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

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

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! :)

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?

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

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....? :?

@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.

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:

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:

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

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.

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.

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

MODEL IS IN!!!

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

Miniscule? It looks microscopic!

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

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!

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:

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

per-rump-A-PUM-PUM

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.

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

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.

i stilllll dont know where that last picture is!

It's right behind the American Express building.

oh finaly ok i'll check it out

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.

Looks OK to me. :)

This is a sexy little beast! Love it

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:

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).

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.

an 18 storey serviced apartment tower on Alberta Street.

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

According to the NAHAS Construction web site (http://www.nahas.com.au/), this is due to start in November for a December 2011 completion. If their progress on the nearby 65 Wentworth Avenue is anything to go by, completion will actually be December 2028.

NAHAS has been commissioned to deliver a distinctive tower of 79 serviced apartments over 18 levels in central Sydney. This tower will be delivered to its end user the OAKS hotels and resorts chain, a public listed company which plans to launch a new series of hotels under its umbrella known as "IMAGINE". This project will be the first IMAGINE hotel in Sydney. NAHAS has worked closely with the OAKS group to ensure that the building will achieve its 4 star rating and construction is to commence in November 2010.

o dear

According to Oaks 2010 Annual Report, Oaks Alberta Street is opening in July 2012 comprising 79 sleekly designed apartments comprising 30 studios, 23 two bedroom apartments with dual keys, and 3 one bedroom units. Guest facilities will include a designer lobby, meeting rooms and gym.

theyd better get cracking

I'm pretty sure they haven't started construction yet, so they'll have to be quick to get it done by then.

Don't put any money on it.

Why can't I find "Alberta Street Sydney" in Google Map?

Just a little tacker tucked away between Nithsdale & Commonwealth streets, leading off Goulburn Street but not quite reaching Liverpool. It's directly south of Hyde Park. It should rightly be called Alberta Lane.

NAHAS are now planning to build this as residential flats instead of serviced apartments.

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Development/DAsOnExhibition/details.asp?tpk=1009202

The built form is unchanged.

there the guys building in wentworth ave?
should be snail pace then ;-)
residential seems to be gaining momentum in CBD,

It has a name: Aspire (http://www.aspiresydney.com.au/).

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/papervagina/13-15-Alberta-Sydney-1.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/papervagina/13-15-Alberta-Sydney-2.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k160/papervagina/13-15-Alberta-Sydney-3.jpg

So that's where 'Aspire' is; received the ad pamphlet in my mailbox but it didn't give an address apart from 'Hyde Park precinct'.

lol @ the photo. looks like theres nothing around it.
it will be in shadow of great wall of remmington for most of year
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6477/albertaviews.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/618/albertaq.jpg

Could be why I couldn't figure out where it was in the "Hyde Park precinct"!

I wonder if the blue hue will appear in real life like the first render or if that is artistic license but I like it

^^
In real life it would just be white concrete, I'm sure.

^^
In real life it would just be white concrete, I'm sure.

A talented photographer will probably be able to reproduce these renders in real life, given twilight evening lighting and a few post production hue tweaks...
Doesn't mean the building will look good in real life though!

A pity about the lack of sunlight but a good building for a small site.

cc is about to be applied for. action finally

action finally

Hehehe... it's being built by NAHAS, Cul, so it's unlikely you'll ever see anything resembling action.

Pardon my ignorance/brain deadness but what are 'CCs?'

49 x 2 and 3 bedroom apartments of which the majority face north 'ensuring abundant sunshine throughout the day, with balconies taking advantage of this desirable aspect.'

http://www.aspiresydney.com.au/building.php

Nice view of Hyde Park towers from those balconies!! :lol:

It's a good looking building. A shame it is behind the Liverpool Street Hyde Park towers. Looking at the renders, I can't help but think it would look better with a spire to top it off

sorry sky-CC= constructon certificate, so not sure about nahas, but its about to start so someone is running with it.