ResidentialPatrick LauFri 22 May 26
Waterloo South, Moore Park Launch New Era for South Sydney
A major reshaping of south Sydney is underway, with concept plans for a Stockland-led 3300-home precinct at Waterloo South on exhibition.
Just 1km to the west, the final designs for the Moore Park South parklands have been released, redeveloping the 20ha golf course into a public open space while retaining 12 holes.
The projects mark the transition from a suburb once known for its “Suicide Towers” public housing estate, into a burgeoning urban renewal zone centred around the Waterloo Metro station.
The Waterloo Estate (South) Concept plan, on exhibition until June 02, proposes a minimum 30 per cent social, maximum 50 per cent market, and remainder affordable homes within its 3300-strong proposed yield.
Priority will be given to First Nations tenants for 20 per cent of the social component, and 15 per cent of the affordable component. The plans would replace the 750 social homes in low to medium-rise buildings and 120 private homes currently on the site.
Proponent Homes NSW and development partner Stockland will work with community housing providers Link Wentworth, City West Housing, and Birribee Housing to progress staged development over the next 10 to 15 years, according to the proposal.
A voluntary planning agreement will deliver 23,600sq m of public open space, including a park of at least 20,000sq m and another of at least 1000sq m.
The 114,822sq m site sits across a number of addresses at 6 John Street, 97-109 Cooper Street, 209-219, 229-231 and 247-251 Cope Street, 238-246, 248-254, 331-337 and 339-341 George Street, 232 and 250 Pitt Street and 74-76 Wellington Street, Waterloo.
Revamped applications are also in progress for the neighbouring Waterloo North and Waterloo Central precincts. Those projects would replace the notorious ‘Suicide Towers’, six 1960s-era Brutalist public housing buildings up to 30 storeys.
The Waterloo North proposal seeks two residential towers of 25 and 28 storeys yielding 314 apartments and 5696sq m of commercial space, while the Waterloo Central application seeks a 25-storey tower with 500 co-living apartments and 2330sq m of community space including a not-for-profit childcare facility.
Meanwhile, the designs for a new parklands precinct at Moore Park South have been released. About 690,000 people live within 5km of the 20ha open space, and the population is expected to increase by another 100,000 within the next 15 years.
The 18-hole golf course currently on the site will be reduced to 12 holes, up from 9 in the initial draft. Paths have been reworked, and a sports ground and nature playground have been moved.
Work on the $50-million project will commence in July. The NSW government is also progressing plans to redevelop the nearby 10.69ha Entertainment Quarter, revamping entertainment options but ruling out residential use.
Under the Sydney Plan, which replaces the Three Cities model as a strategic planning framework for the NSW capital, the City of Sydney council area has a target of 18,900 new homes by 2029.
