More residents for Macquarie Park

A flurry of planning approvals have green-lit a significant volume of new homes for Macquarie Park, changing the face of our evolving innovation district.

Harry Triguboff’s Meriton secured approval for a three-tower mixed-use development at 100-108 Talavera Road. Planning authorities suggested the proposed development would exhibit “design excellence which positively contributes to the overall architectural quality” of Macquarie Park.

Together, the three buildings will include 1,072 apartments of varying sizes. The bulk of the homes will be two and three bedrooms.

Eco World International has received the go-ahead for a 16-storey, 123-apartment tower at 1-3 Lachlan Avenue. The 2750sq m site will include 100 single-level apartments, 8 dual-level townhouses and 15 dual-level villa-style apartments.

Stage two of the $1.76 billion redevelopment of the former Ivanhoe Estate is also all-systems-go, promising 650 new homes, including 216 of social housing.

A Landcom proposal for 300 additional homes at Halifax Street, Lachlan’s Line, however, is still under assessment. Mayor of the City of Ryde, Sarkis Yedelian, raise concerns about traffic and congestion in the area, and connections to key neighbouring districts.

“The infrastructure can’t handle the population” Yedelian said of the $102 million project.

“The changes are happening so fast, but infrastructure and transport is not hand in hand with the changes”.

Macquarie Park’s proximity to a major university, research hospital, business, expanding Sydney Metro services plus shopping at Macquarie Centre make it an increasingly attractive place to live.

Australia’s 2021 census charted a 36% increase in Macquarie Park’s residential population over the past 5 years, with 11,071 people calling the district home today.

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