Atlassian will move ahead on plans to build a Tech Central tower with timber next to Central Station in Sydney after winning approval on the plans to be developed by Dexus

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>Atlassian will move ahead with plans to build a $1-billion-plus tower next to Central Station in Sydney after winning approval for its plans.</p><p>Dexus will develop the tech company’s headquarters as part of a 39-storey mixed-use tower at 8-10 Lee Street, Haymarket in <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-central-station-tech-hub-includes-atlassian-anchored-skyscraper">Sydney’s tech central</a> precinct.</p><p>The plans by ShoP Architects and BVN show an “expansive” lobby, retail and dinning on the ground floors, while levels one to six would accommodate the Railway Square YHA and levels seven to 39 would be the Atlassian global headquarters.</p><p>This equated to 58,683sq m of office, 7952sq m of backpackers accommodation, 2579sq m of lobby and retail, along with 492sq m of basement floorspace. </p><p>The five uppermost floors of the building would create an open air environment for wellness facilities, meeting areas, lounge spaces, dining areas and planted terraces.</p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/5ea86bd3-f8dd-4a1d-a421-a5ae513531ad.jpg" width="800"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ The Atlassian global headquarters will anchor Tech Central a 24 hectare precinct in Sydney.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>The lower levels incorporated the heritage railway parcels shed and YHA hostel into the development along with a two-level pedestrian link zone to be eventually transferred back to Transport for NSW.</p><p>The 3764sq m site would link the station with Toga and Adina Hotel to the west of the site and Dexus-Frasers site to the south as well as public transport.</p><p>The Sydney-based software company with links to Airbnb, Cisco, ebay, Toyota, Redfin, NASA and Kaiser Permanente originally <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/atlassian-unveils-timber-tower-hq-at-tech-central">unveiled the plans</a> in June, 2020 and six months later lodged the development application.</p><p>In that time, <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/dexus-confirms-14bn-atlassian-tower-backing">Dexus committed</a> to funding, developing and investing $1.4 billion in the company headquarters within Sydney’s tech central precinct.</p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/585b007a-0cde-400f-aa38-9de96fa6981a.jpg" width="800"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ The other designs considered for the site by 3XN/GXN, MVRDV + COX, John Wardle Architects + SO-IL and Shigeru Ban + Tol&amp; + PTW.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>The design of the tower would achieve high sustainability outcomes for climatic control as well as the use of mass timber according to the application.</p><p>“The design intent of the exterior façade materiality is based on a lighter palette scheme that contrasts with the saturated colour scheme of natural materials at the interior of the building, including mass timber and landscape areas,” the application said.</p><p>“The outer façade is composed of staggered light grey aluminium panels supported by a steel structure that wrap around the exoskeleton columns in between steel mega floors.” </p><p>The vision of the project was to also create 24-7 activation, incorporate the area’s history and improve the public realm for pedestrians while creating an innovative, sustainable anchor development for the precinct.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

Atlassian will move ahead on plans to build a tower next to Central Station in Sydney after winning approval on the plans to be developed by Dexus

