Developers urge government not to cave in to ‘CBD NIMBYs’ at Barangaroo | michaelkoziol
Developers are urging the state government not to give in to “CBD NIMBYs” as debate intensifies over plans for the final piece of Sydney’s Barangaroo foreshore, including a 20-storey residential building that has enraged community groups and heritage advocates.
Lucy Turnbull, former head of the Greater Cities Commission and former Sydney lord mayor, backed that call and said the forthcoming metro station was a catalyst for more development in the area than originally planned.reported on Monday, residents’ groups, the National Trust, the City of Sydney and state MP for Sydney Alex Greenwich haveon behalf of developer Aqualand.
“There’s always going to be community opposition to any development, but ... the city needs to increase its population,” he said. “More and more workers are working from home [so] we need to have a larger population in the city in order to keep the city alive and thriving.” “The state government is making the biggest investment in transport infrastructure in Sydney’s history with the Metro,” she said. “This creates a huge opportunity to connect people right across the city and locate housing close to where the Metro stations are – especially affordable housing, of which there is a huge shortage.”