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Developer Milligan Group has unlocked one of Sydney CBD’s few remaining prime sites, with plans in the works to build the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower.
The local developer, led by James Milligan, has received its first tentative tick of approval from council to rezone a 2000sq m site on the corner of Hunter and Pitt streets.
The proposal, which will be considered by the Central Sydney Planning Committee on Thursday, outlines a 53-storey tower reaching 220 metres—nearly 40 metres higher than Grange Development’s Perth proposal and outstripping Atlassian’s 180-metre Sydney central HQ.
The amendments would introduce a new maximum height and increase the allowable floor space ratio from 8:1 to 22:1. In return, Milligan Group would provide a 3 per cent developer contribution to fund community infrastructure and a through-site link, connecting Pitt to Hunter Street.
If endorsed by council, the proposal will proceed to the state planning department for gateway determination.
Milligan Group quietly amalgamated seven titled lots to pull off the venture, managing strata owners and individual building owners to combine the 2,108sq m site.
The site, which sits across 15-25 Hunter Street and 105-107 Pitt Street is close to Wynyard Station and the northern entrance to the Martin Place metro. Its western boundary adjoins the future Hunter Metro Station.
Milligan Group managing director James Milligan declined to comment when approached by The Urban Developer.
The tower would have a total gross floor area of 51,150sq m—comprising 43,300sq m of commercial NLA, 5465sq m of retail and a 2390sq m rooftop bar or restaurant.
The amendments recommended by the City of Sydney require the developer to deliver a minimum 6-star Green Star building, with documents outlining plans for carbon negative construction.
The proposal retains the Victorian-era Italianate Pangas House, which is not currently identified on local or state heritage lists. It is understood that the City of Sydney is moving ahead with the heritage listing of the four-storey building, despite extensive modifications to the interior of the building made in the 1980s.
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