To ensure best practice and design excellence for the site, we have assembled a team of award-winning professionals a who represent best practice in fields including engineering, ecology and biodiversity, geomorphology, acoustics, traffic studies, visual impact, social impact, among others. Their expertise complements a thorough independent design review process and input from the community.

Best Practice Architecture
The design team is led by award winning architectural practice Turner. Turner was engaged in 2023 to undertake concept site master planning & detailed designs suitable for submitting a State Significant Development Application to the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure. Principal and design lead Nick Turner has been a resident and local to the Southern Highlands for over 20 years. His knowledge & passion for the region might in fact rival that of Blue Sox’ founder & director responsible for conceiving the project. The dedicated team at Turner has extensive experience with adaptive reuse of heritage buildings and all are experts in site master planning and design of mixed-use developments.

Landscape and Built Heritage
Our other leads on the project include JMD Design and Urbis. JMD Design is an award-winning Landscape Architectural practice committed to designing sustainable, creative and liveable outdoor environments that contribute to the social, cultural and environmental wellbeing of all.

Urbis is an award-winning practice specialising in built form heritage. From matters of conservation, to developing the principles and policies of adaptive reuse for the site and to matters of future care and maintenance of significant heritage elements of the site, Urbis have recently completed the adaptive reuse of the 1912 heritage-listed Department of Education and Department of Lands buildings in Sydney’s CBD, now known as Capella Sydney hotel.

Cultural Heritage
We are also engaging with First Nations people as the traditional knowledge holders of the area to ensure future works on the site are planned and designed sensitively and appropriately towards responding to Country and in recognition of the traditional owners of the land.

Rigorous Processes
As a State Significant Development, plans for the site are subject to review & endorsement by the NSW State Design Review Panel (SDRP). The SDRP provides independent, consistent design quality advice on projects of state significance. The panel is made up of industry professionals who are appointed by the NSW state government. A first design review meeting with the SDRP has been held (Dec 2024) with a follow up planned for the second quarter of 2025