Sydney complex of 900 new apartments at risk of collapse due to ‘serious damage’ – watchdog

The NSW building watchdog says the Lachlan’s Line development in Macquarie Park is at ‘threat of collapse’. Photograph: Google

Almost 1,000 recently completed apartments in Sydney’s north are at risk of collapsing due to “serious damage” to concrete in the basements caused by defective workmanship, according to the New South Wales building watchdog.

The developer, Greenland, has been issued with urgent rectification orders over the four apartment buildings at the Lachlan’s Line development at 23 Halifax Street in Macquarie Park.