Monday, 2 May 2022

NEVER BUILT SYDNEY: SCEGGS Darlinghurst Redevelopment (1971)

SCEGGS Redevelopment September 17 1971 daily telegraph 12

Source: Anon. 1971. "$45Million Investment...Rents to aid SCEGGS' Costs". The Daily Telegraph

In 1971, the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (SCEGGS) lodged plans with Sydney City Council for a twin tower development on land that was partially owned by the school in Darlinghurst. The development was bounded by William, Forbes and Bourke Street's.

SCEGGS Tower September 16 1971 daily mirror 7

Source: Anon. 1971. "SCEGGS Plans $45m Complex". The Daily Mirror, September 16: 7. 

The scheme proposed comprised of two towers. One tower would be forty stories tall with the second tower rising twenty stories.

Cost of construction would have cost $45 million but for SCEGGS, the income stream from rental of commercial space in the towers would have kept fee increases to a minimum.

Unfortuantely, I do not have any information about why the scheme did not proceed. 

SCEGGS Redevelopment September 17 1971 SMH Page Unknown

Source: Anon. 1971. "SCEGGS As A Developer". The Sydney Morning Herald, September 17: page unknown. 

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