The NSW government has approved the proposed Victoria Cross integrated station development, paving the way for North Sydney’s tallest tower.
Bates Smart is the design architect for the above-station office tower, which will rise to 42-storeys, along with the three-storey retail precinct.
Cox Architecture is designing the station and Aspect Studios is designing the public domain.
Planning minister Rob Stokes announced the development’s approval on 8 July, noting that the excavation of the metro and service tunnels was complete.
Along with the 42-storey office tower, the development includes a community hub, a pedestrian link from the station plaza to Denison Street and “almost 1,300 square metres” of new public open space.
The Victoria Cross integrated station development.
Image: Bates Smart
“The integrated station development at the new Victoria Cross Metro Station will double the available public open space near the tower and create a continuous ‘civic green spine’ along Miller Street, with landscaped terraces, outdoor dining, casual seating areas and pedestrian paths,” Stokes said.
“North Sydney is already a strong commercial hub for Greater Sydney and this project will provide a much-needed boost, injecting $315 million into the economy and creating between 400-600 construction jobs to deliver the over station development.”
Station fit-out works on the Victoria Cross Metro Station are scheduled to commence in early 2021 and the the tower is expected to be finished by mid-2024.
The development had its assessment fast-tracked as part of the government’s Planning System Acceleration Program. It was part of the third tranche of fast-tracked projects, which included 19 major developments totalling $4.7 billion in value.
