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500 State Govt staff to move to Port Adelaide under plans to rejuvenate the town centre

AN EXTRA 500 State Government employees could be based in Port Adelaide from 2017.

The State Government has called for tenders from private companies to design and build a 7500sq m office block in the Port town centre.

Tender documents show the site would cater for about 500 employees, include 200 car parks and a street level government shop-front and be close to public transport.

Port Adelaide Mayor Gary Johanson welcomed the news, hoping the plans would help revitalise the Port.

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Port Adelaide parking plan for St Vincent St a win for businesses

WORKS to introduce angled parking in the middle of St Vincent St will boost business and attract more businesses to the area, some traders say.

The works, which will create 15 new car parks on the strip between Commercial Rd and Nelson St, are expected to start in late August.

The section of road will become a one-way strip heading west.

Mayfair Bakery owner Barry Schultz said the project has been a long time coming.

"We've been wanting this for quite some time so I am glad to hear that it is finally happening," Mr Schultz said.

"I hope that by making the street more shopper-friendly it will encourage other businesses to open in the area to create more vibrancy and choice for shoppers."

Philip and Leoni Jenner, of Port Mall Newsagency, said the project was good news for local retailers.

"We believe it is a good initiative because it will turn St Vincent St into a more shopper-friendly precinct and make it more inviting with better parking access."

The project is part of a $7 million series of works to revitalise the Port waterfront and town centre, which also include landscaping around Hart's Mill and a recently completed beach at Cruickshank's Corner.

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Australia’s premier indie music event, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, will make a fresh start in a new home at the historic site of Harts Mill, Port Adelaide on February 7th 2014.

With ample space, the festival sits on the absolute waterfront of the Port River and will draw comparisons to the spectacular Melbourne site, renowned for its industrial-meets-lush green locale.

Festival promoter Danny Rogers says, “We searched super hard to find a site that we felt could match the experience that other cities have had with Laneway. Renewal SA, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and a team of locals have worked with us to find a site that ticks all the boxes.” People of Adelaide, you spoke up and we listened.

The Festival began in Melbourne in 2004, and has expanded during the past decade to Sydney, Brisbane and Perth as well as overseas venues including Detroit, Michigan.

Minister for Housing and Urban Development Tom Koutsantonis said last year’s festival was a sell out with more than 4,000 people attending in Adelaide.

“Next year Port Adelaide will become the new home for the Laneway Festival,” he said.
“The Laneway Festival is renowned for its adventurous lineups and has been credited with revitalising precincts around the world

“The move to Port Adelaide reinforces the Government’s strategy of revitalising the Port waterfront and re-engaging the community in events such as the recent Tall Ships Festival.

“The Laneway will not only bring indie music to Hart’s Mill but also provides an opportunity to engage the local community and businesses by encompassing a diverse range of market and food stalls.

“A band competition will be held in the lead up to the festival. Several bands will play in a live final and the winner will be selected based on their live performance.

“Port Adelaide businesses will also be offered a stall at no expense, a significant opportunity to increase their trade for the day and general exposure to new business and customers.

“Support from small businesses in the precinct will be a significant contributor to the festival experience and key to creating a community atmosphere.”

Renewal SA Chief Executive, Fred Hansen said “contributing to the regeneration of Port Adelaide as a cultural destination by engaging with the local arts community and investing in local infrastructure is one of our key priorities”.

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500 State Govt staff to move to Port Adelaide under plans to rejuvenate the town centre

AN EXTRA 500 State Government employees could be based in Port Adelaide from 2017.

The State Government has called for tenders from private companies to design and build a 7500sq m office block in the Port town centre.

Tender documents show the site would cater for about 500 employees, include 200 car parks and a street level government shop-front and be close to public transport.

Port Adelaide Mayor Gary Johanson welcomed the news, hoping the plans would help revitalise the Port.

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Quest unveils further SA expansion
September 5, 2013

Expanding apartment firm, Quest Serviced Apartments, will build a further two properties in Adelaide in a move that will take its number of South Australian properties to 10.

Chairman Paul Constantinou unveiled the plan in the SA capital yesterday as he formally opened the group’s newest property, Quest on Franklin.

He said the business was on track to open its King William South property in Adelaide next April and revealed two more apartment blocks will be constructed in the city, one in Port Adelaide and another in the CBD.

They are both expected to have more than 100 rooms and will open in 2015.

Constantinou said a growth in mining, manufacturing and aviation has seen Adelaide flourish as a commercial and business tourism city.

“Naturally this activity has stimulated demand for quality business traveller accommodation and why Quest has seen potential for business growth in this thriving state,” he said.

When the new-builds are complete, Quest will offer 670 rooms in the state, which represents growth of 300% since May last year.

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MORE than $1.2 million is being spent on transporting the City of Adelaide 5270km from Glasgow to Adelaide, only for it to be moored in an area described as "the back waters" of the Port River.

The State Government's urban renewal body Renewal SA, charged with rejuvenating the Port, has gifted land at Marina Adelaide, Largs North, to the City of Adelaide Preservation Trust to permanently moor the world's oldest surviving clipper ship.

The Trust, along with Port Adelaide Enfield councillors and the Mayor, have mocked the decision on the site because it is 5km from the heart of the Port.

Councillor Bruce Johansen said the site was "in the back waters" of the Port River.
"So much money has been spent getting the City of Adelaide to Port Adelaide and it was meant to be a big attraction for the area, but instead it looks like it will now just lay derelict in an area no one will visit," Cr Johansen said.

"It should have been moored in the heart of the Port and hailed as a maritime attraction for the area.

City of Adelaide Preservation Trust director Peter Christopher said he was disappointed with the site.
"Our group would have preferred a site in central Port Adelaide, but we are also appreciative of the fact we've been given this land," Mr Christopher said.

"We have accepted the site from Renewal SA but if another or better site became available before the ship's arrival, we would explore other options."

"If the council had any other prime land available in the Port that they are able to give to us, we would explore that option."

Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson said the government "needed to go back to the drawing board".
"If they (Renewal SA) do put it down there, I would question their long-term commitment to revitalising the Port and making it a tourist destination."

"This could be a major opportunity to help reinvent the Port and capitalise on its iconic maritime history."

Mr Johanson said the ship should be located outside Harts Mill, alongside the Falie and One and All.

A spokesman for Renewal SA said the Largs North site was chosen "because of its location to the mouth of the River".
"The Clipper is an iconic vessel and will sit at the entrance of the Port River," he said. It is also close to amenities and public access."

Last year, Renewal SA identified five sites as potential locations for the ship, including Fletcher's Slip and Cruickshank's Corner, all located in the heart of the Port.

Marina Adelaide at Largs North was not listed as a potential site.