News & Discussion: General CBD Development

[crawf]

Type: Development Application Received
Application Number: DA/293/2012
Lodgement Date: 3/05/2012
Location: Adelaide Mini Garage, 21-29 West Terrace, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description Internal and external alterations and additions to existing motor vehicle showroom including signage.

Applicant Name:


ADELAIDE MOTORS P/L

Didn't they just recently go under renovations?

[wilkiebarkid]

Type: Development Application Received
Application Number: DA/293/2012
Lodgement Date: 3/05/2012
Location: Adelaide Mini Garage, 21-29 West Terrace, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description Internal and external alterations and additions to existing motor vehicle showroom including signage.

Applicant Name:


ADELAIDE MOTORS P/L

Didn't they just recently go under renovations?

They did but they have just won the Opel franchise in SA, so I guess they will need additonal signage and remodelling of the showroom to accommodate this.

[monotonehell]

Well the Rundle Street paving is going ahead. I've been kept awake all night the past two nights by jack hammers and concrete cutters. >.<' And they're back tonight.

ALL IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS!

[UrbanSG]

Development hinges on Olympic Dam
City Messenger - Business10 May 12 @ 07:30am by Alice Higgins

Rundle Mall Management Authority chair Theo Maras says popular international retailers, such as Topshop, were waiting for BHP Billiton to announce its $20 billion Olympic Dam expansion before opening city stores.

MORE than half a billion dollars worth of city development hinges on BHP Billiton’s plans to expand its Olympic Dam operations, industry insiders say.

They have this week told the City Messenger that local, interstate and overseas developers will commit hundreds of millions to CBD developments within a year of BHP announcing plans to expand Olympic Dam in the state’s north.

The BHP board is expected to decide whether to proceed with the $20 billion expansion about mid-year.

City developer Theo Maras said investors were waiting in anticipation for “the biggest thing since sliced bread”.

He said investors, including major international retailers (see fact file below), would commit to investing $500 million in the city within a year of BHP confirming it would expand Olympic Dam.

“It is not just retailers - it is an entire development industry that is poised and set and waiting for the bell to ring,” Mr Maras said.

“People who are waiting to invest are looking for the signing of the documentation for that to occur.”

SA Property Council executive director Nathan Paine said the mining boom would generate more retail, commercial, industrial and residential development in the city.

“Demand is pretty weak across the board, whether it is retail spending or business growth, but there are a lot of people looking at the opportunities that will come as a consequence of the Olympic Dam expansion,” Mr Paine said.

Urban Development Institute of Australia SA executive director Terry Walsh agreed hundreds of millions would be committed to city construction, including overseas investors who would be “only too keen” to spend in the city.

“There is great expectation that the signing of that agreement to expand the dam is going to be a stimulus for increased spending right across the board,” Mr Walsh said.

“There will be enormous investment in the city centre in just the same way Perth is experiencing.”

Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan agreed: “It will lead to the greatest development in Adelaide since the gold rush era. “Combined with the height restrictions being lifted and the riverbank redevelopment combined with Adelaide Oval, there will be an upswing in confidence.”

Planning Minister John Rau said the anticipated expansion was one of the reasons the government overhauled the city’s planning guidelines.

“Given the expansion would be the largest private sector infrastructure investment in South Australian history, it is highly likely that it will lead to significant commercial and residential development in the city,” Mr Rau said.

Details
- Major international retailers are holding off moving into the city until BHP Billiton confirms its Olympic Dam expansion plans.

- Rundle Mall Management Authority chair Theo Maras said popular international retailers were waiting for BHP Billiton to announce its $20 billion Olympic Dam expansion before they spent millions on city shops.

- The retailers included British clothing giant Topshop, Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M, Spanish clothing company MANGO and US fashion chain Gant,

- “Those, together with other brands, have a great interest in the city of Adelaide and we expect them to be signing up upon the signing of the development of Olympic Dam,” Mr Maras said.

- “They want to see some positive news before they go into capital expenditure and they want to be sure that the major future instruments that will create employment in SA are actually triggered.”

[skyliner]

This thread could become massive. All very interesting news. My thoughts as well about the height restrictions being lifted due to ODX.

I will be very surprised if it does not go ahead - perhaps the Greek economic fiasco could impinge on it.

