[PRO] 82-86 Currie Street | 111m | 34 Levels | Student accom

[rev]

How original, another cafe. No doubt it will remain empty for a year or so, eventually tenanted by a succession of poorly run bubble tea and yochi businesses. Agree with Shuz, if Adelaide was limited for development space, it might be more reasonable for these sorts of developments to come about, but the reality is, we have plenty of derelict sites that could otherwise be repurposed for the use of student accommodation. Sure enough, there will be no negative media coverage on this, as there was with the Cranker. People selectively care about heritage and culture in this city.

We all know why people protested about the cranker, and it had nothing to do with heritage.
This building here though, is far more worthy of being on a heritage list then the other dump.

The two buildings either side of this are horrendous.
Will be interesting to see what the partial demolition is going to be of though, I'd take a guess and say at the rear and the western side, the red brick walls, perhaps that veranda at the front.

[gnrc_louis]

https://www.indaily.com.au/news/adelaid ... tower-plan

[Patrick_27]

The building design = good (for student accomodation standards)

Location and consideration of heritage on site = a failure in in planning and heritage protection policy.

This would have been a welcomed design for the Switch site on North Terrace.

[VinyTapestry849]

What the fuck slender ahh tower

Apparently its called the "Duke of York". Prince Andrew might come visit

[[Shuz]]

I'll reiterate again, there are at least a thousand other sites in the CBD more suitable for this sort of development than demolishing yet another pub.

Rejected.

[gnrc_louis]

I'll reiterate again, there are at least a thousand other sites in the CBD more suitable for this sort of development than demolishing yet another pub.

Rejected.

I agree to an extent, but I also think there’s too many pubs in the CBD for them all to be economically viable. Consumer tastes have changed, and small bars over the past decade have provided many new options for places to drink at. A lot of pubs are dated and don’t have a particularly good offering, while being in close proximity to one another. I think the reality is some are just no longer viable and those will be redeveloped over the coming years.

[Pikey]

I quite like the design of this. If the corners were truly rounded, it'd be better again.

[SRW]

I suspect a blank western wall?

[Algernon]

Basically none of the slenders have been built let alone a 30 storey one. Give this one slim to fuck all of getting up

[VinyTapestry849]

The amount of street level light interference and shadow complaints is gonna be insane

[Nort]

I'll reiterate again, there are at least a thousand other sites in the CBD more suitable for this sort of development than demolishing yet another pub.

Rejected.

I agree to an extent, but I also think there’s too many pubs in the CBD for them all to be economically viable. Consumer tastes have changed, and small bars over the past decade have provided many new options for places to drink at. A lot of pubs are dated and don’t have a particularly good offering, while being in close proximity to one another. I think the reality is some are just no longer viable and those will be redeveloped over the coming years.

Once again, the closure and redevelopment of these pubs often has zero connection to their visibility as businesses. In fact it's often the more successful ones that developers want due to their locations.

[gnrc_louis]

I'll reiterate again, there are at least a thousand other sites in the CBD more suitable for this sort of development than demolishing yet another pub.

Rejected.

I agree to an extent, but I also think there’s too many pubs in the CBD for them all to be economically viable. Consumer tastes have changed, and small bars over the past decade have provided many new options for places to drink at. A lot of pubs are dated and don’t have a particularly good offering, while being in close proximity to one another. I think the reality is some are just no longer viable and those will be redeveloped over the coming years.

Once again, the closure and redevelopment of these pubs often has zero connection to their visibility as businesses. In fact it's often the more successful ones that developers want due to their locations.

That’s definitely true of the crown and anchor, and probably the kings head, but the duke has long been in decline, as was the pub on wright street, so it seems like a mixed bag.

[Nort]

I agree to an extent, but I also think there’s too many pubs in the CBD for them all to be economically viable. Consumer tastes have changed, and small bars over the past decade have provided many new options for places to drink at. A lot of pubs are dated and don’t have a particularly good offering, while being in close proximity to one another. I think the reality is some are just no longer viable and those will be redeveloped over the coming years.

Once again, the closure and redevelopment of these pubs often has zero connection to their visibility as businesses. In fact it's often the more successful ones that developers want due to their locations.

That’s definitely true of the crown and anchor, and probably the kings head, but the duke has long been in decline, as was the pub on wright street, so it seems like a mixed bag.

I'm admittedly not a regular at the Duke, but the majority of times I've been there it's been quite busy, any evidence that it's struggling as a business?

[gnrc_louis]

Once again, the closure and redevelopment of these pubs often has zero connection to their visibility as businesses. In fact it's often the more successful ones that developers want due to their locations.

That’s definitely true of the crown and anchor, and probably the kings head, but the duke has long been in decline, as was the pub on wright street, so it seems like a mixed bag.

I'm admittedly not a regular at the Duke, but the majority of times I've been there it's been quite busy, any evidence that it's struggling as a business?

Just anecdotally when I’ve been there the past few years it’s been pretty dead at times I would’ve thought it’d be busy, but maybe that’s just in comparison to what it was 15 years ago when it used heave with people, so perhaps it still broadly does alright.

[SRW]

I suspect a blank western wall?

Yep, nearly windowless but with some banding as a sop.

The site is nearly 50 metres deep, so you’re getting a wall that long 33 storeys high. Cool.