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skyliner wrote:

Wayno wrote:

An information session will be held in the Square on Thursday 20 May, from 11:00am to 2:00pm. This is an opportunity for you to learn more about the draft Regeneration Masterplan and have an informal discussion with the project staff.

i think i'll attend this session - anyone interested in tagging along? i'm not sure where it will be held though...

frank1 wrote:i still don't quite understand why this is going to cost 100million

crawf wrote:The more I think about it the more I would like to see the Grote/Wakefield crossing removed and no underpass built. I really don't see why there is so much fuss when there are plenty of other streets traffic could be diverted too, like Franklin/Flinders Street. Pedestrians are meant to rule the city, not cars

Franklin Street is an emerging business strip, so the street could become a major public transport route

DEVELOPMENT in the city centre must be targeted to fill in empty tracts of land that leave cityscapes looking like "teeth with gaps in them", business leaders say.

Large vacant lots in Franklin and Gouger streets, in particular, have attracted the ire of pro-development figures. Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan said it was "unbecoming" to have such patchy development in a capital city.

"What we don't want in this city is empty patches of land dotted around," he said. "It makes the city look like a mouthful of teeth with gaps in them."

Mr Vaughan said the Adelaide City Council's "backwards" attitude to development had held back the city centre.

"This is why the State Government took planning approval for developments over $10 million out of the council's hands," he said. "Developers' time is money. The classic example is the Le Cornu site, which lay vacant for 22 years.

"Anything that encourages development in the city is to be applauded. We've got to make this city an attractive, vibrant place where people are happy to come and engage."

Property Council SA executive director Nathan Paine said the global financial crisis had stalled city development. "Many of these sites either have a development approved for them or are on the market for a tenant or finance," he said.

Councillor and Development Assessment Panel member Stephen Yarwood said: "The reality is there are huge amounts of underdeveloped land. There are warehouses, vacant buildings and land that could be put to much more appropriate use.

"It's frustrating fringe development is going ahead hammer and tong, and we aren't unlocking the potential of the city."

iTouch(myself) wrote:

DEVELOPMENT in the city centre must be targeted to fill in empty tracts of land that leave cityscapes looking like "teeth with gaps in them", business leaders say.