ApartmentsPatrick LauTue 13 Oct 26
Deicorp Pushes Twice the Height Planned for Randwick Club Site
Deicorp’s 22-storey Randwick Club redevelopment is advancing through the state assessment process, despite council plans to limit the site to 11 storeys.
The Deicorp proposal was declared state-significant on July 6 and SEARS requested on July 24. The $110-million project on exhibition until October 15 seeks 182 apartments with a 15 per cent affordable component.
The application comes as developers are outpacing and outgrowing the local council’s plans for densification in the Randwick Junction town centre.
In May, the council voted to adopt new controls for the area, including site-specific heights of 11 to 13 storeys at the Royal Randwick shopping mall, the Randwick Plaza and a former Commonwealth Bank.
Under that council plan, the current height limit of three storeys at the Randwick Club site would be pushed to 11 storeys.
The Randwick Junction Town Centre Planning Proposal, and associated guidelines, are currently awaiting final approval from the state.
The scheme holds addresses at 123-139 Alison Road and 11 Elizabeth Lane, about 200m west of the major commercial strip and 6km south of the Sydney CBD.
The 2334sq m site includes the four-storey clubhouse at 135-139 Alison Road, as well as a number of residential structures.
Opened in 1963 as an ALP licensed social club, the Randwick Club maintains venues at the Coogee Beach Club and The Avenue at Randwick.
In December 2025, the club sold a number of investment properties (including the Randwick Club site now the subject of the Deicorp proposal) for a combined $37 million.
A floor space ratio of 7.9:1 would yield gross floor area of 18,166sq m, including a retail component of 610sq m. Five basement levels would hold 210 car parking spaces.
The typology mix in the FK Architects-designed tower would incorporate 28 one-bedroom, 131 two-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom units.
While the application diverges from the controls in the Randwick Junction Town Centre Strategy, which calls for an additional 800 homes over the next decade, it argues that the proposal “gives practical effect to the Strategy by concentrating growth on a site specifically identified as capable of supporting meaningful redevelopment”.
The proposal is also in line with the Randwick Housing Strategy 2040, the documents said, which suggests that projected housing demand from 2021-2036 will reach 12,900. On average, 860 new homes will need to be built annually during that period.
In August, Deicorp cut the ribbon on the first completed element of its $5-billion Melrose Park precinct. Sekisui House, Holdmark, and Payce are also working on components of the new suburb, which will hold between 6000 and 11,000 homes.
