Bridgestone to push dual-tower Chatswood apartment tower higher
Bridgestone Projects is looking to push its approved Chatswood apartment towers higher.
Around 18 months after submitting to the local Willoughby Council for a two-tower development at 44-52 Anderson Street, and five months after its approval, Bridgestone has gone to the NSW Government for a $90 million State Significant Development.
It will see the two towers on the 2,687 sqm site, which will share a podium level, reach 33 levels, higher than the 25 levels that were approved in September.
The uplift comes as a trigger of affordable housing in the development.
Since late 2023, the NSW Government has encouraged developers to include affordable housing. If they have at least 10 to 15 per cent of the total apartments as affordable, they can build a tower 20 to 30 per cent higher than without.
Approved were 96 apartments. Now Bridgestone is proposing 123 apartments, 36 of which will be affordable.
The Anderson Street development will feature a two-level podium with commercial and retail spaces on the ground floor, with vehicular access planned from Day Street.
The apartment mix is still weighted toward three-bedrooms (89). 18 two-bedrooms have been put forward, as well as nine one-bedroom apartments and seven four-beds.
A green spine will link the two residential towers, and communal open space will be located on Level 2. This design element aims to provide shared external spaces, enhance visual appeal, and integrate natural elements throughout the development.
Residents will have access to shared outdoor spaces, a swimming pool, sauna, BBQ area, and associated amenities.
An eight-level basement car park will be part of the development providing 296 parking spaces, which aims to support sustainable transport options, with proximity to Chatswood Station and public transport networks.
Architectural firm Make has designed the project, focusing on integrating the new development within the evolving Chatswood CBD while maintaining a connection with the surrounding built environment.
MAKE Architects won the design competition, impressing the jury with their solution to balancing the scale of the towers with the heritage conservation areas to the east, achieved by dividing the building into two slender forms.
The façade design incorporates a contemporary aesthetic inspired by the local area's brick buildings with a focus on solar access, natural ventilation, and shading elements to improve energy efficiency.
The documents submitted to the NSW Government suggest the proposal "aligns with planning objectives for increasing housing diversity, particularly through the inclusion of in-fill affordable housing."
