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[bm7500]

This sounds like a very worthwhile addition to this development.

Coles ready to go with superstore

SUPERMARKET giant Coles has chosen the Churchill Centre bulky goods and retail development at Kilburn as the site of its first South Australian superstore.

Customers will be able to mix groceries with fashion, homewares and electrics at the superstore, a new large-format concept introduced nationally late last year.

Coles South Australian general manager Vito Borrello said the new store, due to be opened in 2013, would provide shoppers with a "one-stop shopping experience".

"Coles' new superstore concept has been designed to improve customers' shopping experience even further by giving them more convenient options across an expanded range of fresh food, kitchenware, homewares and electrical products," he said.

The new 6000sq m superstore will be almost triple the size of a traditional Coles supermarket, and will follow the launch of the country's first two superstores in Victoria..

Leedwell Property director John Savva said it would anchor the northern portion of Churchill Centre, being developed by Perth-listed Axiom Properties on the Islington Railyards site on Churchill Rd.

"It really starts the process for us to lease the rest of the centre," he said.

"We've had strong interest from discount department stores, discount variety and specialty, so the early signs are favourable."

Axiom's 24ha bulky goods and retail project is split in half by a central area comprising heritage buildings and railyards, being retained by original lessee Genesee & Wyoming.

Churchill Centre North is an 18ha development being designed to incorporate in excess of 40,000 sq m of retail. Several pad sites will incorporate fast food outlets and other retailing uses.

The remaining 6ha forms Churchill Centre South. Around 7000 sq m of ancillary bulky goods and retail tenancies will partner the first stage of the project - construction of a 12,600sq m Bunnings hardware store.

Axiom general manager Paul Rouvray said the hardware store was due for completion next month and due to be opened in early December.

"This is the first stage of the conversion of the railyards and the upgrade of Churchill Rd," he said.

Prospect Mayor David O'Loughlin said he was pleased with the progress of the development and the retention of the heritage element at the centre of the site.

"Council's taken a very strategic view of the site for some years and we're delighted to see it take shape," he said.

Mr Rouvray said it would take around five years for Churchill Centre to be fully developed. Construction of the Coles superstore will begin early next year.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/ ... 6167410200

[[Shuz]]

Great, just what we need, another bulky goods homemaker store centre meal deal combo thing when there's another homemaker meal deal combo bulky goods store thing just up the road at Gepps Cross, and just down the road at Mile End also.

I really do have to critique the planning decisions which allow for these sort of US-style oversized shopping centres with their oversized fast food outlets with their oversized meals in the middle of oversized carparks next door to an oversized Coles and oversized everythings catered for oversized consumers who like to overspend what they can afford, oversizing their credit limits and oversizing their belts, to pay for their oversized cars going home to their oversized McMansions packaged with oversized couches in oversized living rooms.

Whatever happened to the focus on medium to high density shopping, housing and retail precincts to encourage sustainable living and a sustainable lifestyle?

[metro]

Great, just what we need, another bulky goods homemaker store centre meal deal combo thing when there's another homemaker meal deal combo bulky goods store thing just up the road at Gepps Cross, and just down the road at Mile End also.

I really do have to critique the planning decisions which allow for these sort of US-style oversized shopping centres with their oversized fast food outlets with their oversized meals in the middle of oversized carparks next door to an oversized Coles and oversized everythings catered for oversized consumers who like to overspend what they can afford, oversizing their credit limits and oversizing their belts, to pay for their oversized cars going home to their oversized McMansions packaged with oversized couches in oversized living rooms.

Whatever happened to the focus on medium to high density shopping, housing and retail precincts to encourage sustainable living and a sustainable lifestyle?

"nah screw it, why be sustainable that's just doing what the greens want us to do?? fk them and their caaaarbon tax!!"

seems to be the attitude of most Australian's at the moment, or just a very vocal minority... Proud to be and Australiannn! Where at least I Know im a frackwit!!

I notice Islington railway station didnt even get a mention in that article, plenty of paaaaking, but why bother with the local train station

[bm7500]

Some more info on the Axiom website here: http://www.axiompl.com.au/current-projects/

[MessiahAndrw]

As a local resident, these plans break my heart. To me, they read nothing nothing but parking lots and big box stores. What happened to the focus on high density retail and residential development in the area, desired so greatly by the local city councils?

As someone who doesn't drive by choice, mostly because I disagree with car-dependency and it's off spring (urban sprawl, pollution, decentralisation of communities) I use public transport including the Islington station regularly. I find parking lots to be a waste of space; they are unsightly and bad, both economically (the space could better be used for high density retail outlets or residential areas) and environmentally (even without economic value, it's still lost parkland).

On the Axiom website you provided above, the plans for "Islington Railyards South" is over half covered in parking lots. "Islington Railyards North" is the same. The details for "Islington Railyards – Adelaide" are a bit of scarse but I don't except any better. How is this progress if it's returning to the 1950s mentality of developing for the automobile? All these developments are doing is encouraging more traffic and pollution to the area. I am extremely disappointed.

