HIGA launch loft collection at East Sydney apartment development in Darlinghurst

The Sydney-based developer Hansen Investment Group Australia (HIGA) has launched their loft apartment product in their contemporary $80 million East Sydney collection in Darlinghurst.

Easy Sydney, a rare new apartment building in the sought-after inner-city suburb filled with grand terraces and older apartment buildings, has been designed by the high profile design teams at MHNDU and Lawless Meyerson.

They're developing the five-level block of 27 on the site of the former Aston Martin dealership, with the heritage features being retained as part of the project.

There's been appetite from downsizers, given the location's proximity to the city.

HIGA chose the site due to its location on the fringe of Hyde Park at 22-38 Yurong Street, which puts it in to the category of a 15 minute city, a term coined by French professor Carlos Moreno.

According to Moreno, each 15-minute city should fulfil six social functions—living, working, supplying, caring, learning and enjoying. It reduces residents’ environmental footprints by boosting green initiatives, creativity and wellbeing at a neighbourhood level and reducing travel, urban density, pollution and loneliness.

The loft product, known as Stanley Lane lofts, just off the hotspot Stanley Street, lined with bars and restaurants, will have mezzanine spaces, classic steel-framed windows and steel-framed kitchen islands, and terrazzo floors in the classic bathrooms. MHNDU has reimagined the original 1930s art deco saw-tooth warehouse, creating a canvas for living and entertaining. Lawless & Meyerson have handled the interiors, complete with double-height spaces, exposing the warehouse’s original steel trusses for a contemporary edge. 

The one-bedroom loft apartments start from $1.65 million, and the two-bed plus study lofts are priced at $2.8 million. The entry level price for the one-bedroom apartments start from $1,275,000.