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Delorean Victorian
Architect
CplusC Architects + Builders
CplusC head office
Completed 2024
Scope
Remodelled existing office with additions on existing commercial site
Project Team
Clinton Cole, Loretta Law, Hayden Co’burn, Nathan Krstevski, Tallon Creber
Location
Cnr of Cleveland & Nickson St, Surry Hills
Commercial Building
4 zones: 3 office areas, inc. kitchen, w/c, outdoor terrace, 1 store/car, 2x communal bathroom
Photography
© Michael Lassman
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Introduction
Behind a restored 19th-century shopfront, 466 Cleveland Street has been transformed by CplusC Architects + Builders into a two-level head office that fuses heritage fabric with a contemporary rear addition. Since its restoration, the building has become a local landmark once more. Public interest in the heritage façade is part of the asset – a commercial building with street memory, presence and an audience before the next owner even opens the door.
Known for boundary-pushing sustainable architecture, CplusC has added a contemporary rear extension that draws light, air and vegetation deep into the plan. Designed from the outset for flexible use, the building can operate as a single headquarters or accommodate multiple tenancies, making it particularly well suited to growing creative businesses. Accommodation is arranged across two levels, with separate ground-floor office space and an upper-level workspace with kitchen pod, meeting room and terrace.
Delorean Victorian is both workplace and proof of practice: a clear expression of CplusC’s approach to reuse, construction, sustainability and the activation of the streetscape. It is a rare commercial offering for a design-led owner-occupier or investor seeking a Surry Hills building with architectural identity, street presence, approved commercial use and genuine flexibility for future occupation.
“Not just an office” but “a manifesto” for a creative company. Now offered as a rare commercial opportunity.”
Flexible Surry Hills freehold with multiple income pathways
466 Cleveland Street, on the corner of Cleveland and Nickson St, offers a rare city-fringe commercial asset with architectural identity, flexible occupation and multiple leasing pathways. The building provides two adaptable workspace levels, with outdoor amenity, bicycle storage, shower facilities, rear access and approved commercial use.
The property suits an owner-occupier, investor or hybrid occupier/investor seeking a distinctive Surry Hills address, with potential for whole-building occupation, floor-by-floor leasing or smaller workplace configurations. The current layout provides three principal office/work areas, each accommodating approximately 12 seats, supported by breakout spaces, a flexible meeting/conference room and terrace for meetings, collaboration and focused work. Further upside may exist in the rear store/car space, which could potentially be adapted as additional office/workspace, subject to approvals and compliance.
Lettable area and tenancy configurations
287.7 sq m Gross Floor Area (GFA)172.89 sq m Net Lettable Area (NLA)
Single whole-building lease
One tenant occupies the full building as a flagship office, studio, agency, design practice, production company, consulting firm or creative headquarters.
Two separate leases
Ground floor and first floor leased separately, with each level operating as its own commercial tenancy and shared services managed by agreement.
Four smaller tenancies with shared amenity
The building could support multiple boutique workspaces using shared meeting, kitchen, bathroom, terrace and end-of-trip facilities, subject to lease structure and compliance.
Owner-occupier plus income
Owner occupies one level and leases the other, reducing holding costs while preserving identity and control.
Boutique shared office / flexible workspace
One operator controls the whole building and offers desks, rooms or small-team memberships around the central meeting, terrace and breakout amenity.
Building accommodation and features
Restored 19th century Cleveland Street shopfront
Two-level commercial workplace
Ground-floor office area
First-floor office / studio area
Flexible meeting / conference room
Outdoor terrace for meetings and events
Open-air stairwell and terrace
Kitchen facilities
Bathrooms and shower facilities
Accessible bathroom
Security door and cameras
Bicycle storage
Rear service / roller-door access
Storage and services area
Strong corner presence to Cleveland Street and Nickson Street
Flexible layout suited to changing workstyles
Sustainable features
Reuse of existing heritage building fabric
Retained exposed brick, timber beams, ceilings and floor structure
Recycled Australian hardwood used for flooring, desks, tables and structural elements
Double-glazed recycled hardwood sliding doors and windows
Automated louvres for cross-ventilation and solar access
Central open-air stairwell assisting cross ventilation to all zones
Low-carbon concrete slab providing thermal mass
Recycled bricks used for new boundary masonry walls
Automated lighting and irrigation
6kW photovoltaic system
Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage
Reduced reliance on carbon-intensive HVAC systems
Floor Plan
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Specifications
Address
Corner of Cleveland & Nickson St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Specifications
4 zones: 3 office areas, inc. kitchen, w/c, outdoor terrace, 1 store/car, 2x communal bathroom
Gross Floor Area (GFA):
287.7 sq m
Gross internal area:
199.39 sq m
Net Lettable Area (NLA):
172.89 sq m
Store & car area:
51 sq m
Outdoor terrace:
22 sq m
Gross site area:
147.1 sq m
Please note: All dimensions are approximate.
For Sale
By Private Treaty
GST-free sale of a going concern,
subject to contract
View by Appointment
Please call Marcus Lloyd-Jones
+61 (0)424 00 55 31
We look forward to welcoming you
to Delorean Victorian
Modern House Estate Agents
National: 1300 814 768
International: +61 (0)2 8014 5363
Email: viewings@modernhouse.co
The design
The brief was to transform a late Victorian corner shop into a new commercial workplace while restoring its street presence, removing unsympathetic rear fabric and demonstrating a more sustainable way to adapt an inner-city building.
