The two tower PROXIMITY residential development is well under way in Sydney's south at Wooli Creek (8kms south of CBD).
The modern complex will dominate the surrounding areas and is close proximity (2km) from the airport.
The two towers will rise 14storeys (45m) & 20storeys (61m).
the piling has been going on for a few months now and concrete foundations & core are about to commence.
here are some renders

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/11/169736.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/11/169737.jpg


i took these today from fast moving train! lol. we must of been doin 80kmph !just went thru Wooli Creek station.also it was pissing rain! suprisingly clear pic?

I get to watch its progress everyday to & from work!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/181958.jpg

one of the cores is at base of crane!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/181959.jpg

just across from Proximity (on other side of train track) is the large Meriton complex with units ranging from 3-11 storeys.

I saw the crane on Sunday, but I forgot about it! It's good news to see the crane, a sign that it is about to rise.

Hey, is that the Wolli Creek train station car park? Pretty close!
Good too see some rather attractive residential developments outside the CBD for once!

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LOL, how could you forget about such a BIG crane?

With CULWULLA passing this site on a regular basis, we vitually have our "man on the spot" for occasional updates on Proximity's progress ;) .

Here are some pictures I took back in December

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/p13c5faaaba6a1e85bff09cf9b7283de9/fcea8d16.jpg.orig.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid43/p23eb872fd8a292db2f6b2bf17deb1095/fcea8d13.jpg.orig.jpg

Went past on the train today and noticed a lift core starting to appear. I think it may be the smaller tower. I took a picture but it did not show the core.

Better luck next time!

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you can see the core in first pic!

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Better luck next time!</td></tr>
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you can see the core in first pic!</td></tr>
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And I'm pretty sure its the core for the taller tower.

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>Went past on the train today and noticed a lift core starting to appear. I think it may be the smaller tower. I took a picture but it did not show the core.

Better luck next time!</td></tr>
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you can see the core in first pic!</td></tr>
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And I'm pretty sure its the core for the taller tower.</td></tr>
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yeah its the core for taller tower, the shorter tower is also getting its core foundations done!

:D

This is the shoddy picture I took last week

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid52/p201385f7557d3664cc2b291b5d9ddd2a/fc9af15d.jpg

Cannot get it any bigger because of that annoying message

Just a quick update on this project, which is advancing quite quickly!

Another crane is now on site, of similar height to the one shown in the previously posted photographs. When I went by on the train today the site looked like it was full of people in bright orange vests, swarming over the construction.

The core for the main tower looks to be about three storeys high, and the ground floor slab is being poured, on top of the underground car parking.

Does anybody else think that the second rendering looks similar to tower two at Mirvacs melbourne docklands. Is it the same architect?

pix from today!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pbb8d2bbca823d5f0fd1ab43622da4ab8/fc82f858.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pd5152eb8ceafececa09499e3d31fa82d/fc82f77d.jpg

Culwulla, do you take those photo's from the upstairs, downstairs deck or the doors?

Meanwhile Proxmity is making some good progress. The lift core has risen two floors since my photo on Feburary 19.

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Meanwhile Proxmity is making some good progress. The lift core has risen two floors since my photo on Feburary 19.</td></tr>
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i take them in the vestibule area! if its too crowded il take it from my seat which is up top!
you gotta be bloody quick!

I take them from my window seat which is always on the top deck. I try and make sure there are no obtrusions when taking the photos, especially in the older carriages.

However last time, I had to sit on the aisle and produced the shoddy photo. The lift core looked more like a billboard!

This project is progressing probably the fastest out of all the towers uc in Sydney! The core is now up to 6 and the first slabs are being layed!!
heres a pic from today! at 80kmph!!!>>>

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/186203.jpg

Looking great. I'm impressed by it's rapid progress. Won't be too long before this tower is visible.

The lift core for the smaller tower has also started to rise according to this photo.

It is on the right of this picture

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid57/p64c35fcce4bc19748fde5ae3949c0826/fc6e18c5.jpg

Its good to see some development in the immediate area of the CBD.

Check out Green Square Nick. It's full of cranes and just as busy as Wolli Creek.

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Sydney has many mini CBds around Sydney's CBD. not including the 800 or so scrapers in Sydney/Redfern.Northsydney. there are 166 x12storey+ bldgs that are located external of the CBD core.

parramatta-30
st leonards-29
chatswood-29
bondi-22
manly-14
rockdale-11
hurstville-9
sutherland-9
strathfield-6
homebush-6
bankstown-2



:)

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Actually, these apartments under construction at Wolli Creek are still a fair way from Sydney CBD - I mean not far-far but still a bit of a distance, about 10/11km.

