First look: Castle Hill set for two huge new apartment developments
Castle Hill is set to see two huge new apartment developments that will bring well over 600 apartments to the burgeoning suburb.
Sydney developer Bathla Group are behind one of the two projects submitted to the local council in the last week.
The prominent Greater Sydney developer is planning a near $80 million, 350-apartment development across a 1.77 hectare site incorporating Dawes, Hughes, and Middleton Avenue's, will see the 350 apartments built across four buildings on the huge 1.77 hectare site.
The site, in the continually transforming Showground Station Precinct, is an amalgamation of 19 sites with 19 separate dwellings. It's just 300 metres from the Hills Showground Railway Station.
Bathla's plans are for 60 one-bed apartments, 205 two-beds, and 85 three-bed units. There will be 487 parking spaces, 407 for residents and 80 for visitors, as well as 10 motorcycle spaces and 151 bicycle parking spaces.
The propose Bathla development. Image credit: Plus Architecture
The apartments will be spread across four buildings. Building A will have 103 apartments, Building B 106, Building C 95, and Building D just 46. Each will rise six levels.
Plus Architecture noted in their architectural design statement that the development seeks to maintain a green and walkable setting, in keeping with the residential areas in Castle Hill which have lush landscaping with established street trees following the undulating topography.
"The proposal provides extensive green spaces through multiple open spaces, tree lined streets and garden areas within the street setbacks," Plus stated.
"The ground plane provides connectivity between the public domains and communal open spaces for the residents and general public."
"The proposal generally has four-storey articulated base podium to respond to the pedestrian movement and human scale. The four-storey podium is further broken down with various facade materiality and articulations to be expressed as either single or double storey expression from the ground to be sympathetic to the existing pedestrian network."
Just a 200 metre walk around the corner is another massive 1.6 hectare site which has plans for 315 apartments lodged this week.
The proposed Place Studios development. Image credit: Place Studios
There will be eight buildings in the $80 million development which fronts Dawes and Hughes Avenue and Cadman Crescent, with the plans submitted by town planners BMA Urban on behalf of architects Place Studio. 515 residential car spaces have been planned, a further 62 visitors spaces, 205 bicycle spaces, and 31 motorbike spaces.
It was noted in the submission that Place wanted to "deliver an architecturally unique and contemporary development that strives to set a new standard for high amenity residential developments."
They are seeking to deliver a modulated skyline with a variety of building heights, with taller elements creating visual interest.
Zenith Landscape Design are across the landscaping. The strategy from them "seeks to provide residents with a diversity of spaces and activities for their leisure that are both attractive and functional.
"The design aims to deliver opportunities for community gathering and private retreats across both the ground floor and rooftops. Large open lawns, seating pods and passive retreats have been integrated into the ground floor communal open space and is connected by a number of pedestrian paths through the development."