First look: Hall St, Bondi Beach transformation to continue with new shoptop housing pitched
Bondi Beach's famous Hall Street is set to see its transformation continue, with more plans for new shoptop housing.
The latest proposal is for a redevelopment of 27 Hall Street, currently a Vodafone and a mobile phone repair shop beneath six original apartments.
The plans for the 593 sqm site, which was bought for $23 million in 2021 by Hong Kong-based OCP Asia partner Dan Simmons and his wife Mandy, is for a five-level building with 17 apartments, including affordable housing, above two retail spaces.
Brian Meyerson's MHN Design Union, which is behind several new development designs in Bondi Beach, handled the plans for the latest project.
The plans by MHN Design Union
The Urban Context Rpeort, prepared by AE Design Partnership, referenced Waverley Council's 'Our Liveable Places' strategy, which says “The desired future character of Hall Street is to be an iconic destination for locals and international travellers that is lively, green and sustainable. A centre that has a community feel and is creative and diverse”.
In a move not common with new development applications, a focus has been on smaller units. Two studios have been proposed, as well as 11 one-bedroom apartments and four two-bed units, two of which will have their own private rooftop terraces.
The current building at 27 Hall Street
There are currently six developments on Hall Street which are either with the local council or approved, the submission noted.
The proposal comes at a time when three major projects for the area are coming to a close.
Buyers are settling at Aqualine where Koichi Takada-designed pentouse sell for around $22 million, a record for a non-beachfront facing apartment.
Rebel Property Group's Hall & Campbell, too a record setter with the $23 million sale of its penthouse for a record $105,000 per sqm, will finish soon, as will Princeton's Eurangi Bondi Beach which is near Hall Street on Campbell Parade.
