HCCDC Project Overview Brochure
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Thriving regions, vibrant communities Unlocking Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation (HCCDC) is responsible for Contents opportunity the planning and delivery of economic and urban development in the Hunter to deliver and Central Coast regions. We work to Revitalising Newcastle .................................................. 4 provide more employment opportunities sustained and more housing, while attracting Honeysuckle renewal .................................................. 8 innovative talent and enterprises. growth and Environmental management .................................................. 12 We are proud to sit in the Place, thriving, Design and Public Spaces Group Cockle Creek Precinct .................................................. 14 innovative (Placemaking NSW division), within the Department of Planning, Industry and Hunter Regional Plan .................................................. 16 communities. Environment. Our strategic priority is to create a strong and liveable NSW. Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Plan .................................................. 18 HCCDC manages the NSW Government’s significant investment in the development Gosford Leagues Club Park .................................................. 20 of these areas, working in collaboration Mount Penang Parklands .................................................. 22 with government agencies, councils and key stakeholders to understand Funds administration .................................................. 24 how we can best deliver outcomes that benefit and enhance the communities. In Newcastle, we lead the Revitalising Newcastle program and the Honeysuckle Urban Renewal Project, as well as significant remediation and rehabilitation projects on former BHP Steelworks sites. On the Central Coast, our work includes revitalisation initiatives in Gosford, such as the transformation of Leagues Club Park, to help create a dynamic urban centre with places that people enjoy staying and playing in. It also includes the management of Mount Penang Parklands We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land as a widely acclaimed destination for and pay respect to all Elders past, present and future. tourism, business and education. 2 | Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation Project Overview Revitalising Newcastle We lead NSW Government’s Revitalising Newcastle program, a $650+ million initiative to bring people back to Newcastle’s city centre with new homes, more jobs, improved Achievements connectivity and new public spaces. The program has been delivered alongside Transport for NSW, which oversaw • Winner of 2019 NSW Premiers Award construction of the Newcastle Light for ‘Building a Strong Economy’ Rail and Newcastle Interchange. • Delivery of Newcastle Light Rail While the transport elements of the program • Facilitated $200-million are complete, our work repurposing the former redevelopment of The Store rail corridor will continue until around 2022. site to enable multi-modal Our role is now focused on continuing to deliver transport interchange, alongside on Government’s commitments to connect new homes, public space and the city to the harbour, create vibrant public commercial outcomes. spaces, and enhance heritage and culture. • Credited with attracting more than $3 billion in private investment • Streetscape, pedestrian and urban amenity improvements in the city centre Repurposing of former rail corridor is ongoing, connecting the city to • Attracted $395-million expansion the harbour, creating vibrant public of University of Newcastle on spaces and city centre jobs. former rail corridor lands • Attracted first stand-alone affordable housing development in Newcastle • Delivery of hallmark public spaces Our projects at The Station, Market Street We continue to repurpose heritage assets, Lawn and Museum Park facilitate development and create vibrant public • Australian Institute of Architects space as part of the Revitalising Newcastle heritage awards for The Signal program. Ongoing projects include: Box and The Station. The Station • State heritage-significant Newcastle Railway Station site repurposed as a multi-functional tourism destination • Significant landscaping works to create quality space for temporary events and community use • Expansion into adjacent land with a versatile piazza space • Temporary activation of site launched in September 2018, and will continue until its long term use is determined. 4 | Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation Project Overview Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation Project Overview | 5 Projects we have facilitated The Store (next to heavy rail and light rail stop) University of Newcastle Honeysuckle • $200-million mixed-use private development City Campus Development adjoining the existing Newcastle Interchange • The University’s 20,000+m2 expansion • 16,680m2 of commercial space, up to 350 into Honeysuckle has been made residential apartments, new public spaces, possible by removing Newcastle’s retail opportunity and a bus interchange heavy rail and rezoning the land • Bus interchange and commercial • $25-million Integrated Innovation Network building now complete. (I2N) Hub and School of Creative Industries, taking students from mid 2021 Affordable Housing • 30-dwelling affordable housing • The full master plan will be realised development on former rail corridor land over the next eight years • Allows essential workers to live in the city centre Rail Bridge Row • Delivered by Tier 1 Community Housing • The final stretch of the former rail Provider Evolve Housing in mid 2020. corridor is being transformed by City of Newcastle following the purchase Darby Plaza of Rail Bridge Row in 2020 • $19-million commercial development site • Proposed development includes a including former rail corridor land mixture of affordable housing units, retail • Proposal to create office and space, new public domain and a shared commercial space, 138 car parks, and laneway for pedestrians and cyclists. publicly accessible open space. University of Newcastle’s expansion using rail corridor land is underway, with the new $25-million Integrated Innovation Network Hub and School of Creative Industries, taking students from mid 2021. Completed projects The Revitalising Newcastle program has Museum Park also creates a link to the delivered several high-profile projects: past, with historic materials reused throughout the landscape and the former Market Street Lawn and The Signal Box station building restored and repaired. This green community space near Queens Wharf connects the city to the harbour with Community engagement was a key part of the space for events, shady trees, seating and transformation of this precinct. In 2020, the an illuminated playspace water feature. re-purposed station building opened as City of Newcastle’s visitor information centre, allowing for The Signal Box is located in the heart of an important reuse outcome for the community. Market Street Lawn, and is an important piece of Newcastle’s transport heritage. The building that once directed trains in and out of Newcastle Station recently found new life as an exciting dining destination. To facilitate this new use, we undertook significant restoration works to the building, winning the 2019 Australian Institute of Architects Heritage award. Museum Park The former Civic Railway Station and surrounding precinct has been transformed into a versatile community space and attractive pedestrian hub. 6 | Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation Project Overview Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation Project Overview | 7 Ongoing renewal Private sector projects There are roughly 5.3 hectares of land remaining Honeysuckle in Honeysuckle for repurposing, 36 per cent of which will be transformed to high-quality public renewal Our urban renewal program has enabled space. The remaining Honeysuckle lands include: four private sector developments to go • two hectares of public domain, including ahead in the Honeysuckle precinct. The a foreshore promenade and three areas first of these, Lume a 154 apartment of open space residential development is now complete. • a 2.2 hectare harbourfront mixed use Combined the projects will deliver 347 parcel with LEP controls allowing new dwellings and 179 hotel rooms and heights of 30m on the waterfront and generate $250 million in construction 45m along Honeysuckle Drive activity providing 3500 construction jobs and 250 ongoing jobs. These include: • a 1.1 hectare parcel for commercial/mixed-use development, allowing heights up to 90m. Lume (complete) – • road and streetscape improvements, 21 Honeysuckle Drive (Doma Group) naturalising Cottage Creek and laying • 154 apartments the services and foundations for future • Ground floor commercial spaces • HCCDC is delivering waterfront public works, including public domain. domain adjacent to Lume in 2020. Little National Hotel – Honeysuckle infrastructure 42 Honeysuckle Drive (Doma Group) and public domain upgrades • 179 hotel rooms We are delivering comprehensive public • Commercial tower and public domain and infrastructure upgrades to support car parking Honeysuckle’s transformation. Infrastructure • Expected completion 2023. recently delivered includes the $24-million upgrade of the Honeysuckle seawalls Huntington – replacing decades old maritime infrastructure 35 Honeysuckle Drive (Doma Group) to unlock land and enable public space. • 88 apartments, roof top landscaped space Works to upgrade Honeysuckle Drive