“The design had to convey what we stand for.”
Clinton Cole
Delorean Victorian begins with the restored Cleveland Street shopfront, awning and original newsagent windows, then moves into a contemporary two-level addition organised around light, air, movement and flexible use. With a NNE rear orientation and afternoon sun to the Nickson Street façade, the design draws daylight, ventilation and planting deep into the plan.
The building is arranged as separate but connected work areas: a ground-floor office with kitchen, bathrooms, shower facilities, bicycle storage and rear access; and an upper-level workspace with kitchen pod, bathroom, meeting room and outdoor terrace. The rear store/car space offers further potential to be adapted as an additional work area, subject to approvals and compliance.
It is a flexible commercial building, but also a clear design statement: heritage retained, structure expressed, work life made visible and the streetscape reactivated.
“A commercial building shaped by material honesty, expressed structure and sustainable operation.”
Architect + Builder
Clinton Cole is the founder of CplusC Architects + Builders, a Sydney practice that intentionally removes the usual divide between architect and builder. A registered architect, licensed builder and construction supervisor, Cole has spent more than two decades pursuing a form of practice where design intent, construction intelligence and environmental responsibility remain connected from first sketch to finished building. This gives his work a rare credibility: the architecture is imagined with a builder’s knowledge of how it will be made, what it will cost, and how it will perform over time.
What distinguishes Cole is not only his technical range, but the sincerity of his approach. His buildings have an evident honesty in their use of material: structure is expressed, surfaces are allowed to reveal how they are made, and recycled or retained elements are treated not as compromise, but as part of the architectural language.
Yet the work is never merely earnest or utilitarian. Within the discipline of craft and sustainability there are always moments of delight: an unexpected moving element, a contrast of colour, a finely resolved junction or threshold, and small details that become joyful everyday touchpoints, allowing the building to interact with its occupants – moments that make one smile.
This is the particular strength of Cole’s architecture. It shows how a building works, but also how it can lift the human experience. His work is practical, inventive and deeply felt: architecture as construction, but also as craft, atmosphere and daily delights.
Photo: © Michael Lassman
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A certified B Corp since 2018, CplusC holds the highest
B Corp score of any combined architecture and construction firm in Australia.
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For Sale
By Private Treaty
GST-free sale of a going concern,
subject to contract
View by Appointment
Please call Marcus Lloyd-Jones
+61 (0)424 00 55 31
We look forward to welcoming you
to Delorean Victorian
Modern House Estate Agents
National: 1300 814 768
International: +61 (0)2 8014 5363
Email: viewings@modernhouse.co
The site
Built in the late 1800s, 466 Cleveland Street began life as a Victorian-era corner shop in Surry Hills, trading as a newsagent until the 1960s. By the 1990s it had become a restaurant, later changing hands several times before falling victim to the citywide lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. By 2020, it stood “closed and gutted”.
The site is categorised as a “contributory heritage item” for its contribution to the streetscape. For CplusC, the opportunity was not simply to turn an old building into an office, but to bring what the practice describes as its “hallmark heritage preservation approach” to restoring the building’s place in the inner-city streetscape. Fortunately for CplusC, “there was a lot to work with”.
Outside, the original shopfront had been modified, but the late 19th-century awning remained, wrapping the corner of Cleveland Street and Nickson Street. So too did the building’s “fanciful parapets and shell mouldings”, ornamental window frames, decorative borders and rear skillion roof. Inside, the building was in disrepair, with dark corridors, shabby rooms and limited daylight. Yet beneath the later additions and renovations, original features had survived.
When the panels above the former restaurant doors were removed, the old shopfront was revealed, with original copper-clad Australian red cedar frames and gilded Flemish glass signage. In CplusC’s words, “it felt like striking gold”.
Back to the future
The name Delorean Victorian captures the spirit of the project: a “back to the future” response that turns a heritage building into a forward-thinking workplace by fusing old and new. At the front, the late 19th-century shopfront has been restored. At the rear, a high-performing two-storey extension introduces modern materials, open-air spaces, daylight, ventilation and cascading plants.
The result is neither a nostalgic restoration nor a generic commercial conversion. The “delightful resurrection of the old newsagent” now turns heads. Under the shop awning, antique gilt lettering, coloured windows and warm timber revive the memory of the former shopfront, while the restored awning is lined with a tessellated pattern of recycled traffic and roadwork signs, riffing on Victorian tile forms and nodding to Rosalie Gascoigne.
That renewed public life is part of the story. As CplusC noted, people kept popping in to share memories, enthusiasm and curiosity. By uncovering the original building, the project uncovered “a rich trove of memories”, bringing the heritage and local history back into the open.
For its next owner, 466 Cleveland Street offers more than a restored commercial freehold. It is a corner building with memory, presence and a new future already written into its fabric.
For Sale
By Private Treaty
GST-free sale of a going concern,
subject to contract
View by Appointment
Please call Marcus Lloyd-Jones
+61 (0)424 00 55 31
We look forward to welcoming you
to Delorean Victorian
Modern House Estate Agents
National: 1300 814 768
International: +61 (0)2 8014 5363
Email: viewings@modernhouse.co
“Work as you would love to live.”