Double Tower Scheme Revealed for Belconnen

Property investor RF Corval has submitted a proposal for two mixed-use towers next to an office block in Canberra’s Belconnen. 

The project designed by Cox Architects comprises 24 and 27 storey highrises on a 5955sq m site at 40 Cameron Avenue, which is the corner of Cameron and Chandler avenues, 9km north-west of the city centre.

The buildings would comprises ground-floor office space and 407 apartments in total. 

There would be a two-storey basement with 496 carparking spaces as well as more carparking on the lower ground to fifth floors of the podium. 

The application requests a subdivision to create a new block as well as a lease variation to allow for retail use and multi-unit housing on the new block. 

This would allow the existing office block to be on its own allotment, or Block 18, while the two towers sit on a separate allotment, Block 19.

An existing approved application for another project, The Chandler, is on Block 17 fronting on to Chandler Avenue, south of the subject site.

▲ A render of Cox Architecture’s design for the two-tower proposal.

The project has an estimated cost of $107 million, according to the application documents.

Belconnen remains a popular target for ACT developers, including Cannes Property who filed a build-to-rent project for the suburb earlier this year.