Online Form Submission

Title: The Bays Market at Ultimo – A World Class Precinct of Innovation and Technology

Details:

"The Toga Groups’ Great Idea is to transform Ultimo and specifically the Wattle Street, Jones Street and

Fig Street Gateway precinct into Sydney’s, and ultimately Australia’s best retail marketplace. At the upper

levels and complimentary with this use, the precinct will house Sydney’s Creative Design and Digital

Commercial Hub, plus a series of accommodation buildings consisting of residential apartments, student

accommodation, hotel and affordable housing dwellings.

Toga is the owner of a large island block containing a number of old woolstore buildings, bounded by

wattle, Fig, Jones and Quarry streets and believe that we are in an ideal position to not only add to

UrbanGrowth’s vision for the Bays Precinct, but importantly be a facilitator of future developments at the

waterfront by relocating some of the existing uses, such as Sydney Fish Markets. The relocation of all or

part of the fish markets into the Ultimo Trade Centre and combined with other food based and retail

offerings will provide Sydney with a major attraction for locals and tourists alike; similar to what the

Grand Bazaar is to Istanbul, Chelsea Markets are to New York or the Boquiera Markets are for Barcelona.

This relocation can occur in the near future and will allow UrbanGrowth to commence its implementation

of the Bays Precinct work. With the redevelopment of Darling Harbour and Pyrmont/Ultimo having a

multitude creative design and digital commercial operations, we believe that the upper floors of the

existing Ultimo trade centre, with its large floorplate warehouse style architecture is ideal for establishing this precinct as a Creative Design and Digital Hub.

A true gateway precinct incorporates a number of uses, and with its close proximity to universities, the

CBD, Sydney Harbour and public transport the balance of the site proposed to incorporate residential

apartments, key worker and student accommodation, and potentially hotels, in quality and well regarded,

architecturally designed buildings. Examples of similar heritage building redevelopment can be found in

New York, London and all over Europe and will be used as an inspiration for the Bays Precinct

redevelopment.

The connection of the City of Sydney’s Quarry Street site to the Toga site is essential if the best outcome

is to be achieved for this key Gateway into the Sydney CBD. The topography of the area allows a

connection to occur at a high level over Fig Street, which provides a public walkway/domain between the

sites and to the existing Light Rail Train Station. The pedestrian connection then extends from Wentworth

Park to the west which ultimately connects to Glebe and the start of the inner west area and the

harbours edge to the north. The development facilitates the essential link between the CBD, Ultimo and

the inner west in a seamless fashion. As the only major adjoining and long term owner, Toga would be

well placed to convert this vision for Ultimo into reality."

Birds Eye Perspective

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Wentworth Park

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Future Mixed Use Redevelopment Opportunity

Pavilion Style Buildings with Retail Markets as an Extension of Bays Market

01 New Pedestrian Connection across Wattle Street to Wentworth Park

02 New Pedestrian Connection across Wattle Street to Wentworth Park

03 Use of some arches for creative retail space

04 Wentworth Park Light Rail Station

05 Bays Market Park (new pedestrian boulevardover Lower Fig Street

06 Adaptive use of heritage building for the Bays Market

07 New Pedestrian Connection across Wattle Street to Wentworth Park

Key

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Wentworth Park

Wattle St

Jones St

Upper Fig St

Quarry St

Future Mixed Use Redevelopment Opportunity(Commercial, Residential, Affordable Housing, Student Accommodation)

Pavilion Style Buildings with Retail and Commercial Offering

LIGHT RAIL STATION L

Bays Market Park

Conceptual Site Plan

The Bays Market at Ultimo

The Bays Market at Ultimo Perspective

Bays Market Park Perspective

Retain Heritage Facade

Iconic Residential Tower

Active Retail Frontage to Bays Market Park

New one hectare park

Retain saw tooth roof to provide weather protection over courtyard space

Retain Heritage Facade

Vertical Circulation Access to Markets Below

Residential Tower ‘Floating’ over Heritage Building

Active Groundfloor Retail to Wattle StCurrent Heritage Building with Office Re-fit

New Residential Podium and Towers

Three and Four Storey Streetwall to Jones Street, Sympathetic to Existing Terraces. Active Retail Frontage to Bays Market Park.

Creative Design/Digital Commercial Office Hub/Precinct

New Bridge Link into Park

New Bridge Links to Foreshore and into Park

New Bays Market Park

The Bays Market at UltimoBridge Connection Over Fig St to MarketsMulti-level Car Park Under Park

Connection to Light Rail Station

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Wattle St

Wentworth Park

Blackwattle Bay

Waterfront Forecourt

Quarry Street

Fig Street

Jones Street

Harris Street

Brid

ge St

Western Distributor Freeway

Future Mixed Use Redevelopment Opportunity

Future Redevelopment Opportunity

Subject Site

The Bays Markets at Ultimo

World class designed iconic building

Bays Market Park

Taller built form to Wentworth Park with active ground floor

Three and four storey built form sympathetic to existing terraces, similar to Crown St, Surry Hills

Active Edge

Foreshore Walk

Pedestrian Connectivity

Fig Street CBD Portal

Light Rail

01 Wentworth Park Light Rail Station

02 Pedestrian connection to foreshore

03 Through Site Link Glebe to City Centre

04 Bridge Road in underground tunnel to improve Wentworth Park connection to foreshore

05 Pedestrian walkway activated with public art along corridor

06 Adaptive re-use of heritage buildings

07 Retail pavilion space under arches

08 Improved amenity and foreshore promenade

09 Pavillion style buildings - two to three storey retail and commercial

10 Potential future opportunity to extend light rail to educational precinct

Key

20 MINS BARANGAROO5 MINS FORESHORE

5 MINS GLEBE

10 MINSCENTRAL CBD

20 MINSCENTRAL STATION

20 MINS SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

15 MINS UTS

VisionThe Bays Market at Ultimo will become Sydney’s premier fresh food marketplace and creative design hub; a vibrant mixed use precinct that will be know as a centre of innovation and technology located on the edge of the foreshore and Sydney CBD with easy access to public transport, open space, cultural and educational facilities.

Urban Design Principles

Character Imagery

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