughly be its final height? Would that be fair to assume?

maybe could be even higher.

How noisy is it going to be in these apartments from the train line?

Have they added extra insulation to the ones above the tunnel entrance?

Will the building have vibration from the train line like the Chatswood station?

its actually quite quiet.the engineers would have made the large podium thick with lots of concrete.the towers would be vibration free.

Willoughby Council is doing a truly good job. The Concourse development has really changed Victoria Ave, the important retail strip between the two shopping centres. It's brought great architecture and culture to Chatswood. The council seems to realise that density is an asset and is making Chatswood as good as possible.

Does anyone know if the state coughed up any $$ for The Concourse or was it completely funded by the council?

Nice pic too Fabs. That view is going to change so much this year alone!

Entirely funded by Willougby Council. As this 7:30 Report bit describes.

Rxs4bERhi60

^^
Thanks for the clarification.

It's a shame a few more councils don't proactively support the arts. North Sydney could do with its own Concourse type development to keep people in the city after hours. Parramatta is treading this path with Parramatta Square.

North Sydney have quite a large site where the council offices are with separate buildings for council offices, library etc. Problem is the council chambers building is heritage protected. The parkland itself is not used very much.

Hurstville does have quite a large theatre (Marana Auditorium) which is quite capable of hosting major events but there has been plans over the years to redevelop that site to provide something more modern along with council offices.

Back to topic please! This is about the Era building, and not the council.

Cheers.

January 4 2013

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Good to see some glass going on the podium. The tower needs more of it.

i was driving down the hwy at Pymble last week and theres a great view of chatswood from the north. the core of ERA looks only slightly lower then the tallest in the CBD.must be nearly 90m

The core I think is at level 25 exposed.

looks like lev24 floor has been completed. with 2 more in core 25/26 and box has 27 in nside
worked out top of box is Rl182m/600ft or 86m above grd.

Another eight metres and then it passes the height of Zenith Towers just up the street.

yes from pymble the other day.the core looked just below zenith.

Another eight metres and then it passes the height of Zenith Towers just up the street.

So 48 metres to go.

yes about currently 2/3 height
about 182mRL. as soon as it hits 200m+,it will be uncharted territory, standout heaps on skyline

Above Help Street 24 floors up - they have started to construct something with girders out the side of the building. You can see them in the photos by Fabian on previous page.

What is this for?

What is estimated completion date as they are powering forward? They are doing a floor every 4-5 days and should complete the tower in another 3 months at this rate.

The girders are to do with construction.

Jan 22 photos
jan 27 - looks like level 27 complete - working on 28 - maybe 30 in box


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great photos
if 30 in box, thats 95m high or RL191m.

Jan 29 - few quick photos
The glass curtain wall is looking good - covers the first 4 commercial levels.



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looks awesome

It's a pity they didn't use that glass for the residential floors as well.

^^
Yes i like enclosed balconies (winter gardens) and/or lots of glass for better views and light.
The higher levels have a lot more glass.

sexy glass

ive noticed ground level is closer to RL95m then RL96m, which means RL231m-95m=136m. amend title ?
current height
100m. above grd.
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Yep let's get it amended! Have you notified a mod? If not, don't forget to get the thread title changed for the Meriton project too :)

Jan 30 - i like this viewpoint! From the west, help st.



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Chatswood changing beyond recognition! Great work as always Cul.

Feb 6

looks like they are pouring concrete on level 30


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wow good shots.

the core is now broke the celing of chatswood, only the spire of citadel to eclipse
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Photos from east. it is now the tallest from here.




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I can't wait till I see this completed it should top out in a few months the way this is going :)

^^
Yes not many levels to go, so i guess about 12 weeks to top out.

Thanks upwards :) keep posting photos up always get excited to see new photos since I don't get the time to go down and have a look anymore

they are working on the decks of level 32 - so level 33 in box and due for a core lift.

Feb 28


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The podium glass looks awesome! :drool:

If they're working on level 32 still, I calculate two more floor rises and Era will officially take the title of Chatswood's tallest building?

They should have kept the glass on the tower too ;)

Looks kinda 80s but I like the podium...

looks like level 36 or 37 in core box :):)

lev37= 210mRL or 115m.
citadel spire = RL214m.

diagram
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Do we know if era is the tallest now any updates on the current height atm??

lev37= 210mRL or 115m.
citadel spire = RL214m.

diagram
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Seriously, can we please kill the stupid "RL" references? No one cares about the height above sea level! If that was of any importance we'd all have to be in awe of building heights in Kathmandu or Lima (Peru)!

All statistics in record books or "world's tallest" lists state building height and not heights above 'nil'.

I kinda agree there some1 could build a small house on top of the tallest mountain and they would have the highest RL

RL is relevant to surrounding buildings.
planners, architects and builders ONLY refer to heights using RL reference.. very important. they dont give a fig about heights above ground./ its irrelevant. i use RLs when refering to Chatswood, St leonards and Northsyd as these CBDs are very high above sea level eg 100m.
and obvously we arent comparing to houses on blue mountains ect. that would be silly
I reffered to citadel rs as this is how you see heights from a distance. all buildings in chatswood have diffrent ground levels so hard to campare each building if they have 10m diferrence at ground level?
anyway as you were

If any1 gets any photos post them up :)

photos March 13
Looks like they are putting out the decks for level 35



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Agree RL is a totally useless thing to consider. It means very little.

^only good comparing to surrounding buildings. ;)

35 slab 38 in corebox=Rl210m. or 115m

So Chatswood officially has a new tallest building :banana:

we will have to wait for interchange and civic which will dwarf them all probz the tallest forever or in our lifetime at least
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Civic?

The Metro Residences will take the cake for tallies in Chatswood heightwise. :)

That's right but era has a respected height as well at 135m to roof that is quite nice for a small cbd :)

March 18 2013

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good photo.
It is the tallest in chatswood - for a while.
We now have long distance photographic evidence!:)

Wow and there is still a bit more to go :)

its about 120m tall atm. still another 16m, or about 5 floors.
its bulk sure will dominate

Nice shot Fabs!

I count 6 cranes in Crane City?

How long before the Interchange towers catch up to Era?

i reckon Era will topout in May.
Metro View will reach height of Era in maybe sept/oct
interestign view will be similar height of Era RL234m as opposed to RL231m. (roof)
metro grand may topout xmas or new year

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Nice shot Fabs!

I count 6 cranes in Crane City?

I'll confirm that.

I was at Bondi Junction two weeks ago, and could also see Era with ease from the transport interchange.

So if I am correct era is exctly 40m taller than epica?? if so that's gonna make epica look small :)

Yes.

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Comparison to original Render of ERA and ghostly METRO

Render..

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todays photo..
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thanks for comparison. looks good

Unmissable now from Flemington whilst on the bus to the easter show yesterday.

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Yeah, I went up the ferris wheel at the Easter Show today and was surprised to spot the building amongst the Chatswood skyline!

What a monster of a building looks amazing it's really gonna make an impact when completed

Yeah, I went up the ferris wheel at the Easter Show today and was surprised to spot the building amongst the Chatswood skyline!

If its the tallest in Chatswood you were 100 % certain to see it. I was thinking of going on the wheel to inspect the city from the sky but didn't when out there on the weekend.

Comparison to original Render of ERA and ghostly METRO

Render..

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On the way to being the Padang.

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A nice Mini Padang in the heart of suburban Sydney.

Good accuracy between the renders and the real life outcome at this stage. Ralan (the folks behind that filth in Burwood) could learn some lessons here.

Amazing see where the core is now is that full height?