Six affordable apartments would sit above 111 co-living rooms in a single six-storey project in south-west Sydney.
Designed by Texco for ZR Investments, the building would replace two Glenfield houses at 37-39 Trafalgar Street, about 500m walking distance from the Glenfield Station.
Co-living accommodation would occupy levels one to four, with each of the 111 rooms providing a private bathroom, kitchen and laundry.
Every room could accommodate two lodgers, giving the component capacity for as many as 222 people.
Level five would contain the project’s only affordable housing—six conventional apartments comprising two studios, two one-bedroom and two two-bedroom homes.
Those apartments would remain affordable and under the management of a registered community housing provider for at least 15 years from the occupation certificate.
The co-living rooms are a separate housing component and are not identified as affordable.
A neighbourhood shop spanning almost 100sq m and 246sq m of communal living and co-working space would occupy the ground floor.
ZR Investments’ proposal combines three NSW Housing SEPP provisions to extract almost every available centimetre from the 2036sq m site.
The state’s Low and Mid-Rise Reforms lift its maximum height from 11m to 17.5m and floor-space ratio from 1.3:1 to 1.5:1.
Allocating 10 per cent of total gross floor area to affordable housing generates a further 20 per cent height and floor-space bonus under the applicant’s calculations.
▲ The two houses on the 2036sq m Glenfield site, outlined in yellow, would make way for the six-storey mixed-use project.
Co-living provisions add another 10 per cent to floor space, taking the claimed limits to 21m and 1.95:1.
Combined, those controls allow 3970.2sq m of gross floor area.
Plans provide 3969.9sq m—just 0.3sq m shy of the ceiling.
Fourteen of the project’s 19 car spaces would serve co-living residents, including two resident-only car-share bays.
Planning documents calculate a 22-space benchmark for this component but rely on nearby public transport, car sharing and 40 bicycle spaces to support the shortfall.
Campbelltown Council records show Trafalgar Street was once known locally as Railway Avenue.
Developers renamed it during Glenfield’s mid-century expansion, but rail proximity is again driving density along the street, within a precinct rezoned in 2021 for as many as 7000 homes.