Gurner revises luxury Barangaroo apartment tower plans
National apartment developer GURNER™ has submitted revised plans for its $800 million Barangaroo apartment development.
The plans – a modification to the existing approved scheme – will be mostly focused on the internal design to deliver a high-end vision aimed at owner-occupiers, including more three-bedroom residences, a reduction in apartments from 125 to 91, and an increased focus on health and wellness amenities and resident services akin to the best hotels in the world.
The revised scheme will take all the learnings from GURNER™'s Saint Moritz and Hawksburn Place, both of which set a new benchmark for high-end living in Melbourne, and bring it to the Sydney market at the landmark harbour site.
The new vision includes a strong focus on high-end amenity and service, more of which will be revealed closer to launch in mid-2025.
The crown jewel of the new scheme will be an opulent 400 sqm, double-level penthouse that will afford unrivalled views across Sydney Harbour.
At the ground floor, 189 Kent Street will feature a new restaurant and bar, and large lobbies for residents. This will come with further resident-focused services like a concierge, butler, prestige car share, and on-site health and wellness practitioners.
Most of the three and four-bedroom residences will be full-floor apartments of circa 250 sqm, with private lift access and outdoor terraces, affording panoramic views of the CBD skyline and across Sydney Harbour.
The building is designed by FJC Studio, which won an international design competition to lead the architecture.
Tim GURNER called the Kent Street site "one of Australia's most important sites."
"We are very focused on bringing our signature high-end residences to the location, where owners can live their ultimate life with unsurpassed views of the harbour.
“We get many enquiries from Sydney residents wanting us to bring the prestige, amenity and service of Saint Moritz to Sydney, and that is exactly what we will be doing.
“The building is now fully focused on owner-occupiers, with large two, three and four-bedroom options that are almost all full-floor residences, with direct access lifts, incredible views and very high security."
GURNER said they know the appetite is there for larger floorplans, particularly if they’re full-level, for wealthy downsizers and right-sizers, high net-worth individuals and international buyers, who are flooding back into the Australian market.
