Developer Plans Affordable Housing in Liverpool Tower

A private developer has lodged plans with the Liverpool City Council for a 12-storey residential development in the suburb south-west of Sydney. 

Ramm Investments, a vehicle of the Mesiti family, filed the proposal, designed by CD Architects, with the council this week. 

If approved, it will deliver 43 residential units, 14 one-bedroom and 29 two-bedroom apartments, nearly half of which will be affordable.

The current development application is a step up from other applications that have been submitted for the site in recent years—an 11-storey boarding house was put forward in 2019 and an eight-storey residential building last year.

Buildings on the site have already been partially demolished, but there remains a low-density residential flat building which would be removed under the plan.

Surrounding buildings are between three and five-storey mixed-use developments.

The site is in the Liverpool City Centre and is 900m west of the Liverpool Railway Station.

Thanks to its central location, Copeland Street has attracted major development plans, most recently a $500-million lifestyle precinct by the Canterbury Leagues Club. Those plans were rejected by the Liverpool council last year, while a rezoning review application made by the club was rejected last month.