Central Park is a major mixed-use

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project in

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, Australia located on

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in the suburb of Chippendale. The development is focused on a new public park located just off Broadway of approximately in size. For many decades the southern side of Broadway was dominated by a brewery, which closed in the 2000s and the site was put up for sale.

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purchased the site from the

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on 29 June 2007. On a difficult site, the design fitted the towers around the streets, created new public spaces and connections to the city, added 30,000 specially selected plants, included art work, and incorporated pedestrian as well as vehicular access. The project includes the award-winning high-rise building

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, an apartment complex known for its hanging vertical gardens.

Precincts

One Central Park

The first stage of the redevelopment is a tower called One Central Park, a residential tower designed by

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featuring

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and

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. Located opposite the

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, One Central Park is an apartment complex with a shopping centre calle
Central Park Mall
located on the lower levels. The design includes a

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ed section including a

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to provide light to the parkland below. It is the tallest building on the site. Construction by Watpac Construction was completed in October 2013. In May 2014, the One Central Park East tower was ranked by

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as one of the world's best skyscrapers. In July of the same year, it was chosen as the best tall building in Asia and Australia by the

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-based Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). In November 2014 it was named the best tall building in the world by CTBUH. In October 2014 it was named the Overall Winner of the 2014

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Halo from Central Park balcony - August 2015

Park Lane & The Mark

The second and third stages are called Park Lane and The Mark. These are residential buildings designed by Johnson Pilton Walker located adjacent to the new parkland. The Mark is the second tallest building at Central Park.

Commercial buildings

London architects

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are the designers behind Central Park's first commercial buildings known as Central Park Mall, which is anchored by Woolworths and features over 75,000 square metres of office and retail space.

Parkland

Central Park includes two parks. In addition to the main park, a

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known as the

Balfour Street Park Balfour Street Park is a public pocket park located in an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The park is located in the suburb of Chippendale, at the corner of Balfour Street and O’Connor Street. Balfour ...

was created by closing a section of Balfour Street. The park provides a connection between Central Park and the rest of Chippendale. It opened in April 2010. The main park, called Chippendale Green, opened on 17 December 2012.

Artworks

''Halo'', a wind powered kinetic sculpture by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford was installed in Central Park in 2012. It involves a ring turning and tilting atop a mast in response to wind.

References

External links

* https://www.centralparkmall.com.au/ * http://www.frasersproperty.com.au/ * http://www.sekisuihouse.com.au/ * https://www.domain.com.au/news/almost-a-decade-on-central-park-is-the-urban-experiment-sydney-got-right-20161103-gshiny/ * http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/2794-city-planning-body-adjusts-density-of-cub-site/ {{coord, 33, 53, 6.92, S, 151, 12, 1.14, E, region:AU, display=title Sydney localities Shopping centres in Sydney Railway Square, Sydney