24 Bay St

24 Bay Street, Double Bay, NSW
Under construction / Commercial

Its bones are filled with heritage-listed character. Yet this Modernist commercial masterpiece has been crying out for careful restoration for several decades.

Built in 1968, Gaden House was designed by Neville Gruzman, a former Mayor of Woollahra and one of Sydney’s most influential architects of the 20th Century. Fortis is now teaming with architects Lawton Hurley to see it restored and reimagined.

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The site

On the corner of Bay St and Cooper St, 24 Bay St occupies one of the most historic corner addresses in one of Sydney’s most prized postcodes. Boasting a rare triple st frontage in the heart of Double Bay Village, the site is surrounded by some of the Eastern Suburbs’ finest cafés, restaurants, gyms, designer boutiques, hotels and pubs, including the Royal Oak Hotel directly opposite. Just 300 metres from Steyne Park and Double Bay ferry wharf.

Total commercial area
1,294m²
Number of levels
6
Project end value
$55m
Completion date
Q2 2024

Partners

With significant community interest and heritage sensitivities, Fortis has assembled a project team of the highest calibre. Calling upon four of our most trusted Sydney partners, the structural vision is being led by Woolloomooloo architects, Lawton Hurley, with all landscaping and plantings by Wyer & Co.

Landscaping by Wyer & Co.

Paying utmost respect to Gruzman’s original designs, the creative vision is to enhance the existing building by restoring key structural and aesthetic elements including the façade, concrete staircase, metal-clad louvres, terrazzo podium and feature lighting circles. Carefully preserving its past, whilst bringing ultra-contemporary new levels of amenity, 24 Bay St will be re-established as a Double Bay icon for generations to come.