Surry Hills Shopping Village has closed in January 2021 to make way for a massive redevelopment following Council’s approval in December 2020 of a new lifestyle precinct.
To stand on the 1.2 hectare site on the corner of Cleveland Road and Baptist Street, will be the new Surry Hills Village. TOGA will be behind its redevelopment with the help of SJB Architects.
Once completed, the commercial area, which started out as a basic shopping centre in the 1960s, will become a revitalised and modern residential, dining and retail precinct with more than 100 apartments, as well as a range of restaurants and entertainment establishments.
The new village will also include a lush and beautiful public park, a market-style retail area, and a pedestrian laneway that will link Baptist and Marriot Streets.
Expected to set shop into the precinct are Coles supermarket and Vintage Cellars, as well as heaps of providores, cafes and boutiques.
TOGA CEO Fabrizio Perilli said that Surry Hills village will be the “melting pot of the city’s finest restaurants, bars, art, music and culture” and will shape the next chapter of this community.
Surry Hills Shopping Village was once dubbed the “murder mall” for its rundown appearance. The new owners bought the property in 2017 without any idea of its reputation and submitted complex plans that took more than a year of deliberation and consultation with the Council and the community.
Perilli said that with Surry Hills Village, the formerly neglected site will finally be rid of its old reputation.
Though pegged for completion sometime in late 2023 or early 2024, over 30 units priced between $875,000 to $2.8 million have already been sold before the construction. Work on the site will actually start in late 2021.