Toga Tech Central George, Pitt and Lee Streets Sydney CBD

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>Toga is poised to join other high-profile developers at <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-central-precinct-tech-central">Sydney’s Tech Central precinct at the southern end of Sydney’s CBD</a>, unveiling plans for a 42-storey commercial tower of its own.</p><p>The project, Toga Central, will sit alongside <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydneys-silicon-valley-secures-software-giant-atlassian">Atlasssian’s</a> $1-billion-plus <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/atlassian-unveils-timber-tower-hq-at-tech-central">concrete-and-timber tower</a> which was <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/atlassian-wins-approval-on-tech-central-tower">approved</a> in October.</p><p>It will also be close to Dexus and Frasers Property Australia’s <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/dexus-frasers-central-place-sydney-development">$2.5-billion dual-tower development</a> proposed for 24 Lee Street.</p><p>Both projects are part of <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-central-precinct-tech-central">growing cluster of commercial developments planned for the Tech Central innovation corridor </a>next to Central Station and Surry Hills.</p><p>Early concepts for Toga’s tower have been designed by Bates Smart, which was selected by a design competition.</p><p>The contemporary tower will “reinvigorate” the existing heritage building on the site, the former Parcel Post Office, with Toga managing director Allan Vidor acknowledging the longstanding importance of the building at the intersection of George, Pitt and Lee streets.</p><p>“Bates Smart’s winning design pays respect to the heritage of the site while also creating a vibrant new food and beverage precinct that will anchor the precinct and create a world-class destination and connect Surry Hills across Central Station,” Vidor said.</p><p>“The new public plaza and tower will become a welcoming destination for people to work, shop, socialise and enjoy.”</p><p>Vidor said the developer was still in the process of preparing a detailed development application, which would be lodged in mid-2022.</p><p>The sustainably-led development would strive for some of the highest standards available, targeting carbon neutrality through operations as well as next generation tech-enabled cyber security infrastructure and contactless controls throughout the building. </p><p>Tenants will also have access to health and wellness facilities including lap pool and gym. </p><p>Toga will also work to renew the existing plaza in front of the tower in order to enhance pedestrian connections from Central Station through to Railway Square, UTS and the broader Chippendale, Ultimo and Pyrmont catchment area.</p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/9c859175-cf0d-465b-a12e-2f1ed96971ac.jpg" width="800"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ A rendering of the Tech Central tower planned by Toga. In the top half of the tower, each workplace has uninterrupted city views and will form part of a series of interconnected vertical villages. Image: Bates Smart</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>The anticipated project adds to a growing portfolio of commercial and mixed-use developments for the developer including Surry Hills Village, Green Square, Oxford and Foley, and Wicks Place.</p><p>The $200-million Surry Hills Village, which <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/toga-surry-hills-shopping-village-construction">broke ground in March</a> and is forecast for completion in early 2024, is a revitalisation of the existing shopping village.</p><p>Upon completion, the 1.2ha retail precinct will feature 122 apartments, a 102-room “high-end” boutique hotel, a 517sq m public park, and 12,000sq m of commercial and retail spaces.</p><p>At Wicks Place, Toga is delivering a <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/toga-danias-to-build-129m-wicks-place">mixed-use project as part of the Victoria Road precinct in Marrickville </a>while its Oxford and Foley development, in partnership with Ashe Morgan, spans three  blocks in Darlinghurst.</p><p>The developer’s Green Square project features a <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/toga-red-tower-sydney-green-square">16-storey commercial development</a> next to the Green Square train station.</p><p>Toga is also behind the Jones Bay Wharf rejuvenation and Harbourfront Balmain in Sydney, and retail hotspot The Hub at Bondi Beach.</p><p>Earlier this year, the developer completed the A by Adina Sydney, a new 194-room hotel at 280 George Street including a cocktail bar in a four-storey glass-encased ‘golden crown’ at the top of the building.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

    Toga will join a number of high profile developers at Sydney’s Tech Central precinct...

Tech-giant Atlassian has given a first look at the world’s tallest hybrid-timber tower to be built next to Sydney’s central station in the Tech Central precinct.

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>Tech-giant Atlassian has unveiled a first look at the world’s tallest hybrid-timber tower to be built next to Sydney’s central station.</p><p>The 40-storey, $1 billion-plus skyscraper will anchor the NSW government-backed <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-central-station-tech-hub-includes-atlassian-anchored-skyscraper">technology precinct</a>, Tech Central. The government plans to attract more than 25,000 workers to the emerging precinct by 2025.</p><p>Topping out at 180 metres, Atlassian’s new timber headquarters will have a glass and steel facade with solar panels incorporated into the sides, along with a mix of indoor and planted terraces with natural ventilation.</p><p>While the tech giant is yet to lodge a development application for the project, Atlassian hopes to start construction in 2021 and complete the skyscraper in 2025. </p><p>Related: <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/timber-tower-proposals">Timber Towers Grow to New Heights: 7 Projects to Watch</a></p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><iframe sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-pointer-lock allow-same-origin allow-top-navigation allow-presentation" class="embed-responsive-item" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" style="max-width:574px;width:-webkit-fill-available" height="300px" src="https://youtube.com/embed/QGoZ5t-dq7E"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>New York-based architects SHoP and Australian practice BVN are the design team behind the building which uses hybrid mass timber construction.</p><p>The upper floors comprise flexible office space directed at tech-businesses while the lower floors of the tower would include 480 beds of Railway Square YHA accommodation as well as the heritage Parcels Shed which would be incorporated into public space on the site.</p><p>The mass timber tower will join already-completed timber towers including Lendlease’s 30 metre Daramu House at Barangaroo and 25 King Street in Brisbane which tops out at 45 metres.</p><p>Related: <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/toga-plans-redevelopment-sydney-tech-hub">Toga Group Plans Mixed-Use Project at Central Precinct</a></p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/db148e98-a381-4c0a-885c-18321dbc64ae.jpg" width="960"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ First look: Atlassian&#x27;s 40-storey building features a glass and steel exoskeleton built next to Sydney&#x27;s central station.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar said the space that they were building would be highly sustainable and highly flexible for the work of tomorrow.</p><p>“Even with a highly distributed workforce, we’ll need a place to come together. Now we can design this space especially for these new ways of working,” Farquhar said.</p><p>“Sydney has the potential to be one of the world’s leading technology cities and the creation of a tech precinct sends a loud signal that we’re in the race to take a slice of the world’s most valuable market.”</p><p>Related: <a href="https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydneys-own-silicon-valley-five-global-tech-hubs-from-around-the-world">Five Global Tech Hubs from Around the World</a></p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/6cc4d746-9598-4c2f-8538-b470bb277e82.jpg" width="800"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ The building at the Tech Central precinct includes a mix of indoor and outdoor terraces with natural ventilation.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>BVN co-chief executive officer Ninotschka Titchkosky said the build would achieve a number of firsts globally and in Australia.</p><p>“It will make what was once best practice seem inadequate and hopefully lift the ambition of the built environment across Australia,” Titchkosky said.</p><p>NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has already shown support for the timber skyscraper in Sydney.</p><p>“Atlassian is a great Australian success story and it’s very fitting for them to have their headquarters here in Sydney,” Berejiklian said.</p><p>“Tech Central will rival Silicon Valley as the place to be.”</p></div></div></div></div></div>

