{"id":32583,"date":"2024-05-01T10:14:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infrastructuremagazine.com.au\/?p=52061"},"modified":"2024-05-01T10:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:14:32","slug":"planning-approved-for-hunter-station-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=32583","title":{"rendered":"Planning approved for Hunter Station buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved plans for a world-class CBD precinct on Hunter Street in Sydney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposals are for a 58-storey building above Hunter Street Station East, between O\u2019Connell Street and Bligh Street, and a 51-storey building above Hunter Street Station West, on the corner of George Street and Hunter Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two new buildings will support additional jobs and economic growth through new commercial and retail land uses in Central Sydney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These new commercial and retail buildings will also be linked directly by Sydney Metro West to thousands of new additional homes being turbocharged by the State Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The construction of Hunter Street station commenced in 2023 and is well underway with major excavation of the station cavern ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Sydney Metro West opens, passengers will also be able to use an underground walkway to connect to metro services on the Metro North West Line and City &amp; Southwest line at Martin Place. Connections to light rail and train services will be close by at Wynyard Station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To drive improved placemaking outcomes for the area, Sydney Metro is using a first-of-its-kind procurement model. The planning process for Hunter Street over station development is running concurrently with the procurement of a development partner to deliver the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two consortia were shortlisted to work with Sydney Metro to develop the vision for Hunter Street Station as a world-class precinct at the heart of a vibrant and connected city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final plans for the area are subject to ongoing engagement with industry and key stakeholders, which will continue throughout 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New South Wales Minister for Transport, Jo Haylen, said that this is an exciting milestone for the Sydney Metro West project, having been given the green light to continue developing the detailed designs for this brand new station precinct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe successful tenderer will deliver a brand new station beneath Hunter Street and two new buildings above,\u201d Ms Haylen said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe 24km Metro West line will not only unlock housing supply across our city, but developments like this one at Hunter Street will be incredible new employment centres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New South Wales Minister for Planning &amp; Public Spaces, Paul Scully, said that the Hunter Street precinct is creating an opportunity to see more jobs delivered near a world-class transport network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese two new buildings will pave the way to connect people to their homes, jobs and the Sydney CBD,\u201d Mr Scully said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaking sure we have enriching public spaces in our cities is an important stage in the planning process. Both stations and buildings will help revitalise Sydney\u2019s CBD and its transformation into a 24-hour economic centre.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image credit: Dr.VictorWong\/shutterstock.com<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved plans for a world-class CBD precinct on Hunter Street in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[471,2251,8214,1291,1433,163,8203,5,8229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nsw","category-planning","category-projects","category-rail","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-spotlight","category-transport","category-urban-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32585,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32583\/revisions\/32585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}