Former Marrickville Hospital Site

To carry out the redevelopment of the former Marrickville Hospital site including alterations and adaptive reuse of the 2 former Old Nurses’ Quarters’ building to include 4 new apartments, the adaptive reuse of the former Main Ward Block to accommodate a new ‘community hub’ incorporating a public library and pavilion, the provision of a 255sqm leased area in the northern end of the former Main Ward to be retained by the Council and leased for a future commercial use, a café and children’s play area within the Community Hub area, construction of 3 new residential flat buildings with 9 affordable and 212 private dwellings comprising Building A1: 84 apartments within a new 10 storey building fronting Livingstone Road and the Community Hub to the south, Building A2: 82 apartments within a new 11 storey building fronting Livingstone Road and adjoining Building A1, Building B: 55 apartments within a new 9 storey building fronting Lilydale Street. The application also includes the construction of 2 separate basements for the Community Hub and residential component incorporating car parking spaces for the Community Hub over one basement level, car parking spaces and storage for the residential buildings over 3 levels, 2 car share pods for public use, loading and servicing facilities within each basement; associated landscaping works including the construction of a new public park at the corner of Livingstone Road and Marrickville Roads, children’s playground, retention of Hospital Lane to create a north-south thoroughfare and communal and private open space within and around the proposed buildings.