[fabricator]

For once they have actually built a Bunnings that is near public transport, namely the rail line and local bus routes. Its kind of nuts that hardware stores are rarely located anywhere near town centres or other major shopping centers.

Love how the developers have glossed over Mount Islington aka asbestos mountain. You'd have to be crazy to buy the block next to that.

[MessiahAndrw]

On a related note about the Prospect area, what ever happened to the Prospect Rd pedestrian street conversion that was apparently approved?
http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/for ... f=8&t=2739

I e-mailed the Mayor of Prospect about my concerns with the area around Islington Station as well as mentioning pedestrianising Prospect Rd, and I'm eager to hear an update on the situation.

[The Scooter Guy]

Bunnings Warehouse, a hardware store chain with stores in Australia and New Zealand, received approval for a new store in Islington, South Australia.

The new warehouse, which will open by early 2012, will be located at the meeting point of Churchill Road and Regency road in Islington.

It will offer specialized trade supplies and home improvement items.

Bunnings will invest over $25m for the new store. It will be spread over 3 hectares and will include a main warehouse, timber trade areas, nursery and car parking area.

The new store is part of a 24 hectare new retail development for Islington. The development includes bulky goods and hardware tenancies, a major supermarket, shopping centre and a mix of other retail centers.

The development will provide 90 new job opportunities.

Bunnings is owned by Wesfarmers Limited based in Perth, Western Australia.

They are doing something there.

The new Bunnings has just opened. Also, the signboard next to it is now delaring this development as 'Churchill Centre'

[rev]

The Churchill Center is across the road. As you come down Regency Road heading east, and go over the bridge and come at the churchill/regency roads intersection, on your left is Churchill Center, on the right is the proposed Palm Gardens development.

This thread viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3323 is the one you are looking for.

The proposed Palm Gardens site has nothing on it except dirt and over grown weeds/grass.

[The Scooter Guy]

The new Bunnings has just opened. Anyone been there yet?

[skyliner]

After reading all the above posts it seems most concerning that all the railway yards around Adelaide (plus Islington - the heart of SAR)- are disappearing - our heavy industry took a hit here. Everything in railways from start to finish could be made at Islington - 800 used to work there. What factories have we got that big. (outside of GMH).

What we get is another superstore box and parks - also a drain on the CBD as this kind of thing is sprouting up everywhere it seems. ( read the posts re this). As has been said we need high density retail developments. Quite upsetting in many ways. I'm not usually as negative as this - just hit a nerve.

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[Xaragmata]

Much or all of this "business park" appears to be branded as the Churchill Centre, with K-Mart, Coles and others to build north of Bunnings:

Stores buy in at Churchill

K-MART will join with Wesfarmers stablemate Coles to anchor the second stage of the 24ha Churchill Centre development at Kilburn.

Listed property developer Axiom Properties has also secured a Coles Express petrol station for the northern segment of the site, and is on the lookout for more retailers to occupy more than 50 tenancies within the new district shopping centre.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/realestate/inves ... 6454668834

[rev]

Guess this answers the question of where Costco will open up in Adelaide.

Costco retail giant announces location of first Adelaide store

GIUSEPPE TAURIELLO
adelaidenow
March 27, 2013 11:47AM

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Costco plans to open a store, similar to this one in Sydney, at Kilburn. Picture: Adam Ward Source: News Limited

THE long-awaited arrival of bulk retail giant Costco is a major step closer after the company announced the location of its first Adelaide shop north of the city.

The US warehouse wholesaler will build a 14,000sq m store at the Churchill Centre retail development at Kilburn, after entering an agreement with the site's developers.

The developers of the Islington rail yards site - Axiom Properties and Southern Cross Equity - will lease more than 5ha of land to Costco under a 50-year ground lease arrangement.

The retail coup comes hot on the heels of rival discount retailer Aldi's announcement it would open up to 50 stores across the state.

Costco's retail warehouse will share the site with a shopping centre anchored by Coles and Kmart, a Coles Petrol outlet and a McDonald's restaurant.

Axiom managing director Ben Laurance said the Costco commitment was a strong indicator of the quality of the development and its location.

"Costco will complement the rest of the centre and its tenants and deliver a unique shopping experience to the wider Adelaide marketplace," he said.

Australian Retailers Association executive director Russell Zimmerman welcomed Costco's expansion into Adelaide and the heightened level of competition within the city's grocery market.

"Adelaide has also recently relaxed some of its trading regulations lately, and so has become an attractive market to offer more options for price-sensitive consumers," he said.

"And with the jobs which will inevitably be created for Adelaide with the entrance of Costco, it's great news in an environment of increasing unemployment."

Last year, Costco revealed plans to open up to three stores in Adelaide.

Costco operates as a no-frills membership warehouse club where, for a $60 annual fee ($55 for businesses such as restaurants) members get discounts on bulk items.

Typical warehouses stock up to 3600 different products on shelves and in pallets.

Product offerings range from diamonds to toilet paper, fresh meat, fish, electronics and furniture.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... 6607560334

[neoballmon]

A Ten news update just said that the store is expected to open in April of next year. This wouldn't be too much longer after the Coles/KMart section opens.

[crawf]

Kilburn is a good location for a Costco.