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Hahaha the front looks like a zipper, that's all I can think now when I see it.

The "fly" on Franklin.

From The City Messenger:

Kyren project manager Kon Corolis said the carpark extension would begin by the end of the year, with work on the office and apartments starting mid next year.

I realllly want to be positive, but my suspicious streak is activated by the extract above.
"Car park to be built immediately. We might get around to building the tower later... maybe."

monotonehell wrote:I realllly want to be positive, but my suspicious streak is activated by the extract above.
"Car park to be built immediately. We might get around to building the tower later... maybe."

Same.

Though I suppose at least in this instance it's an existing (and fairly decrepit) carpark being tarted up, rather than a completely new one being built.

Should see some action on site soon. Hopefully it won't stay an empty plot for too long as Franklin street has almost entirely been demolished.

Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/322/2010/1
Lodgement Date: 12/11/2010
Location: 58-76 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Demolish existing building fronting Franklin Street, construct further 5 levels to existing Young Street car park, reclad facade and upgrade existing retail tenancies, construct 16 level residential building and 19 level office building with associated car parking - STAGE 1 - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING

Franklin Street appears to be undergoing a similar process that occured along Waymouth Street in the early 80's. At this time Waymouth Street had a whole lot of buildings demolished and left as open car parks (northern side) and then a whole lot of office buildings went up around the mid-80's.

The rules are a bit stricter now regarding open lot car parks but still a similar process is occuring and often parking is still allowed. Once they've finished the expanded Young Street car park they are meant to start on the soon to be demolished building site. Hopefully this occurs as soon as possible after the car park is completed.

On my morning stroll this morning I noticed that the empty garden furniture shop on this site was being demolished by All State Demolition. A giant excavator was attacking the back of the shop from the vacant lot next door.

Uncle Monty wrote:On my morning stroll this morning I noticed that the empty garden furniture shop on this site was being demolished by All State Demolition. A giant excavator was attacking the back of the shop from the vacant lot next door.

Love the Hammers Mr Monty. Forever blowing those bubbles !!

For those of us interstate, has the existing building been demolished now?

Type Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/322/2010/2
Lodgement Date: 22/11/2010
Location: 58-76 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Demolish existing building fronting Franklin Street, construct further 5 levels to existing Young Street car park, reclad facade and upgrade existing retail tenancies, construct 16 level residential building and 19 level office building with associated car parking - STAGE 2 - CARPARK ALTERATIONS - ADDITIONAL 4 LEVELS (WESTERN PORTION) & 5 LEVELS (EASTERN PORTION) - STRUCTURAL WORKS

Ben wrote:Should see some action on site soon. Hopefully it won't stay an empty plot for too long as Franklin street has almost entirely been demolished.

Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/322/2010/1
Lodgement Date: 12/11/2010
Location: 58-76 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Demolish existing building fronting Franklin Street, construct further 5 levels to existing Young Street car park, reclad facade and upgrade existing retail tenancies, construct 16 level residential building and 19 level office building with associated car parking - STAGE 1 - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING

the DAP site and ACC site just keeps crashing for me- what does the request actually entail? just a bigger carpark and hopefully a building out front?

I can't seem to find that DA anywhere on the ACC site or the DAP site after finally getting another browser to work?

where were those details taken form?

edit - found them

Scaffolding has gone up around the car park on Young Street.

Second level has now been closed off and building has commenced on the car park. Quite a number of concrete blocks and steel pylons have already gone up.

Seems this is progressing well. Apartment sales office soon to be constructed.

Type: Development Application Received
Application Number: DA/1001/2010
Lodgement Date: 17/12/2010
Location: 58-76 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Construct temporary apartment prototype on Ground floor (vacant tenancy) of young Street carpark

From Thursday, car park seen through the former exchange site:

Car park photo from today plus more in car glare: