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Wicks Place
Developer : TOGA Group
Architect : Turners
Interior Design : Richards Stanisich
Landscape Architecture : Black Beetle
Naturally Inspired Spaces
Wicks Place stands as a breathtaking mixed residential urban village, boasting a vibrant new retail and dining precinct alongside 270 apartments spread across five buildings. These residences offer a unique blend of urban living and serene green spaces, providing a homely ambiance.
Wicks Place, a joint development by TOGA and Danias Group, represents a transformative endeavor poised to redefine contemporary urban living.
Standing tall on Victoria Road, this $130 million luxury development is architecturally designed to maximise space and light.
The project features a standard of luxury rarely seen in Marrickville, with apartments embodying home-like amenities that provide maximum comfort and storage for an easy, uncluttered lifestyle. The selection of one, two, and three-bedroom apartments comes with generous-sized balconies offering views of the surrounding district and parklands.
Homes on the upper floors provide uninterrupted views of the city skyline and airport runway, while those closer to ground level enjoy a vivid green backdrop of communal gardens and Wicks Park.
The European oak flooring, Fisher & Paykel appliances, natural stone splashbacks, and close attention to detail demonstrates TOGA’s commitment to delivering high-quality products.”
During the construction phase of Wicks Place, TOGA used 15,000m3 of concrete and 2,300 tonnes of steel across 14 levels, with a total of 84 pours. The ground floor and Level One transfer slabs consisted of transfer beams up to 1.3m deep and widths of 5.2m. The total reinforcement used for these two slabs accounted for 40% of the total tonnage of steel and 30% of the total concrete, which is enough to fill one and a half Olympic swimming pools. At the peak of the project, TOGA had more than 300 workers onsite.
The site presented some unique challenges including installation of bespoke single pane windows up to 39mm thick, which required specialist handling, to achieve an acoustic rating not yet seen in the industry, and as the site is located beneath active flight paths, the last three floors of the structure required to be stick-built without a tower crane. Despite these challenges, TOGA’s construction team carefully managed site operations to ensure the smooth and successful delivery on the project.
TOGA has built a reputation for creating high-quality properties and offering services that exceed customers’ expectations. They have been developing, building and enriching communities for over 60 years, establishing themselves as one of Australia’s most experienced, fully integrated property developers.
TOGA partners with their customers throughout the entire property journey, fostering open and transparent relationships. Their committed and dedicated team of property professionals are there from the very first moment a customer considers a TOGA property to the day the keys are handed over and beyond.”
Wicks Place reached practical completion in June 2024.
For more information contact TOGA Group, Level 5, 45 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW 2007, phone 02 9356 1000, email info@toga.com.au, website www.toga.com.au
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Case StudiesSoldier Tower Cranes & Labour Services (Soldier), a highly experienced operator in Australia’s construction industry, provides a comprehensive service for builders and construction companies of any scale. Soldier offer a large fleet of cranes, hoists and labour division including crane operators, riggers, hoist operators, RTA Certified traffic control division and skilled labour.
At a time when Sydney’s Inner West local government area is forecast to grow by approximately 32,600 residents and 14,000 workers between 2022 to 2036, Soldier Tower Cranes & Labour Services is committed to the development of Inner West’s infrastructure.
Soldier recently joined forces with one of Australia’s most experienced, fully integrated property developers, Toga Group. Toga Group, which has 60 years of experience in the building industry, is leading the way in the Marrickville community with its new development, Wicks Place, a hub of premium apartments combining luxury living and eclectic retail space.
Soldier commenced working on this Project in 2022 taking note that this Project would involve an intricate tower crane and construction methodology. This Project is very complex due to its close proximity to the airport; the cranes provided are limited in height and can only be erected and dismantled between the hours of 11pm and 5am.
The restrictions created a significant level of complexity for Soldier to overcome, who have installed, and recently dismantled two tower cranes for this project.
Soldier executed a jib reduction from 35m down to 25m on TC1, preventing structural cycle time delays and enabling crane operation to continue, given the restrictions faced on the project.
Soldier is now providing crane, hoist and crew, skilled labour, and machine operators, for Toga’s Made Marrikville, an industrial commercial project, offering premium adaptive space for a range of business ventures.
Soldier is proud to be a part of Toga’s Marrickville development.
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