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Coles to spend $50 million to transform Norwood Mall into Norwood Village
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SUPERMARKET Giant Coles will spend $50 million to revitalise Norwood Mall in a bid to compete with the booming popularity of its Foodland rival on the other side of The Parade.

Plans for the mall, to be known as Norwood Village, show a 340-space basement carpark, a laneway lined with gourmet restaurants, 20 speciality shops and a new, market-style Coles supermarket.

It would also include a cafe overlooking James Coke Park and better pedestrian links from The Parade and George and Edward streets.

Construction would start next year and take up to 18 months to complete - if the project gets the nod from Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Council.

An artist's impression of Norwoo...
An artist's impression of Norwood Village
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Coles SA property manager Hamish Brown said the redevelopment would create 300 jobs during the construction phase and a further 300 once complete.

"Norwood Village is going to be a terrific new landmark for The Parade," Mr Brown said. "It will play a key role in the rejuvenation of the region as a vibrant retail hub."

An artist's impression of Norwood...
An artist's impression of Norwood Village.
He said the development would set new benchmarks for design and would include high-quality building materials that reflected The Parade's character.

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NP&SP Mayor Robert Bria welcomed the upgrade, saying it would be good for The Parade.

"A $50 million investment for The Parade is fantastic news, particularly given the difficulty the retail sector is experiencing," Mr Bria said.

He hoped changes to the council's development plan, which pave the way for medium-density living in Kent Town and along The Parade, would be a catalyst for more of this type of investment.

In June 2011, the Eastern Courier Messenger confirmed that Coles was considering an upgrade to its Norwood site.

It was looking at building an eight-storey apartment block above the mall, which would have been in line with the State Government's planning reforms for higher-density living on Adelaide's fringe.

The last upgrade of Norwood Mall was in 2004 - an $8 million revamp which included new shops and toilets.

On the opposite side of The Parade, Norwood Place, which includes Foodland, opened in late 2004.

Schapper wrote:What a ridiculous waste of a site like this (compared to the concept drawings on Page 1). Piling 4 or 5 levels of apartments on top would have given Coles a readymade on-site market, and in this location would have sold like hot cakes. And revitalised Norwood Parade, which is carrying a frightful level of vacancies. Perhaps the dumbest development proposal I can remember.

Waewick wrote:Does anyone else shop there?

Phantom wrote:

Waewick wrote:Does anyone else shop there?

Yeah mate, I do. But I live about 200m away, so it is kinda necessary for me.

Waewick wrote:

Phantom wrote:

Waewick wrote:Does anyone else shop there?

Yeah mate, I do. But I live about 200m away, so it is kinda necessary for me.

What do you think? Shocker or not?

Outrage Down Under as a supermarket chain plans to fell ancient Portuguese cork tree.
Residents in the Australian suburb of Norwood are (up) in arms over a supermarket chain’s plans to cut down a cork tree, believed to have arrived on that continent in the 1800s on a ship from Portugal...

Supermarket chain Coles wants to cut down the historic tree, estimated to be 140-years-old, to make way for an underground car park. But local residents have lashed out against the plans, claiming the tree is listed 34th on the National Trust of Australia’s significant trees register.

According to reports in broadsheet newspaper The Australian, local council authorities have said they will consider an application for it to be cut down, but ratepayers have formed an action group and are looking to the State Government to intervene.

Among those spearheading the movement against the tree’s felling is Australian radio personality Carole Whitelock, who told the newspaper it would be “sheer vandalism” to swap the tree for car-parking spaces.
“It is a beautiful and dignified part of our cultural and botanical heritage,” she said.

However, a horticulturist argued that while the tree is “pretty exceptional”, cork trees have a 90 per cent success rate at being transplanted, so if it were to be moved it could live another hundred years.

.... a 76-year-old Mr. Clyde Buttery claims his great-grandfather, Henry Buttery, brought the tree from Portugal when he travelled from England to South Australia in 1870.
“It’s part of the history of Norwood and it’s part of my family history - once it’s gone, it’s gone.”

Supermarket chain Coles said they have sought expert advice from an arborist and the council and that they were advised to remove the cork tree to start the underground car park.
Nonetheless a company spokesperson said new trees, garden beds, green walls and keeping some significant trees had been put into the design plan.

Sixty2 wrote:Maybe they should seek advice from the horticulturalist that was involved at the Burnside redevelopment!!

SAVE THE HERITAGE CORK TREE IN NORWOOD campaign

Dear Coles, South Australian State Parliament Members, NPSP Council Members,
We draw your attention Honourable House to the proposed destruction of the magnificent heritage Norwood Cork Tree growing in the proposed Coles re-development site, ‘Norwood Village’, adjacent to The Parade, Norwood, South Australia. The tree is at least 122 years old making it one of the oldest cork trees in Australia, being planted during Norwood’s earliest years.
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This tree was planted in 1892 by prominent industrialist Henry Buttery in his residential property adjacent to his furniture factory, which was the first in South Australia to use steam powered machinery, and the nearby row of Victorian shops from 158 to 166 The Parade, which still retain their distinctive parapets and facades and were also built by Henry Buttery.

The tree and the shops represent the cultural history of late 19th Century Norwood.

The cork tree (quercus suber) is significant with respect to its species, trunk size and its age. It is of exceptional form, with a good crown and contributes to the interpretation and understanding of the important history and built heritage of the site. It is registered by the National Trust of Australia (No. 34) on the Significant Tree Register.

Stephen H.
Norwood needs this tree more than it needs more Coles increased footprint. Coles needs Norwood more...so, work around Norwood or go somewhere else. Coles development would add nothing necessary to the improvement of Norwood. Their profit needs can't just be allowed to bulldoze everything that is in their way...

Ally H.
This is a true heritage tree. Where I lived in Norwood, the Council disallowed a co-owner to remove a 40 yr old dangerous lemon gum. I like the Cork Tree and dislike double standards.

Dvious wrote:I am so over people in Adelaide whinging about trees, it gets really annoying.