Chippendale

Immediately south of Sydney’s city centre, Chippendale hums with cosmopolitan inner-city life. The compact and convenient district has shed its industrial feel in recent years and metamorphosed into an energetic arts, dining and shopping neighbourhood.

FOOD AND ART

More than a dozen art galleries are dotted around Chippendale, including the famed White Rabbit gallery, showcase of contemporary Chinese art, while the popular Central Park commercial and residential development, with its glamorous shopping and modernistic mall, has upped the buzz. Rising from the bare bones of the 150-year-old Kent Brewery, Central Park has been given the thumbs up for its attractive refurbishment, which has used the site’s architectural heritage to create a charismatic atmosphere of stripped brick and classic industrial lines combined with the latest in retail design.

In popular Spice Alley, patrons can choose from a series of hawker-style outlets to pick up a dish of crispy fried pork belly or a bowl of laksa, or head to one of the nearby sophisticated bars for a beer or a creative cocktail.

Nearby Central railway station and a number of bus routes provide convenient public transport.

SLEEK APARTMENTS AND COSY TERRACES

Adjacent to the University of Technology and just down the hill from Sydney University, Chippendale has an energy rarely found elsewhere in the city.

The district offers a wide range of housing, from spacious apartments with all the mod cons to characteristic terraces, and its sheer convenience and burgeoning popularity will ensure Chippendale property is always on the radar of the canny investor.