ApartmentsChris ThomsonTue 28 Jul 26
Flurry of Amendments Filed for Towers in Canberra’s Inner North
Amendments to three multi-storey buildings, which together would have 271 apartments, have been advertised this month for Canberra’s inner north.
Roland Development Group and DISH Developments have for a second time advertised the main residential component of their Coggan’s Village project, slated for part of a 3064sq m site.
The site includes the historic Coggan’s bakery building on Mort Street at Braddon.
The re-advertised (a step routinely required by ACT planning authorities) project includes the green apartment tower [pictured above] and refurbishment of the 1925-built bakery building.
The other part of the project, which has not been re-advertised this month, is the red 12-storey building [also pictured above] that would house a 191-key luxury hotel and more apartments.
Since first being advertised in December last year, the green SJB Architects-designed project has been modified in a way that consultant planner Planit Strategic says does not change the type of development.
Amendments to the 14-storey, 129-apartment scheme (which includes six penthouses) include updates to the traffic impact assessment and tree management plan.
Also in the inner-north suburb of Braddon, the Fleming Group has lodged an amendment to its existing approval for a six-storey, 29-apartment proposal, dubbed Altiora, planned for 15 Torrens Street.
Fleming, which plans to start the $9.5-million project on the 1195sq m site this year, has applied to add a third basement level to the building, alter some apartment layouts and extend the driveway.
In the adjoining suburb of Lyneham, Art Group has applied to amend its approval for an 11,052sq m office building at the corner of Northbourne and MacArthur avenues to a residential building of 10,535sq that includes 330sq m of office space on the lower ground floor.
Planned for the site of the former MacArthur House (a government building demolished in 2018) at the corner of Northborne and MacArthur avenues, the revised building would include 113 apartments.
In a letter to the ACT’s planning authority, Stewart Architecture principal Marcus Graham said that since Art Group bought the land in January 2021 it had sought, unsuccessfully, to secure a commercial tenant for the property.
“Art Group ha[s] therefore made the decision to change the ... building to residential use, which will avoid leaving ... the site undeveloped and ongoing impact to the community due to delayed construction,” Graham, whose company is the project architect, said.
