Expectations are high that a proposed showroom on Condamine Street in Balgowlah may shake up the local luxury furniture scene.
The proposed two-storey showroom, a King Living project, would be built at 200-204 Condamine Street on the border of Balgowlah and Manly Vale with a central atrium between storeys. and would include car parking areas.
The proposed building has an open plan, with two escalators serving the first-floor level which is a split level with small stairs connecting the two levels. Also included in the proposal is a driveway located at the southern end of the building linked to the rear side car parking.
“The proposed materials and finishes include precast concrete panel walls, cemintel barestone concrete walls, concrete slabs, glass shopfront façade, fixed aluminium louvres in timber look finish, glass awning above entrance, vertical garden over glass wall and metal roof sheeting.” – DM Planning
However, in order to make way for the new development, King Living would need to demolish three existing empty buildings on the site. This includes the old Barbeques Galore shop, as well as a former outdoor furniture retailer and an indoor plant outlet.
The existing ground floor slabs, western boundary retaining walls and the suspended concrete ramps between the buildings at 202 and 204 Condamine Street will be retained.
King Living’s proposed development will be situated just metres away from another luxury furniture and homewares outlet, Coco Republic, as well as a short walk from Smith Made on Roseberry St. Additionally, there is already a Freedom furniture and homewares store operating on the opposite side of Condamine St to the proposed King Living site.
The proposal at a glance:
Address: 200-204 Condamine Street
Level 1: (GFA: 894m2)
• Open-plan furniture showroom
• Entry with escalators and atrium
• Lift, bathroom, kitchen, waste room
Level 2: (GFA: 1,104m2)
• Open- plan, split-level furniture showroom
• Metal roof with solar photovoltaic panels
Undercroft below the building: For flood storage
Traffic and car parking:
• Two-lane vehicle access driveway from the southern end of the site.
• Twenty-six (26) car spaces located at the rear of the site
• Reinstate the kerb to redundant driveway
Landscaping:
• Landscaping in the 4.5m front setback area located above the proposed suspended slab and around
• A vertical garden wall on the eastern facade
Signage:
• 1 x illuminated business identification sign containing the lettering “KING” on the street-facing elevation of the building.
• 1 x illuminated business identification sign containing the lettering “KING” on the north-facing elevation of the building.
Published 7-April-2023
