By Alexandra Smith

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A former Sydney Metro construction site on Sydney’s north shore will be converted into as many as 1500 new homes, including 180 build-to-rent apartments for essential workers, and an old boys’ boarding school will be repurposed into a community space as part of the development.

State government developer Landcom has planned the site on Mowbray Road in Chatswood to include some affordable apartments, shops and outdoor areas.

This will be the second site secured under the Minns government’s $450 million investment in 400 build-to-rent homes for essential workers in Sydney. There are already 220 essential worker homes being developed in Annandale.

Landcom’s draft masterplan for Chatswood includes the construction of 180 build-to-rent apartments to be held in perpetuity and offered to health workers, paramedics, teachers, police officers and firefighters.