Turning existing buildings into something new, without losing what makes them worth keeping.
Not every redevelopment starts with a demolition. Some of the best projects we've worked on took a warehouse, a heritage shopfront or a rural estate and gave it a new purpose. That's a different planning problem to a straightforward knockdown-rebuild, and it needs a different approach.
Adaptive reuse and mixed-use redevelopment usually means combining a change of use application with building works, heritage considerations, and sometimes licensing requirements that sit outside standard planning law. Getting the sequence right matters as much as getting the application right.
Deus Ex Machina, Camperdown
Change of use approval for the café, retail and motorcycle showroom inside a heritage-sensitive inner-city site.
Red Mill Rum Distillery
Converting an industrial warehouse into a working craft distillery and hospitality venue, balancing heritage requirements with liquor licensing constraints.
Office Fitout Group
Planning approval for a commercial office fitout inside a heritage-listed inner-city building, working within conservation requirements.
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A change of use application on its own often isn't enough. Heritage-listed buildings bring conservation requirements. Licensed venues bring separate approvals through Liquor & Gaming NSW. Structural changes bring building code and fire safety requirements into the mix.
We coordinate all of it, so you're not managing three separate processes with three separate consultants.
If you're looking at an existing building and wondering what it could become, the first step is a feasibility read — what the site allows, what approvals are likely required, and roughly how long it will take. That conversation is usually the difference between a project that moves and one that stalls at council.