Here's a projected future view from the apartments in the towers, showing the CBD in the distance:

http://www.proximityliving.com/images/home/home_image.jpg

It's doesn't take that long to drive either, no more than twenty minutes it takes.

I like that view. It will be the most spectular of any development in the area.

taken today. the floor plates are progressing well!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/04/188074.jpg

aussieinsoho: architects are Bates Smart, a long established Melbourne firm, so your observation may not be entirely off the mark.

Didn't expect the floorplates to be rising so quickly!

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Yeah I agree. I go past it everyday and I'm amazed at the speed it's getting built.

On the train today, I noticed the mesh had been removed.

Also a third lift core has appeared on the site on the southern side.

i contacted Bates smart through the week to get exact heights of the two towers. I was pretty close. i estimated 61m & 46m. The tallest will be 66m & shorter 49m. (which is same height as Meritons massive 20storey Park Plaza at Hurstville)
Proximity will be awesome on completion and stand out for miles around! they will make the nearby Meriton complex seem tiny.

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>i contacted Bates smart through the week to get exact heights of the two towers. I was pretty close. i estimated 61m & 46m. The tallest will be 66m & shorter 49m. (which is same height as Meritons massive 20storey Park Plaza at Hurstville)
Proximity will be awesome on completion and stand out for miles around! they will make the nearby Meriton complex seem tiny.</td></tr>
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So does that mean that Proximity @ Wolli Creek and Park Plaza @ Hurstville will be the equal tallest buildings in St.George?

Are any of the buildings on the Meriton site going to be any higher than those that are already built? Do you know any of the heights for the Interciti development which Australand will be building?

Questions questions questions! ;)

pic from today at 80kmp!!
core is up to level 8!!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/04/189602.jpg

Thats two floors in a week. Thats very quick. It will top out in six weeks if it keeps going at this rate.

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How is progressing going with this tower?

i took a pic yesterday but it as blurred. its nearly up to level 10.

from today! bit blurry, we were flying thru wooli!!!
http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/191687.jpg

It would have to be at level nine and floorplates have moved up another level since.

Finally got out there to see the site "still" instead of 80kph..
The complex is massive and roads around it are already sealed with roundabouts ect.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/192888.jpg

from south

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/192890.jpg

twin cores of prox 2.


http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/05/192892.jpg

How high is the the main lift core?

And those lift cores of Proximity 2 are the smallest ones I've seen.

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And those lift cores of Proximity 2 are the smallest ones I've seen.</td></tr>
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its either 8 or 9 to top of corebox!

It must of stopped to allow floorplates to catch up and I have to admit they haven't moved too.

Proximity Yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid63/p03b4cb2e227fa47ebf011abeaa0e70e2/fc17f112.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid63/p1965668c58f3d6cb3de5007e14faea30/fc17f10f.jpg

same as 2 weeks ago! tall one is level9. Fabian, you will find with most construction sites. not much has progressed since the rains we had 2 weeks ago! they will commence construction with most this week.

I was told yesterday that it will rain all next week and if it does eventuate (hope not) it means there will be another week of no progress on the sites which is very disappointing.

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prepare to be disappointed!lol you have to be patient with highrise construction. sometimes bldgs take years to build. its a slow process indeed. it can be made longer by bad weather and other setbacks.

As of yesterday, The fifth level has been poured in the main tower and the first level in the second tower.

Just thought I'd mention a few observations I made today on zooming through Wolli Creek on the train:

1) Construction of the walls on the eight level of the main Proximity tower has begun - so i guess the core is at around 10 or 11 levels.

2) Engineers were taking bore hole soil samples on the Australand site. The local paper also mentioned that full construction on this site will begin before years end, and eventually include 16,000 sq.m of retail space, 50,000 sq.m of office space, and 1100 apartments.

3) What appears to be a pile-driving machine was visible in the distance at the International Airport, which would indicate construction of the 11 storey office building on that site is beginning.

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1) Construction of the walls on the eight level of the main Proximity tower has begun - so i guess the core is at around 10 or 11 levels.

2) Engineers were taking bore hole soil samples on the Australand site. The local paper also mentioned that full construction on this site will begin before years end, and eventually include 16,000 sq.m of retail space, 50,000 sq.m of office space, and 1100 apartments.

3) What appears to be a pile-driving machine was visible in the distance at the International Airport, which would indicate construction of the 11 storey office building on that site is beginning.</td></tr>
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wow thats impressive stats! i hope i can get the 11 storey office to be 12 somehow? just so i can put on ss.com. Ill have to check plans or rendering.
I love how i get to watch all this from my daily train trip!
:D

Proximity yesterday

The floorplates are at level 7 and the core is at level 11 or 12

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p638d68a8cc62ed3162b7433e164d4488/fbea5a1c.jpg

Other tower

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p66b2d19c245b77a9e254c107e20ea054/fbea59ff.jpg

I counter 9 floors this morning and 13 floors to core!
Its progressing fast! Imagine Eureka at this speed!

