Award-winning developer Billbergia has reached a major construction milestone on Stage Two of Rhodes Central, ‘topping out’ Peake Tower – a 48-level residential high-rise apartment building. Peake Tower is now the tallest building in Rhodes – part of the $2.5 billion Rhodes Central, Billbergia’s ambitious three-stage master-planned precinct in Sydney’s inner-west.
Delivering critically-needed new homes for over 3,500 people, Rhodes Central is a multi-stage five-tower development at Rhodes Rail Station, overlooking the Canada Bay foreshore.
Stage Two comprises a combined total of 674 apartments across two residential high-rise buildings, Peake Tower and Oasis. It will also see the delivery of $70 million in new community infrastructure – including a 9,100-square-metre multipurpose community recreation and childcare centre – built in the precinct’s three-level podium through a planning agreement with City of Canada Bay.
“We are delighted to have reached this exciting milestone on Peake Tower, a critical step towards the completion of this new waterfront precinct at Rhodes. Our vision of creating a highly-connected new community is fast becoming a reality,” said Rick Graf, Development Director at Billbergia.
Located at 34 Walker Street, Peake Tower and Oasis were designed by high-profile architects SJB.
Peake Tower stands an impressive 162 metres above street level, and over 1.7 million hours of labour have been worked to date on Stage Two of Rhodes Central. Interestingly, some 200,000 cubic metres of bulk excavation and 85,000 cubic metres of concrete has been used to get the Peake and Oasis towers to their highest point.
Rhodes Central’s Stage One comprises a total of 568 apartments across two buildings of 25 and 39 storeys, the tallest of which features an iconic heliostat. The towers sit above the award-winning, >13,000-square-metre Rhodes Central super neighbourhood shopping centre, delivered by Billbergia in 2021.
A significant employment generator, some 10,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created to date by the construction of Rhodes Central, with at least a further 450 permanent jobs within the completed precinct. Progressive completion of Peake Tower is due in Q3 2024
