Sydney’s chronic housing shortage crisis offers developers a guilt-edged guarantee that if they build, they will come. But Bondi Junction is torn between homes and offices in the race to meet the Minns government’s target to relieve the accommodation crisis.

Waverley Council wants to balance retention of its historic commercial core that was turbocharged nearly 50 years ago when Bondi Junction Plaza was built with the need for higher-density residential development through an overhaul of neighbourhood plans.

The municipality plans to turn Bondi Junction from a transport interchange and retail hub into a residential, business and late-night precinct.Credit: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The municipality has started public consultation on a draft “vision statement” to transform Bondi Junction from a transport interchange and........

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