The New South Wales government has rejected a bid by Mirvac to redevelop the site adjoining Carriageworks in Sydney's Eveleigh into a technology hub, with Google as an anchor tenant.

Mirvac's proposal involved transforming the area into a multi-purpose hub, with commercial, arts, retail and residential zones, and included upgrading Redfern train station.

Mirvac submitted the plan through the government's unsolicited proposal process, but the government determined the land should be redeveloped only after a competitive tender process.

The proposal, which would have drawn 19,000 employees to the area, 10,000 of them from Google, failed to pass a "uniqueness test", under which developers must prove their development can't be delivered by competitors.

The site is owned by Transport for NSW.

A year ago Google withdrew its interest from locating their Sydney office at White Bay, which is to be redeveloped, because it lacked sufficient public transport links.

The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that some members of the state government are trying to resurrect Mirvac's proposal, amid concerns Google could decide to establish its Australian base in Melbourne.

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