News & Discussion: Other Metropolitan Developments

[ricecrackers]

as far as i understand, this is just one of the options being considered by the council for the area, and the only one of those options that incorporates the football facility.

[Allkai]

Good news, will they just resume or will they start from scratch?

Resuming. No plan changes I know of. Water is going to get pumped out in the next week - 10 days to let the site dry out and then we should see some constuction.

Or not...

Anybody know anything on this one?

[Pikey]

Not sure mate.

It's definately back underway though. The grafitti is all gone and extra windows were going in last time I saw it.

[Allkai]

Really?

Without getting a close look I thought it was unchanged.....

I was speaking with the former site foreman a few weeks ago, and he didnt say anything about them re-commencing there....

[Pikey]

A broken window was replaced, I know that for sure, and the freshly painted over graphiti has since been re "graphitisied (sic)"

So, yeah, after seeing the site on Tuesday, my previous update kinda went out the window

[cruel_world00]

I don't know if it is because I live near here or what, but this has got to be one of the most ridiculous developments in Adelaide right now. It even takes the cake from O'Connell Street. At least O'Connell Street isn't an eyesore and has never started something and left it looking as horrible as this does.

I hope the developers pull their collective fingers out soon.

[jk1237]

I didnt know of a new shopping centre on Walkerville Tce, built on the Transport SA carpark. Its called Walkerville Village Shopping Centre. Its all action there. Much better than a carpark and will be great for that little strip.

[peas_and_corn]

Dernancourt shopping centre expansion looks on its way to completion. I'm really in several minds on this.

Firstly, it looks great. The entire thing will have a nice uniform look, the new Coles when it's all done and dusted would look fantastic.

Several stores have been screwed over, though. BWS were forced to move into the new section- at the end, with a large (currently vacant and being used as a break area) store between it and the Coles. The chemist weirdly was forced to move over so that it took up where the BWS was and half of its old tenancy, meaning that there's now a BWS sized empty store on the other side. Odd. The Marcellina's has been cut in half to put the fish and chip place, that was moved out of a section that has been demolished and is now being rebuilt (I'm guessing that there was something seriously wrong with that section). Also the F&V store is losing a lot of the sidewalk it used to show its wares, since the carpark is being brought closer to the facade.

I'm concerned that there will be empty stores. Before the expansion there was two spots empty pretty much all the time. They are adding more stores, and while it *might* make the centre more busy (especially with a new very large unclaimed store being built onto haggle.co next door), apparently the rent is crazy high.

Oh well, best to wait and see...

[fast_forward]

I didnt know of a new shopping centre on Walkerville Tce, built on the Transport SA carpark. Its called Walkerville Village Shopping Centre. Its all action there. Much better than a carpark and will be great for that little strip.

I think that the Walkerville Village Shopping Centre is the Walkerville Town Centre project. There is a discussion page about it somewhere on the site.

[Cruise]

Whats happening at the Port Canal shopping centre?

I see they are building a new mitre 10 there, but they knocked down the old banksa and removed the water fountain on the east side of the centre but now it has just has temp fencing around it.

Does anyone know what plans they have for the area?

[Xaragmata]

Whats happening at the Port Canal shopping centre?

I see they are building a new mitre 10 there, but they knocked down the old banksa and removed the water fountain on the east side of the centre but now it has just has temp fencing around it.

Does anyone know what plans they have for the area?

It's Port Mall (Canal being being K Mart & adjacent mall), and basically an upgrade of the existing Mall and shop fronts
in St Vincent St - not a rebuild like Bay Junction. Bank SA moved into the Mall some time ago, & its building was gutted,
& the Dowie fountain will be reinstalled. Work proceeds, but slowly in stages. Basically the same developer as behind
Burnside Village.

