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olliepee wrote:I was just wondering if anybody had found anything out about the Union/Ebenezer place development...

I saw they'd cut the tree down last weekend...

I heard it was going to be a 6 story boutique hotel with retail/bar underneath. Can anyone confirm? Any plans or renders yet???

Ollie

Adelarch wrote:found this on a website someone posted in another thread on a separate topic. The website blurb suggests its due for completion in late 2009 - hope so..

http://www.commongroundadelaide.org.au/ ... sp?prop=2#

AtD wrote:

Adelarch wrote:found this on a website someone posted in another thread on a separate topic. The website blurb suggests its due for completion in late 2009 - hope so..

http://www.commongroundadelaide.org.au/ ... sp?prop=2#

Nice find. I've posted this as a Vision for now. Agreed?

SRW wrote:The Common Ground website says Candetti Constructions was selected as builder, and that work was due to start in January with an expected completion date in late 2009. Anyone know if work has actually commenced?

AtD wrote: They're also the least appealing parklands of the lot. At least they're reasonably good to look at.

rhino wrote:

AtD wrote: They're also the least appealing parklands of the lot. At least they're reasonably good to look at.

That second sentence implies that the more appealing parklands are less appealing. I think.

DA/688/2006/1
24/03/2009
Application Assessed on Merit To construct a 7 level building addition to existing hotel comprising 21 new guest rooms, a penthouse apartment, a new conference centre, gym and two storey car parking facility ancillary to the hotel with internal alterations to the ground and fifth floors and extension to main foyer area - STAGE 1 - MINOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITION TO ENTRY FOYER, LEVEL 5 & LEVEL 6 SOUTH PARK MOTOR INN
1-10 South Terrace, Adelaide; 57-63 Vinrace Street, Adelaide; 195-200 West Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

BUILDING BRIDGES - $7m Light Square project takes shape

by Adam Todd


BUILDING HOPE: An artist's impression of Common Ground, Light Square.

CONSTRUCTION of the Common Ground affordable housing complex at Light Square will start in the next fortnight.

Contracts were due to be signed yesterday, April 29, and Adelaide-based Candetti Constructions are expected to start works early next month.

The $7 million project will feature 52 apartments for low income earners and homeless people, who must go through an assessment process to secure tenancy.

The four-storey complex will be built on the site of the old Sands and McDougall building, in the square’s south-west corner.

The project was scheduled to start earlier this year, but executive director Sue Crafter said the slowing economy had made it harder to find corporate donors.

“Businesses and corporates in general are not making such large donations, so it did take us a little longer than we expected to get those donations in,” she said.

Among the corporate donors are Candetti, Bianco, Normetals, Ikea and Harvey Norman, contributing a combined $2 million to the project.

The State Government has contributed the remaining $5 million.

Ms Crafter said construction would take about 40 weeks, meaning the first residents would move in around March next year.

The waiting list for Common Ground accommodation stands at about 270.

The Light Square project is the second Common Ground development. The first, above the Franklin St bus station, opened last year and has 37 apartments.

“It’s going very well, tenants say they’re very happy there, they say they’re very appreciative to live in such a high quality environment,” she said.

“It makes a huge difference to have access to stable, high quality housing.

“One person has even moved into home ownership, so it’s going very well.”