Tech-giant Atlassian has given a first look at the world’s tallest hybrid-timber tower to be built next to Sydney’s central station at Tech Central.

Tech Central Sydney Welcomes First Residents

<div class="row" data-reactroot=""><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p>Sydney-based start-up Q-Ctrl, the Sydney Quantum Academy and Canberra-based Quantum Brilliance will be the first companies to  move into the NSW government’s multi-billion-dollar Tech Central precinct next to Sydney’s Central Station.</p><p>The three organisations will move into the Quantum Terminal, the city’s first centralised live collaboration space for researchers, developers, engineers and entrepreneurs working to advance quantum computing.</p><p>The Tech Central development at Central Station, near Surry Hills, will have about 250,000sq m of space for tech start-ups who will be able to access rent subsidies from the state government.</p><p>NSW premier Dominic Perrottet said the tenancies represented the first of up to 25,000 new jobs the proposed <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-central-precinct-tech-central">Tech Central precinct</a> would be able to accommodate.</p><p>“With first-class researchers and entrepreneurs eager to collaborate, and an innovation precinct ready to support jobs growth, NSW is in pole position to become a global leader in technology,” Perrottet said.</p><p>Q-Ctrl gained attention earlier this year after publishing new methods for reducing errors in the quantum computing process caused by environmental “noise”—the biggest challenge in the field and something that has until now stymied scalability and growth. </p><p>Quantum Brilliance, spun out of the Australian National University’s leading research group in diamond quantum science in 2019,  harnesses synthetic diamonds to build quantum accelerators.</p><p>It is reportedly one of only a few companies worldwide already delivering quantum computing systems for customers to operate on-site.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Sydney Quantum Academy is a partnership between four universities: Macquarie University, UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.</p></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><div><picture><img src="https://tud-prod-tudmedia-oj9w2zshuo0o.s3.amazonaws.com/raw/images/38f495c2-ac3a-4028-9121-083458892f97.jpg" width="1600"/></picture><div><span style="align-content:center;opacity:0.8">▲ A quantum computer, designed by IBM, that performs quantum computations harnessing the collective properties of quantum states; superposition, interference, and entanglement.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row ci"><div class="cell cs12 cx12"><div class="ci cl"><p><br>The state government has also signalled its intentions to invest up to $21 million to prioritise affordable accommodation for scale-ups. </p><p>From December, businesses will be able to apply for rebates on rental and fit-out costs of up to $600,000 a year through the Tech Central Scale-Up Accommodation Rebate.</p><p>Businesses will be able to apply the rebate towards acquiring and fitting out office space in the hub, at the centre of the 477 Pitt Street precinct.</p><p>The hub will be operated by technology community Stone and Chalk, providing 8000sq m of affordable and flexible workspace for high-growth technology scale-ups.	</p><p>The broader innovation corridor is quickly taking shape after Atlassian was <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/atlassian-wins-approval-on-tech-central-tower">given the green light</a> to move ahead with plans to build a $1-billion-plus timber tower in October.</p><p>Dexus will now develop the 39-storey mixed-use tower, at 8-10 Lee Street, which will become the tech company’s headquarters.</p><p>Dexus, alongside its partner Frasers Property Australia, also currently has <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/dexus-frasers-central-place-sydney-development">plans before the City of Sydney</a> for a long-awaited $2.5-billion commercial project at 24 Lee Street.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/dexus-frasers-win-approval-for-25bn-central-station-plans">joint proposal</a> comprises 130,000sq m of A-grade space across <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/dexus-frasers-name-architect-for-25bn-central-place">two towers of 35 and 37 levels</a>, and a podium building.</p><p>Others set to call Tech Central home include NEC and NTT. A national space industry hub and semiconductor hub are also set to be established and form part of Tech Central.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

Three Australian companies, specialising in quantum computing, will be the first to take residence in the state government’s Tech Central precinct...

Project in Focus: Sydney’s Central Precinct

Tech Central, a new technology hub next to Central Station and above its rail yards, is set to drastically expand the southern end of Sydney’s CBD...

TECH CENTRAL