Co-living, Student Accommodation, and Childcare Projects
source: Bates Smart277-291 Anzac Parade, Kingsford
Client: Iglu Student Accommodation
Architect: Bates Smart
LGA: Randwick City Council
Value: $52.6m
Completed: 2022-Ongoing
Consent Authority: Sydney Eastern Planning Panel
Services: Design Competition Management, Detailed DA and Multiple S4.55 Modifications
TPS, working with our client Iglu Student Accommodation finalised the design competition for their site within the Kensington and Kingsford corridor in Randwick City Council in early 2022.
The design brief asked architects to develop ‘innovative and creative design solutions’ for the site that aligned to the vision and opportunities for co-living and mixed-use development around UNSW.
We worked closely with Iglu, the competition winner Bates Smart and the wider consultant team to progress the development application for a mixed use development with ground and first-floor retail and recreation spaces and 286 student accommodation rooms. The application was lodged in the last quarter of 2022 and was unanimously supported by the Sydney East Planning Panel in September 2023.
We were particularly pleased that the Sydney Eastern Planning Panel supported Iglu’s intended ground-floor outcome, which prioritised street activation and non-residential uses, whilst minimising parking, given the site’s excellent access to public transport, UNSW, and the surrounding local centre.
source: Narrative Graphics and Tim Lau23 Hughes Street, Potts Point
Client: Fluffy Investments Pty Ltd
Architect: EM BE CE Architects
LGA: City of Sydney Council
Value: $3.65m
Completed: June 2025
Consent Authority: Land and Environment Court
Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Clause 4.6 Variation Requests for Building Height and Minimum Lot Size, Expert advice at Land and Environment Court.
TPS assisted our client in obtaining approval for a new co-living development in Potts Point through a Section 34 Conciliation Conference in the Land and Environment Court. The new development, designed by EM BE CE Architects will deliver much needed, contemporary, housing diversity through the provision of a 5 storey co-living development with 21 rooms as well as basement storage and plant, high quality landscaping – including a green roof, and internal and external communal facilities.
TPS prepared two Clause 4.6 Variations for building height, and, importantly, the minimum lot size control introduced to the Housing SEPP for co-living developments.
source: Bates Smart13A Church Avenue, Mascot
Client: Iglu Student Accommodation
Architect: Bates Smart
LGA: Bayside Council
Value: $64m
Completed: December 2024
Consent Authority: Sydney East Planning Panel
Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Clause 4.6 Variation Request for FSR, liaising with Council and the project team throughout the RFI process, multiple S4.55 Modification DAs.
The ‘Mascot 2’ development completes Iglu’s holistic, and award winning, co-living development in the Mascot Town Centre, with the subject building providing 305 co-living studios for use by students, and a range of internal and communal spaces, which offer high levels of amenity for residents.
The clever design by Bates Smart employs high-quality facade of masonry piers with glass and metal infill defining the upper levels. At ground level, tinted concrete columns articulate a two-storey base, the materiality of which is consistent with the Iglu Student Accommodation facility immediately to the south, and will enable an integrated co-living and student development spanning Church Avenue to John Street. It will contribute critical additional residential accommodation for students in close proximity to transport, universities and infrastructure.
source: Architectural Projects16 Burns Road, Wahroonga
Client: Private Developer
Architect: Architectural Projects
LGA: Ku-ring-gai Council
Value: $4.5m
Completed: 2024 - ongoing
Consent Authority: Ku-ring-gai Council
Services: Preparation of a Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) and planning response to RFI issued by Council.
TPS prepared a Statement of Environmental Effects to carry out significant alterations and additions to the existing premises and construct a one part, two storey building for the use as a childcare centre with 2 levels of basement carparking and associated tree removal and landscape works and connect stormwater to an existing drainage easement.
TPS is now assisting the client team as part of ongoing LEC appeal and Section 34 Conciliation conference.
source: Mark Shapiro Architects311-315 Anzac Parade, Kingsford
Client: Charas Constructions
Architect: Mark Shapiro Architects
LGA: Randwick City Council
Value: $16.2m
Completed: October 2024
Consent Authority: Land and Environment Court
Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Social Impact Assessment (SIA), Expert advice at Land and Environment Court.
TPS assisted Charas Constructions in achieving approval for their 9-storey co-living development via a Section 34 Conciliation at the Land and Environment Court. The development will consist of 94 rooms with ground floor retail and basement level parking.
The co-living development will improve housing diversity within the Kingsford to Kensington corridor, which is a well-serviced location close to jobs, infrastructure, hospitals, NIDA and the University of NSW.
source: Base 3D Artist Impressions29 Byron Street, Coogee
Client: Charas Constructions
Architect: Mark Shapiro Architects
LGA: Randwick City Council
Value: $5.4m
Completed: July 2024
Consent Authority: Land and Environment Court
Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Clause 4.6 Variation Requests for Building Height and Minimum Lot Size, Expert advice at Land and Environment Court.
TPS assisted our client Charas Constructions in obtaining development approval for a new co-living development in Coogee through a Section 34 Conciliation Conference in the Land and Environment Court. The new development, designed by Mark Shapiro Architects will deliver high-quality, much needed, housing diversity through the provision of a 4-5 storey co-living development with 20 rooms over two buildings, as well as basement parking, landscaping and communal internal and external communal facilities.
In reaching agreement, the application was supported by two Clause 4.6 Variations for building height, and, importantly, the minimum lot size control introduced to the Housing SEPP for co-living. In the judgement the Commissioner noted that she was “satisfied, for the reasons outlined in the written request, that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to comply with the minimum lot size control in the circumstances of this case as the objectives of the standard are met, notwithstanding the non-compliance. Further, I am satisfied that the grounds advanced in the written request are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravening the development standard.
The parties agree, and I accept, that the proposed development is in the public interest because it is consistent with the objectives of the Minimum Lot Size standard and the objectives for development within the R3 Medium Density Residential zone for the reasons detailed in the written request.”