Dual Towers Put Forward for Sydney’s South-West

Busy Sydney developer Urban Property Group is banking on an amendment to the Edmondson Park concept plan for a permit to build 131 apartments in two eight-storey towers as well as 30 townhouses in the south-west precinct.

It’s the second development for UPG—led by brothers Patrick and Mark Elias— in Edmondson Park, which was the first precinct to be planned and built as part of the South West Priority Growth Area.

UPG acquired five lots, formerly part of the Ingleburn Army Camp, from the New South Wales government’s land and property development organisation Landcom.

The $52.7-million development, about 40km south-west of Sydney, would comprise two towers atop a two-storey podium with a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Thirty townhouses would sit across three levels, all of them with four bedrooms.

A joined basement below the residential towers and the townhouses will provide parking for 243 vehicles.

Cox Architecture is behind the design.

The concept plan for the development of Edmondson Park South was approved in August of 2011. It allowed for the development of 3530 homes, development of the town centre to include up to 45,000sq m of retail and commercial floorspace, and protection of about 150ha of conservation land.

Building heights of up to 30m were permitted within 300m of the proposed train station.

▲ The $52.7-million residential development is the second application by UPG planned for the five lots it has at Edmondson Park.

However, the so-called Amendment Five—one of many revisions to the original concept which called for modifications to school zone, road layout, dwelling yield and mix, as well as building height—was lodged in September, 2018.

Town planners Ethos Urban, which lodged UPG’s filing with Liverpool City Council, said at the time of preparation the amendment, while not yet determined, was anticipated for imminent approval by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. 

Ethos Urban said there had been a number of pre-lodgement meetings with Liverpool council regarding the development, until the point the development application was handed over to Sydney Western City Planning Panel.

The planning panel is still assessing the application.

It’s the second residential development filing by UPG for their five lots bounded by Buchan Avenue, Lacy Road and McFarlane Road.

An earlier application sought 178 townhouses in a development with construction costs of about $100 million.