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‘Derelict’ sites on Marion Rd among key development priorities in Marion Council planning overhaul
Michelle Etheridge, CoastCity Weekly Messenger
August 29, 2017 12:00pm

A BID to allow five-storey apartment buildings along the majority of Marion Rd has been scaled back to instead focus on major developments at key sites.

Marion Council is proposing three-storey buildings on a large part of the thoroughfare, but up to six storeys on some sites that are have been described as an “eyesore”, “derelict” or otherwise ripe for development.

The changes are part of a council-wide review of planning rules, in a bid to rid suburban streets of “ugly” homes and parking problems created by overdevelopment – instead funnelling developers towards major roads.

Mayor Kris Hanna said the council had reduced the height limit proposed for the road, between the tramline and Marion Hotel, Mitchell Park, based on feedback from the state’s Planning Department.

“The government were saying don’t just have open slather – look at the sites where it could be increased without undue impact on the neighbours,” he said.

The council has identified five spots on Marion Rd for taller developments.

They include the former Skorpos service station at Park Holme, a series of businesses between Sixth and Seventh avenues, Ascot Park and a string of shops and vacant land between Wheaton and Melville streets, South Plympton.

A council report labelled the South Plympton land as “derelict and underutilised”.

Each site had been picked because they “might be ready for rejuvenation or because there’s a good commercial case for it”, according to the mayor.

“They’re not a string of pearls,” he said.

Cr Bruce Hull hoped the new height limit at the Skorpos site, which has sat vacant and vandalised for years, may attract interest from developers because it was “just an eyesore”.

However, Cr Hull said restricting buildings along most of the thoroughfare to three storeys was “a missed opportunity” to attract developers and new shops.
“It’s just a hotchpotch of development along there,” he said.

The council also plans to rezone the Marion Hotel at Mitchell Park to allow up to six storeys, amid an application for a $13 million overhaul.

Hurley Hotel Group general manager Sam McInnes said the hotel was “content” with its plans for the upgrade, which includes major renovations and a four-storey accommodation complex.

He said the council’s vision for the thoroughfare was “a constructive suggestion given the nature of Marion Rd”.

The council is rezoning large swathes of the district, also making way for taller developments alongside the Seaford rail line and around Westfield Marion and Oaklands Crossing.

Marion’s population grew from almost 83,000 in 2011 to more than 88,600 last year.

The zoning changes are also likely to mean it becomes harder to squeeze multiple homes on suburban blocks in the northern part of the district.

“If grandma has a big block and wants to be able to divide it in two she’s probably going to be able to do it, but if a greedy developer wants to divide that same block into four townhouses, he or she is probably not going to be able to,” Mr Hanna said.

“We want to cut back on overdevelopment and excessive, ugly, subdivision.”

Conversely, the council also wants to reduce street frontages and minimum block sizes in its southern end, in suburbs such as Seaview Down, Seacombe Heights, Hallett Cove, Marino and Trott Park.

“We’ve listened to some initial community discussion that suggests that people in the southern part of the city would like to subdivide more than they can now,” Mr Hanna said.

The council signed off on changes to its Housing Diversity Development Plan Amendment last week. It will begin community consultation on September 18.

A NEXT level of retail experience will be revealed in Adelaide early next year when work is due to begin on a $150 million shopping and entertainment centre in the northern suburbs.

Developer Michael Vidale said Kings Junction, on the corner of Main North Road and Kings Road in Salisbury South, will be an all-in-one, 30,000 sqm family shopping and entertainment to solve the shopping needs of the Adelaide’s north and northeast.

“There will be no other centre like it. It will be the future of retail,” said the founder of GIC Australia which is behind the project.

Mr Vidale, who was behind the recent, huge Bunnings store in Munno Para and oversaw the relocation of Channel 7 to Hindmarsh a decade ago, said Kings Junction is the first of several projects he will announce within the next nine months.

A development application was lodged on Wednesday for the proposal which will see the site anchored by Coles and Kmart as well as a major cinema and other retailers Mr Vidale said. Work will begin in March 2018 pending approval and take about 18 months.

The open plan, seven day a week centre will have parking for 1300 cars and will generate more than 1300 jobs post construction with Coles and Kmart likely to generate at least 400 jobs by themselves he said. Youth employment, via the fast food, entertainment and food retailers expected on site will be a winner he suggested.

This is not the first attempt at creating a shopping complex at the site passed by 85,000 vehicles daily. Government approval was granted in 2014 for a shopping and entertainment complex — dubbed the north’s answer to Harbour Town at the time — but this is a separate and up-market offering said Mr Vidale.

An attempt by owner, and local businessman, Peter Engel to sell the vast site for around $25 million a year ago failed to materialise before GIC stepped into the breach. GIC will develop and operate the site before buying it Mr Vidale confirmed.

“Since 2014 the Kings Junction site has seen a number of proposals by developers,

that have unfortunately been unsuccessful,” he said.

“GIC Australia has been methodical in the design and planning process to develop a centre that will cater to the needs of the people. The convenience factor is so much a part of retail today and to make shopping, safer easier and less of a hassle the centre will provide for significantly wider and car bays, all at ground level and aisle widths much larger than at any other retail centre in Adelaide.”

12-storey plan for SA Jockey Club’s land around Morphettville Racecourse

APARTMENT buildings up to 12 storeys high, a new “park and ride” and development above the tram line feature in a new rezoning plan for land around Morphettville Racecourse.

The plan, released by the State Government, says about 1000 new homes could be built on the SA Jockey Club land.

The tallest buildings would be between the northwestern side of the racecourse and the tramline, where there would also be a central plaza area with public art and open space.

Plans also allow for about 5500sq m of shop space, student and aged accommodation, serviced apartments, affordable housing and medical businesses.

The SAJC has also flagged the construction of “a bridge of residential apartment development” over the tramline.

But the meaning of this feature has not been explained.

Overall, the club wants to develop about 7ha of its land around the racecourse, providing itself with a huge financial boost.

Full article : http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... d2ca654b46

Five-storey luxury hotel for the city edge

A FIVE-storey hotel is the centrepiece of the latest high-rise development planned for Kent Town.

Planning firm URPS has lodged an application with the State Commission Assessment Panel for a redevelopment of the former Marble House of Australia site at 78-88 Rundle St, opposite the Kent Town Hotel.

The project would include a 58-room hotel and 22 townhouses on the 3650sq m block, which also fronts College Rd and Little Grenfell St.



More than 60 undercroft carparks and a retail space would be part of the $14 million development, according to designs lodged with the commission.

Panini Kitchen, the popular cafe which occupies the local heritage-listed building at 78 Rundle St, would be retained under the plan.

The application – which was last week released for public consultation – was lodged on behalf of businessman Greg Meyer, who owns the seven allotments that comprise the site.

Mr Meyer could not be contacted for comment last week.

Full article : http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... b4df6905f6

PeFe wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:50 pm

I think it's time Kent Town/Norwood had their own development thread. Similar to the Henley/Grange combination.
What do other people think?