[ City Central ] Masterplan Thread

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#256 Post by Dvious » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:57 pm

Whats happened with Electra House? It was meant to be started in 2008 it seems, but never got start, still a big hole where its meant to go..

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#257 Post by Ben » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:18 pm

Something may finally be happening to Electra House:
Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/405/2012
Lodgement Date: 14/06/2012
Location: 131-137 King William Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Refurbish existing building and use as a licensed hotel including restoration work.

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#258 Post by Will » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:45 pm

Ben wrote:Something may finally be happening to Electra House:
Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/405/2012
Lodgement Date: 14/06/2012
Location: 131-137 King William Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Refurbish existing building and use as a licensed hotel including restoration work.

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Interesting that it is not been done by Woods Bagot.

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#259 Post by Wayno » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:10 pm

does this imply lengthy delays on the glass extension? would appear so if they intend to refurb the existing building.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

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#260 Post by Ben » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:41 pm

For some reason i thought it had already been refurbished back in 2009?

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#261 Post by SRW » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:17 pm

I remember at least the façade being restored around that time. Bit of shine on the marble and whatnot.

The interior had a way to go from what I can remember of Tuxedo Cat's tenure there.
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#262 Post by cometthecat » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:48 pm

Any sign of progress is good progress! :D

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#263 Post by Ben » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:48 am

I'm quite excited to have this building back in prime condition. hopefully we will hear news about Tower 4 or 7 soon as that is all that remains now Electra House and this building.
Type: Development Application Received
Application Number: DA/718/2012
Lodgement Date: 17/10/2012
Location: 28-30 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Undertake cleaning of Heritage building facade.

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#264 Post by crawf » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:01 pm

Ben wrote:I'm quite excited to have this building back in prime condition. hopefully we will hear news about Tower 4 or 7 soon as that is all that remains now Electra House and this building.
Type: Development Application Received
Application Number: DA/718/2012
Lodgement Date: 17/10/2012
Location: 28-30 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Undertake cleaning of Heritage building facade.
This cute little building would be perfect for apartments. Great news

Also I think it's high time for Franklin Street gets a major overhaul. I'm thinking wider footpaths, 24/7 bike lanes and lots and lots of trees. Possibly even creating a tree lined median strip. It's great that so much development is now happening on Franklin but it needs a true makeover to drive more investment.

The road is wide enough and doesn't carry that much traffic, so it wont cause that much hassle. Same thing goes for the western end of Gouger Street etc.

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#265 Post by Dvious » Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:55 am

Great news, always drive past this one and hope that one day it would get a full restoration.

Cant wait to see how it turns out, i love the complementary look of modern vs historic.

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#266 Post by Ben » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:42 pm

The DAC are expected to grant approval to the upgrade on Electra house this Thursday.

As part of the approval process Aspen have had to confirm they do not intend to leave the former Creterion Hotel site vacant for much longer. they have mentioned they are in discussions with stores to lease the new upmarket companant and once they have reached the desired level of pre commitment they will be lodging an application. below is a new concept image supplied.

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#267 Post by cometthecat » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:22 pm

^^^
Finally some ACTUAL news on this development! Anyone have any idea when the others are going to start?

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#268 Post by claybro » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:55 pm

looks great. I like the way it gives access off KWS. Still think the City Central project was a wasted opportunity for a real landmark building at least to match the height of Westpac.

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#269 Post by Will » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:50 pm

claybro wrote:looks great. I like the way it gives access off KWS. Still think the City Central project was a wasted opportunity for a real landmark building at least to match the height of Westpac.
The project is still not completed. Indeed, the current plan for tower 7 is for a tower of 100m+

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#270 Post by claybro » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:50 pm

Cool, lets hope it reaches full potential, even if they have to wait a couple of years and not build it to the current prevailing economic conditions just to get something up on the site.

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