$38m two tower complex for Wollongong
Wollongong’s Oxford Tavern is making way for a $38 million residential complex to be known as Oxford On Crown.
PSR Investments developer Robert Haung said demolition of the site, including an archaeological dig to uncover the site’s convict history, would start in or before May’. The hotel opened in 1839 as Elliots Family Hotel and became The Oxford Hotel in 1916.
The two-tower, $38-million complex for the long-dormant Oxford Tavern site was given the final tick of approval last week. It will include 135 apartments across two towers, including four penthouse residences on the top floor.
The south tower, at the corner of Corrimal and Burelli streets, would contain 68 apartments while the north block at the corner of Corrimal and Crown streets would have 67 residences.
There would also be two lower floors of shops and office space, and two basement parking and storage levels with room for 259 cars.
The ground floor is proposed to include two arcades, commercial and retail foyers and access to the underground car park, while the first floor would house offices and a large outdoor common area for residents of the complex.