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

[dsriggs]

They did but they have just won the Opel franchise in SA, so I guess they will need additonal signage and remodelling of the showroom to accommodate this.

Does Opel REALLY need to set up shop in Australia?

[metro]

Opel is General Motors, Holden is also General Motors.. there isnt much difference, apart from the names and the badges.

[wilkiebarkid]

Opel is General Motors, Holden is also General Motors.. there isnt much difference, apart from the names and the badges.

There are no longer any common vehicles between the two since Holden dropped the Astra. So the Opel line up will be fresh to the Australian market.

[AG]

Now North Tce is on the revamp list
Brad Crouch
May 12, 2012 10:00PM

Artist's impression of the proposed $250 million SkyCity Adelaide Casino redevelopment on the Torrens Riverfront. Supplied by SkyCity Entertainment Group, design by David Cole of The Buchan Group.

What do you think of the proposal? Tell us in the comments.
THE North Tce cultural boulevard is at the centre of yet another CBD masterplan aiming to turn it into an "integrated cultural campus".

Even as Treasurer Jack Snelling warns "nothing is off the table in terms of cancelling projects in this month's Budget", the State Government has pushed ahead with calling tenders to develop a masterplan for the precinct fronted by the Art Gallery, SA Museum, State Library, Adelaide University and UniSA campuses.

Preparations for a "Riverbank East" masterplan follows multi-billion dollar masterplans for the River Torrens around Adelaide Oval and the Convention Centre; Riverbank West centred on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital; the Bowden redevelopment; Rundle Mall; and Victoria Square.

The unfunded Riverbank East concept plan details:

A CORE area bounded by North Tce, Kintore Ave, Frome Rd and the Torrens with the broader precinct extended to include the current RAH site, the National Wine Centre, Botanic Gardens and the Adelaide Zoo;

CLOSING most of Victoria Drive to link the precinct to the river minus traffic, with "high pedestrian and cycling amenity taking priority";

REMOVING on-street parking from much of the area;

LANEWAYS in the area would be promoted as "commercial opportunities" to entice more foot-traffic and make the area an after-dark drawcard.

The Riverbank East concept plan appears to focus on boosting the use of areas behind the imposing North Tce facades, indicating the terrace will not require more roadwork and footpath disruption.

The tender for a masterplan has emerged from workshops overseen by the Integrated Design Commission, which came up with 10 "guiding principles" such as "enriched identity" and "diversity and activity".

The project calls for a "fully joined up" North Tce to give the area's institutions a "consistent voice" and "permeability between footprints".

"No other Australian city has universities, cultural institutions, zoos and botanical gardens so closely co-located," the design brief states.

"The North Tce cultural precinct is a brand with enormous interstate and overseas credibility. It resonates with people. This project should build, re-imagine and revitalise North Tce in an integrated way."

Architects now considering the brief conceded they were a little surprised to have yet another North Tce project on offer. "I am not aware of any actual funding for this so it might be a bit of navel gazing - there has been so much focus on North Tce, maybe they should look at other areas of the city such as the south side," noted one architect.

Tenders close Wednesday.

Integrated Design Commissioner Tim Horton could not be contacted.

[Matt]

Nice to see Adelaide Now drag the old Casino render out from the archives.
The head doesn't know what the arse is doing.

[UrbanSG]

Upgrade of 118 Franklin Street recommended for approval at tonight's DAP Meeting.

It's a basic design but is a big improvement on the existing building that looks like it was built for a nuclear disaster. The existing building is easily one of Franklin Street's ugliest buildings (there are a few to choose from). Good to see Franklin Street gradually improving.

Would have been good to see the roof improved as well considering it is rather dominant.

Designed by Pruszinski Architects:







Existing building (bunker):

[Ben]

Type: Section 49 Application Received
Application Number: S49/12/2012
Lodgement Date: 18/05/2012
Location: Skycity Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Install solar panels to roof for Adelaide Railway Station.

[cometthecat]

Last two posts show good progress redevelopment of an ugly building and a greener city!

[AdelaideAlive]

Type: Section 49 Application Received
Application Number: S49/12/2012
Lodgement Date: 18/05/2012
Location: Skycity Adelaide, North Terrace, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Install solar panels to roof for Adelaide Railway Station.

thats interesting as isnt there supposed to be cinemas going above the railway station/casino

[dsriggs]

It's a big roof