Renovation Rethink for Kirribilli Apartment Block

The developer behind plans for a mid-century block of flats at blue-ribbon Kirribilli has filed modifications for its 2022 plans.

Stable Properties lodged initial plans for a part-seven, part-nine-storey apartment building in the sought-after suburb two years ago with the North Sydney Council.

The mid-century building at 22 Waruda Street comprises 26 apartments and has “spectacular views” of the Sydney Opera House. 

A substantial and “cost prohibitive” fire order by the council prompted the then owners to put the building up for sale, which was when Stable Properties acquired it.

The developer is now plotting a major renovation project for the site that will deliver seven apartments.

The initial plans proposed to “reuse, or ‘rebirth” the existing building with major alterations and additions.

Designed by Nettleton Tribe, the full-floor, three-bedroom apartment proposal maintains the building envelope and key structural elements “to utilise the embodied energy and deliver a highly sustainable development”. 

The latest tranche of modifications changes internal layouts to the apartments and communal areas, as well as parking, storage and core layouts.

Stable said that the latest changes were intended to “improve functionality, constructability and residential amenity, while ensuring compliance with the relevant standards”. 

Kirribilli, 3km north of the Sydney CBD, is a well-established and affluent suburb. The median price for three-bedroom apartment is $3.2 million, according to RealEstate.com.

Stable’s Kirribilli project joins a wave of high-end apartment projects in Eastern Sydney, made feasible by high price points in an equally high-cost construction environment.

▲ The apartment block on the site.