It's going to overtake Eureka no matter what in relation to floorplates. It's going to sad when it does get beaten by proximity.

It looks they are on track to overtake Eureka. Floorplates at level 11 and the core at level 14/15.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p0d9beefa20d39118d464053c1b3bbdbf/fbb8c3ba.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pd0704d9850b56e09ef1da85c4aaea44f/fbb8c3b0.jpg

Smaller Tower

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p84c9fe88c9a79bda2554b4e91cd5c043/fbb8c3bf.jpg

nice pix fab, i counted 15 levels to corebox so this tower has only 5 levels to go! very impressed with the speed of its construction!
wish all towers were like this!

Eureka in particular. This tower might be smaller but it's pace has been quite rapid. Multiplex are quite fast builders.

Floorplates are at level 12 and the core is now at level 15.

proximity has topped out!! i counted 20 floors to core and 15 levels to floors. gone so quick!

Whooo, that great to hear Culwulla. Were nearly there!!!

taken a few days ago at 80kmphr

sorry bout stupid reflection.but you can see the floor plates only 2 from top.
should be painted soon!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/08/214207.jpg

I've noticed the smaller tower has been going up at a slower rate. How could this be?

i cant believe how clear these pix come out from a moving train!
pix from today! they should start to paint it soon.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/09/216041.jpg

The taller one really dominates the area!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/09/216043.jpg

The 14storey tower has topped out and progressing well.

heres pic of smaller tower-

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/09/216048.jpg

I was driving through the Princes Highway this afternoon and they are very dominating. The dealers along the highway are dwarfed completely.

latest pic from moving train>>>>>>>
the tallest is nearly complete just needs a good paint.

http://www.emporis.co.uk/files/transfer/6/2003/11/230581.jpg

I took one last week which I decided to place in the Wolli Creek thread

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17404&perpage=20&pagenumber=4

Culwulla, I suggest merging the proximity and wolli creek threads together because both threads are pretty quiet, not to mention that i find it more appropriate too.;)

Originally posted by Fabian
I took one last week which I decided to place in the Wolli Creek thread

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17404&perpage=20&pagenumber=4

Culwulla, I suggest merging the proximity and wolli creek threads together because both threads are pretty quiet, not to mention that i find it more appropriate too.;)
i was thinking of that but proximity will be finished soon and will be archived. So best to leave wooli creek alone beacuse it will have alot added to over next few years due to many new projects.

Proximity from the train yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid90/pdc40e32d38b640c767579ed29a7d4388/fa72ae4a.jpg

today! looking cool.

http://www.emporis.co.uk/files/transfer/6/2003/12/233789.jpg

love how the exposed concrete rear wall is now painted jet black! very cool

shorter tower still being built-


http://www.emporis.co.uk/files/transfer/6/2003/12/233790.jpg


this project is looking so streamlined and neat. bates/Smart are my fav architects besides NFK.

Didn't realize how close it was to the airport. Wolli Creek is pretty much within pissing distance to Tempe station.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/p60894b94cb3778b0db78ace48e4a4004/fa2dcce3.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/pb1d65246175cbbf6f012388e442235a8/fa2dcb37.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/p6f24fc715001b6c8e58b32a7ed3dbf5a/fa2dc9c9.jpg

how Proximity 1 looked while at Wooli creek station yesterday.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126tallone.jpg


smaller tower-

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126mvc-301f.jpg

Bates Smart & Multiplex are a great combination!

Proximity 1 is virtually complete. The crane has been removed and there's only a bit of scaffholding left at the top of the tower.

Originally posted by Fabian
Proximity 1 is virtually complete. The crane has been removed and there's only a bit of scaffholding left at the top of the tower.

The crane has been gone for a few weeks now. It wont be long till crane on shorter tower will be removed, then it will be ready to take some "finished" photos and this Proximity thread will be archived in 2004.

The main tower (Proximity 1) is virtually complete.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p563bed6e691b73538acad40f1a6b80c9/f970ba82.jpg

Proximity 2 is not very far off from completition.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pe764953cb4e2fea501900310f02ebe65/f970ba37.jpg

the taller one has been complete now for 1 month. the 2nd one is also done except for crane removal.
imvery impressed with these bates Smart towers. cant wait for CUB to start!

the crane from the shorter tower is now gone. the complex is now complete. ill get out there soon to take completed pix.