Plans for Crown Street's new public housing unit tower revealed

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 13 2021 - 8:55pm, first published 4:00pm
From the ashes: A 13-storey tower, housing a mix of affordable and social units and private apartments, is proposed to replace the old red brick public housing complex at the eastern end of Crown Street. Pictures: Anna Warr/ADM Architects.
From the ashes: A 13-storey tower, housing a mix of affordable and social units and private apartments, is proposed to replace the old red brick public housing complex at the eastern end of Crown Street. Pictures: Anna Warr/ADM Architects.

Plans to dramatically transform a long-neglected public housing block in Wollongong CBD have been unveiled, with government contractors proposing to build a 13-storey tower which combines affordable housing with private homes.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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