[Omicron]

The best outcome for Port Adelaide is for the depressingly dreadful Port Mall to be euthanised and retail life returned to St Vincent St. and the riverfront. It is criminal for a such a historic location to cling onto a Kmart store and assorted discount outlets tossed thoughtlessly onto a spare slab of asphalt as the hub of its retail activities.

[Cruise]

I found this interesting:

From pages 96 and 97 of this Development Plan: http://www.playford.sa.gov.au/webdata/r ... ndment.pdf:

Elizabeth City Centre contains nearly 70,000 m2 of retail floorspace and has undergone a major
refurbishment in recent times. It is well served by car parking, buses and trains. It will continue to
exert influence over the Area Affected into the future, however, it has been challenged by the
expansion and floorspace mix of the Munno Para District Centre in recent years, which is much
more proximate to the majority of the Area Affected.
Munno Para District Centre is located on Main North Road, less than 1km from the Area Affected.
Access is via Main North Road, Uley Road and Warooka Drive / Konanda Road.
Current retail floorspace provision is around 52,000 m2, with some 13,000 m2 of approved
expansion and scope for further minor expansion beyond current approvals. An ultimate retail
floorspace of around 67,000 m2 is anticipated. This represents the larger end of the range of district
centres in metropolitan Adelaide. Munno Para District Centre is notable for its strong emphasis
towards bulky goods retailing and, accordingly, can expect to capture substantial levels of
comparison expenditure. At the same time, it has a good cross-section of convenience shopping
and will therefore also cater to the weekly grocery shopping trip to the surrounding community.

Considering Elizabeth city centre and Munno Para shopping centre are approx 6 kilometres from each other it seems odd to have two such large shopping centres so close together.

[Prince George]

Considering Elizabeth city centre and Munno Para shopping centre are approx 6 kilometres from each other it seems odd to have two such large shopping centres so close together.

The Munno Parra centre is adjacent to the Playford Alive project area. The master plans show the two joined by an arrow labelled "Potential Link", it would be nice to think that they've given that some thought as part of this development. OTOH, the Playford Alive plans include developing some new "activity centres" within these neighbourhoods, which is a little at odds with expanding the regional centre.

[Ben]

From The Messenger:

Wayville apartment plan back on the market

by Tim Williams

THE developer of a Wayville apartment project will have to start marketing from scratch after the dozen buyers who paid deposits pulled out due to almost three years of construction delays.

Bob Moore’s company Wayville 283 finalised an agreement with the liquidator of collapsed financier Secured Mortgage Management on January 30, allowing construction of The Terraces, at the corner of Goodwood Rd and Rose Tce, to proceed.

Work was to have restarted on the three-storey, 47-apartment building in October, but delays over the settlement mean the project won’t be finished until August.

Mr Moore said all deposits had been refunded.

``Some people lost patience with the thing,’’ he said. ``There’s a myriad of reasons and changes to people’s circumstances that caused them to abandon the
purchase.’’

Secured Mortgage Management collapsed last year leaving 24 building projects around the country in limbo.

Wayville 283 has also been in dispute over The Terraces with builder Commercial and General, coming to an agreement out of court last year yet to be
settled over accounts which Mr Moore says were not paid due to the failure of the financier.

No on-site work has been done since October 2007 because of the financial disputes, with just five months work completed in the past two and a half years.

A marketing campaign will begin when construction resumes later this month, with prices ranging from the $300,000s up to $1 million.

Mr Moore said the Sam Sgherza Group’s proposal for a six-storey apartment, hotel and retirement home complex on the opposite side of Goodwood Rd, granted major project status in December, was an indication there was still a strong market for apartments in the area.

``That one is creating keen interest in the area so I welcome it,’’ Mr Moore said.

``The market for this (The Terraces) is going to be there.’’

Commercial and General director Jamie McClurg said he would be happy when his settlement with Mr Moore was finalised.

``We’ve waited a long time for Mr Moore to settle his affairs with his financial backers.’’

Bentleys, the liquidator for Secured Mortgage Management, declined to comment.