The Northern Beaches could be about to get a dramatic skyline makeover, with ambitious plans for eight residential and commercial towers at Warringah Mall, including two skyscrapers that would dwarf every existing building in the area. Scentre Group, the retail giant behind Warringah Mall and 36 other Westfields across Australia, has lodged a State Significant Development (SSD) application seeking approval for a mixed-use precinct that would fundamentally reshape the Brookvale landscape. The shopping centre owner is seeking state approval for towers twice the height of Northern Beaches’ tallest building. Stage one works include an application for eight mixed-use towers, ranging from 12 to 39 storeys, which will include 1,500 apartments (five per cent allocated as affordable housing), an estimated 2,500 car spaces and 6,900sqm of public...