#Approved: 11-15 Alberta Street- 18st/63m/res (CBD south)

[CULWULLA]

This one has grown from a 12storey proposal to over 20storeys.
The site is a small one hidden behind AMEX tower or behind the new Common apats uc atm and adjacent to new Alberta st apats.
Its a 22 storeys residential tower with ground retail and site link arcade.

I think its a fab looking tower with striking elements. The architects are Marchese. Im pretty sure its the winner of the design comp? no model yet but not long off.

The top has a slopped roof facing south instead of the normal north. There is a ladder type structure which reaches approx 100m high. Its a particular difficult site which no- one has bothered to develope due to being shadowed by the AMEX and dark and dingy position,but the area is popular now and tide has turned!

north/west elevation
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/12611-15alberta-med.jpg

[CULWULLA]

if it was in this photo, it would rise above the common.
it would be be about height of hyde park towers to its left

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/02/245783.jpg

[finn]

Excellent! looks great! I had never expected to see anything of decent size in such an out of the way location, so it's great to see such a cool little design! :)

[Randwicked]

It took me ages looking at the model just to figure out where Alberta St was...
That's getting to be a real dense little pocket of city living around there! How about the big gap between it and AMEX, what's allowable there?

[Fabian]

Good design. This end of town is in need of a good scraper and this is the answer.

[Muse]

Huh? So why did por old Nation's Alberta St Apts. get chopped to half the size while this one was allowed to double in height? :?

Irregularities within the council or because one is on that side of the road, the other on the other side of the road? :nuts:

Also, what's a "site link arcade" in this case? Does it mean a link to Museum Station or to Liverpool St or....? :?

[CULWULLA]

@randwicked- i suppose a bldg of 12-15 storeys maybe? it depends.
@muse-nations alberta apts was a small site. and had issues with adjacent 5m wide laneway., also this new one takes up 3 propertie's and takes up floor space from nearby park on Nithsdale st.Thats the site link that goes through to Alberta st.

[CULWULLA]

Marchese will lodge soon as they have asked me to make stage 1 mass model. same design but it has come down to 18storeys/63m.:bash:

[gazmo]

Rats! Will the roof structure go too?

Originally posted by CULWULLA
Marchese will lodge soon as they have asked me to make stage 1 mass model. same design but it has come down to 18storeys/63m.:bash:

[CULWULLA]

Originally posted by gazmo
Rats! Will the roof structure go too?
looks exactly same as render but shorter.

[Muse]

No surprise. Alberta St is cursed.

I'm looking at a map of Alberta St from the 1930s and it was pretty full of double-storey terraces.

[Tony P]

Originally posted by Muse
No surprise. Alberta St is cursed.

I'm looking at a map of Alberta St from the 1930s and it was pretty full of double-storey terraces.

It should have stayed that way until someone was ready to either build or allow 100 metre + towers there. The area would have been quaint, at least.

[CULWULLA]

the full height of 63m will equal the height of adjacent Common apartments. it sure will be dense in that little pocket

[CULWULLA]

MODEL IS IN!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/p4f4a8de00bf03a96f8384a1bd2f62a99/f7e2f034.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/p1042679e9e507ce2b78112fdaf2316ea/f7e2f03c.jpg

[Vitriol]

Miniscule? It looks microscopic!

[Randwicked]

What's gunna be built on that L-shaped block? This one will disappear completely.

[CULWULLA]

its maximum height for the small pocket of land it occupies.
the L shaped land is a park and it is a roof for an underground carpark. it will never be built on!

[Fabian]

The proposed Federal Police Centre in Goulburn Street makes this one look small and that tower is just 110 metres tall.

I cannot believe that such a nice tower is tucked away surrounded by the towers of Liverpool Street including the AMEX Building while more horrid towers get their place in the skyline. How unfair :bash:

[Trances]

Can some do a wider shot i am having trouble thinking about the location of this one ?

[climbing_crane]

per-rump-A-PUM-PUM

[papervagina]

I found some renders for this one on the Marchese + Partners site. Anyone heard anything more about it?

http://www.marchesepartners.com/site/assets/userimages/373_large.jpg
http://www.marchesepartners.com/site/assets/userimages/374_large.jpg

Apologies for all the grey... the people who made the web site are obviously unaware of how to set a background colour.

[CULWULLA]

great paper! nothing yet on this project. ill ask planner today what the latest is.
its a great looking 20storey!

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8426/albertatower4od.jpg


same view now,. so it will hide Common. oh no.lol

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/5313/commonrear9sx.jpg

[CULWULLA]

chatted to planner and she said it was recently approved and the developers getting there "stuff" togther so they can lodge a construction certificate. They are "keen" to start project this year!
good news.

[Blue_Copper]

i stilllll dont know where that last picture is!

[papervagina]

It's right behind the American Express building.

[Blue_Copper]

oh finaly ok i'll check it out

[Muse]

Onya vag!! :okay:

It's a real little pocket down there.

Doesn't make up for the loss of their 40-storey proposal a stone's throw away on Goulburn that fro posted in the Meriton Tower thread.....but not bad for a little-y.

[SinCity]

Looks OK to me. :)

[demanjo]

This is a sexy little beast! Love it

[Muse]

Well, this has been appearing in ads in the likes of the SMH & Fin Rev's property pages over the last 3-4 weeks. Along with a pic of the render above the advert states:

FOR SALE

PRE COMPLETION
INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY

Sydney CBD Location
11-15 Alberta Street

+ 20 + 10 + 10 yr lease

+ Nationally recognised Public Company Tenant

+ 79 Keyed serviced apartments

+ Due for completion end 2009

+ Commencement rent 1.817 million net

+ Price on application

^^ As far as the above point stating that it is "Due for completion end 2009", well I passed the exact site only last week and there was no movement yet at all! :ohno:

[CULWULLA]

this is one isnt too far off starting.
also a DA was lodged today for next door 17-19 Alberta. Its an 8storey office tower. same height as neighbours Bob Nations 10storey units . (30m).

[CULWULLA]

bump
an 18 storey serviced apartment tower on Alberta Street. The renders in the documents appear to be the same as for the previous approval.

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Development/DAsOnExhibition/details.asp?tpk=851887

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/papervagina/alberta1.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/papervagina/alberta2.jpg

Architects are still Marchese + Partners.