Mayor Wendy Waller commented that she hopes the rezoning will ultimately double the residential population of Liverpool, saying:
“We want to create a vibrant city centre with an 18 hour economy.”
An increase in commercial activity in inner Liverpool and the surrounding metropolitan hub may lead to increased demand for business card printing services.
Several apartment blocks have already been built along the fringe of the commercial precinct, but the rezoning will, for the first time, allow more high rise construction within its borders. It will add to Liverpool’s rapid transformation over the past decade, with new campuses being opened by Western Sydney University and the University of Wollongong, as well as the area’s thriving medical district.
Plans for a second airport in the western part of Sydney have also drawn attention to Liverpool, which was last year identified as a key regional centre by the Greater Sydney Commission. David Borger of the Western Sydney Business Chamber said the suburb’s wide streets can cope with high density living.
Liverpool’s centre was first planned in 1827 by Robert Hoddle, who went on to plot Melbourne’s CBD and have a major road named for him there.