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20 APRIL 2026 ISSUE 499
A SPA BUSINESS PUBLICATION
The Lands by Capella launches
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The heritage-listed Department of Lands building in Sydney, Australia, has relaunched as a major cultural and events destination, as part of a mixeduse redevelopment of two iconic buildings known collectively as the Sandstone Precinct. Singapore-based Pontiac Land Group owns the property, as
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well as the building next door
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TIMOTHY KAYE
■ The renovation of The Lands by Capella is by Hassell and Purcell Architects
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The two-phase restoration
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of Education building.
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that was the former Department
project has seen Pontiac turn the Department of Education building
a steamroom, sauna, experience
into the 192-key luxury hotel, Capella
showers and an ice fountain.
Sydney, which opened in 2023 and is managed by Capella Hotel
Heritage Architects remodelled
Group. This hotel has a signature
the Department of Lands
Auriga Spa with treatment rooms, a
building, creating a 10,265sq m
20-metre heated indoor swimming
culture and business hub.
pool and a vitality pool. It also has
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