It's located between the Lakes Hotel (great bar there) and a chinese restaurant - 10 doors down from Infinity.
It was originally proposed as a single 10 storey building, but is now 2 x 7 storey, with apartments and office space.
At one point it was denied approval by the Charles Sturt DAP - but half the panel didn't even bother showing up to the meeting
Anyways, here's the latest:
CALL TO OPEN PANEL
Messenger - Weekly Times (Adelaide, Australia)
September 28, 2005
Author: JON BROOKS
Estimated printed pages: 2
THE disputed West Lakes twin towers development has finally been approved but its developers are mystified as to why it took so long.
M & L Developments is calling for the decision making of Charles Sturt Council's Development Assessment Panel (DAP) to be made transparent, in the wake of the towers dispute that saw two different designs submitted to the panel.
After being refused by the DAP, M & L altered its first application for 145 Brebner Drv from a single nine-storey tower into two, seven-story buildings with 40 three-bedroom apartments, nearly 600m of office space and 99 car parks. But the revised plans also were rejected by the DAP, leading to a compulsory conciliation conference between council and developers, after M & L launched an appeal in the Environment, Resources and Development Court.
The conference led to a breakthrough on September 21.
M & L director Luke Foster called for the current DAP arrangements to be changes to give developers in the future a clearer understanding of how the panel reached its decisions.
Currently, DAP meetings at Charles Sturt are held behind closed doors away from the public and the media. ``We've been sitting on that piece of land now for two years, and we've probably spent around $700,000 just waiting around,' he said.
``It's a development that was wanted by the local community and it's one that is needed.
``I'm glad we can get on with it now but the development process has to be made transparent.''
Charles Sturt Council has defended its handling of the application, saying it always attempted to reach the best outcome for major projects in the area.
``We don't consider the changes to be minor,'' planning and development manager Belinda Wood said in an emailed statement.
Ms Wood said issues with the plans raised by council staff were not addressed adequately, saying M & L were given ample opportunity to fix the problems before submitting plans to the DAP.
The towers are expected to be completed by late 2007.
Thanks Mr F
