DMWR Architects were appointed by FIREM to convert and develop Botany Bay Canal Mill site into a mixed-use development. The project brief was set out with the following objectives: 

• Create modern offices via a rooftop extension and establish FI-REM headquarters within the local area. 
• Develop a modern car park with a helipad and ancillary uses to facilitate business operations within the mill. 
• Develop a design narrative that respects the existing mill and echoes its industrial heritage. 
• Re-purpose the Mill with modern uses. 
• Enhance the visual and environmental qualities of the site and its relationship with the surrounding context. 

The planning application process was split into 2 phases. Application 1 was for the decked car park, helipad, hangar, access and circulation, ancillary development, and landscaping. Application 2 was for alterations to existing mill to facilitate change of use to self-storage facility and to facilitate use of upper floor for offices, new roof level offices, access, circulation, ancillary development, and landscaping.