Australian Earthmoving – June 2018

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AUSTRALIAN EARTHMOVING

Meriton has purchased the City of Sydney
council depot site in Zetland. The 1.1 hectare site
has the potential to accommodate around 300
apartments. This recent acquisition reinforces
Meriton’s confidence in the suburb, further
to their acquisition of the City Ford site in
Elizabeth Street last year.

The NSW Government has granted approval
for Macquarie Group’s unsolicited proposal for
the Sydney Metro Martin Place over-station
development. The $637 million proposal involves
construction of two commercial towers above
the existing Martin Place railway station and
the proposed Martin Place Metro Station.
The proposal also includes a public walkway
under Martin Place. Macquarie Group will
now seek approval of the detailed design of

both buildings through the State Significant

Development Application process.

Foster + Partners, Arcardis, Mott MacDonald

and Robert Bird Group form part of the Metron

Consortium, contracted for the underground

station design. The consortium are designing

seven of the new underground metro stations

including Martin Place.

Leda Holdings has bought a 1.9 hectare

industrial site, opposite Westfield Eastgardens

in Banksmeadow, near Botany in Sydney. The

private owner-occupiers who are currently on

the site will vacate by the end of the year. Leda

plans to build storage and warehousing units on

the site.

New South Wales

Tenders have been called for Proof of Concept
(POC) design for the $500 million Surgical
Procedures, Intervention Radiology and
Emergency Centre (SPIRE) at Canberra Hospital.
The government has specified a consultant with
prior experience in the redevelopment, which
will see least two, major tertiary hospitals valued
over $300 million. SPIRE will focus on acute
services, intensive care and surgery. The re-
development includes:

• an expanded emergency department;


• a 48-bed intensive care unit;


• a 32-bed cardiac care unit;


• 13 operating theatres with shell space for
  additional theatres;


• 3 cardiac catheterisation laboratories;


• two, 64-bed inpatient wards;


• new critical care and imaging facilities; and,


• 100 car parking spaces.

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