Date: 10 August 2005
Venue : Grand Ballroom, The Westin Sydney
Sponsor
At the Annual Dinner and Awards night of the Urban Taskforce in Sydney on 10th August 2005, The Hon. Eric Roozendaal MLC presented the Urban Taskforces Development Excellence Award 2005 to Walsh Bay Partnership (Mirvac & Transfield Joint Venture) for Walsh Bay Redevelopment. |
2005 Annual Dinner & Awards Night
The Westin Sydney Hotel |
Overall Winner: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005
Walsh Bay Redevelopment One of the largest urban renewal projects in Australia involving the refurbishment and development of 17 hectares of waterfront wharves and ancillary buildings into a mix of residential, commercial offices, cultural facilities, retail, restaurants, parking, refurbished parks and foreshore areas.
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Winner: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005 for Residential Development
Quadrant off Broadway
The Quadrant Off Broadway is a model mixed-use development on a transport corridor, as envisaged by the NSW Governments Metropolitan Strategy. The project is mixed use with 234 residential apartments, 63 student apartments with 150 beds, and 100,000m2 of commercial space in the refurbished Wilcox Mofflin and Broadway Picture Theatre buildings, as well as retail.
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Commendation: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005 for Residential Development
The Lanes at Kirkham
The Lanes comprises a 55 half acre rural/residential subdivision and associated community facilities, which include tennis court, club house, swimming pool and 21 acres of private community open space. The Lanes is located at Kirkham, five minutes drive from the historic township of Camden located 45 minutes drive via the M5 from Sydney.
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Commendation: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005 for Residential Development
St Margarets at Surry Hills
The former St Margarets hospital sits on a 7585m2 site in Sydneys Surry Hills. SJB and PTW Architects, in conjunction with Zone Developments have retained and adaptively reused the sites two heritage structures, and built three new buildings around a generous, sunny public space which has activated the site and reintroduced St Margarets back into the Surry Hills residential neighborhood. |
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Winner: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005 for Commercial Development
Ernst & Young Building at World Square
The Ernst & Young centre is a $450 million high-rise office development in the Sydney CBD. It is 56 storeys in total 46 storeys above ground level with a two-storey retail podium. It rises to a height of 230m and comprises 62,250 m2 of net lettable area. |
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Winner: Urban Taskforce Development Excellence Awards 2005 for Industrial Development
Lidcombe Business Park
This 11.30 hectare Industrial Estate was developed over five stages from 1999 to 2004. It represents a major urban renewal project retaining employment generating land use within an existing residential suburb. |
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Judging Panel:
Chair – Professor Chris Johnson, NSW Government Architect |
Councillor John McInerney Deputy Lord Mayor, City of Sydney |
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Mr Robert Harley Property Editor Australian Financial Review |
Mr Sam Haddad Deputy Director General Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources |
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Mr John Ferrarin Director WT Partnership (Aust) Pty Ltd |
Mr David Tanevski Managing Director, Kingsway Capital Group and Director, Urban Taskforce |
These projects represent the pinnacle of achievement for the property industry in Australia. For more information about the awards contact Urban Taskforce on (02) 9238 3955 |