COM: [Glenelg] Bay Junction Shopping Centre | $60m

[Wayno]

From AdelaideNow

Work to begin on Glenelg's former Wallis Cinema site

A ROOFTOP carpark has been added to plans for the redevelopment of the former Wallis cinema site at Glenelg, with work to start as soon as next month.

Shoppers would access the carpark, on top of the two-storey, $15 million retail and office building, from the upper carpark of the adjoining Bayside Village.

The plan will come before the Holdfast Bay development assessment panel on Wednesday, August 22.

Wallis spokesman Philip Roberts said if the 34-space carpark was approved, work could start within a month and be finished this time next year.

Mr Roberts said the carpark addition was the reason the project had been delayed after the historic Art Deco cinema was razed last August.

It required "a significant engineering change" to the plans, including stronger foundations for the build-ing, and the consent of Bayside Village owner the Taplin Group.

"It provides more parking in the area, which is a good thing," Mr Roberts said.

"In terms of overall appearance, the building remains exactly the same."

The building would have five ground floor tenancies of up to 220sq m and an upstairs office space of more than 800sq m, which could be split into smaller tenancies.

Mr Roberts said there had been "lots of positive interest" in the development but no tenants had been secured.

"We're not worried about that at all," he said, adding that he expected interested businesses to commit to leases once the plans were approved and a firm completion date set.

Bayside Village owner Andrew Taplin said he had agreed to give Wallis access rights from his shopping centre to the proposed carpark, which Wallis would control.

"I think it would be good to create more carparks at that end of the street," he said. Glenelg Pet Centre owner Sue Perdikis said the new shops and extra carparking would "help pick up business, especially on the weekends".

"As long as it encourages people to this end of the street, that's good," she said. Ms Perdikis said a gourmet grocer or "old-fashioned deli-snack bar" would be welcome additions to the area.

[omada]

I can't get over my bitterness that they demolished the art deco cinema, so I hope the development fails and taplin go out of business. Maybe I should go to a support group or something and move on.

[Nathan]

I can't get over my bitterness that they demolished the art deco cinema, so I hope the development fails and taplin go out of business. Maybe I should go to a support group or something and move on.

Why Taplin? Didn't they try and reach a deal to take over the cinema, but Wallis refused?

[Goya's Line]

From AdelaideNow

Work to begin on Glenelg's former Wallis Cinema site
"I think it would be good to create more carparks at that end of the street," he said. Glenelg Pet Centre owner Sue Perdikis said the new shops and extra carparking would "help pick up business, especially on the weekends".

Woolies already offer free 3-hour parking next-door and I've never seen it full; if businesses aren't coping near Brighton Rd. I doubt parking is the problem.

[baytram366]

From what I know, Taplin did try to get Wallis to hand over the cinema but weither or not he tried hard enough is another question. I still haven't been down Jetty Road since the cinema was demolished and I hope Wallis really now regret what they did. Looks like the Chelsea cinema is doing well without Wallis BTW

[Port Adelaide Fan]

Andrew Taplin's Glenelg cinema project gets community support

A PROPOSED seven-screen cinema complex at Glenelg has received overwhelming community support.

During public consultation last month, more than 400 people backed Holdfast Bay Council's move to revoke the community land status of the Cowper St carpark, necessary for the project to proceed.

There were 422 positive responses, 76 negative and 39 neutral.

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[Maximus]

Not sure if this is common knowledge, but I've just realised that this new cinema (i.e. Port Adelaide Fan above) and the new development at the old cinema site (i.e. the subject of this thread) are in fact two separate developments in different locations. The site of the proposed new cinema appears to be here. So this thread should probably be split, or at least the new cinema stuff could go in the general Glenelg developments thread.

Anyway, for what it's worth, latest news (on the new cinema) is as follows:

Developer confident Glenelg cinema will be open by summer, 2015
Heather Kennett
Guardian Messenger
January 10, 201312:11PM

A PROPOSED seven-screen cinema complex at Glenelg is still more than two years away.

Developer Andrew Taplin wants to build a $17 million cinema at Jetty Rd but is waiting for the State Government to revoke community land status for the site before work can begin.

Mr Taplin said he had hoped Local Government Minister Russell Wortley would have approved the change of status before the Christmas break, but was confident it would occur in the coming weeks.

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[Maximus]

Work to start on the former Wallis site in late March.

Work on $15 million development at former Glenelg Cinema site to start in two months
Heather Kennett
Guardian Messenger
January 31, 2013 12:55PM

WORK on a $15 million two-storey retail and office complex at the former Wallis cinema site on Jetty Rd will start in two months.

Wallis spokesman Philip Roberts said today he expected work on the development would start by the end of March.

"We're very keen to get on with it and we are anxious to have it completed by late in the year or early next year," he said.

The prominent site has remained vacant since August 2011, when the landmark 1937 Art Deco Glenelg Cinema was demolished.

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[Ben]

I thought the shopping centre where Wallis used to be would never happen, but I went past on Sunday and was surprised to see it is nearly complete structurally. I am interested to see what types of business occupy the shop fronts, seeing as so much of Jetty Road is empty. It's a shame they didn't incorporate residential into this development to provide a bit of life to the area.

[crawf]

In other developments...

Council workshop to reveal first details of Glenelg cinema deal
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... 6679678866
HEATHER KENNETT GUARDIAN MESSENGER JULY 16, 2013 9:03AM


THE conditions underpinning a contentious plan to build a $17 million cinema in Glenelg will be made public for the first time tonight.

Holdfast Bay Council's elected members will receive a briefing on the plan at a workshop, which will be open to the public, at the Brighton Civic Centre, between 6.30-8.30pm.

Holdfast Bay chief executive Justin Lynch said the workshop would provide councillors with the terms of the deal between developer Andrew Taplin and the council, to build an eight-screen cinema above a council-owned carpark on Cowper St.

Mr Taplin has been in talks with the council to build a separate single deck carpark, worth more than $5?million, just east of Partridge St, next to the proposed cinema.

Under the plan, the council would provide $2.5?million towards the carpark's cost and retain ownership of it.

Mr Lynch said the briefing would pave the way for elected members to revoke the site's community land status, allowing Mr Taplin to lodge a planning application.

The workshop will be held at Kingston Room, Brighton Civic Centre, Jetty Rd, Brighton, tonight.

[omada]

I love how you can see the carpark from the road and all that wonderful concrete, a real gem of a building!

[Ben]

I love how you can see the carpark from the road and all that wonderful concrete, a real gem of a building!

Agreed should be atleast street frontage retail/cafes

[pushbutton]

Do we really need yet more cinemas? Why can't developers use a bit of imagination and be a bit adventurous. There are many other entertainment options which Adelaide does not currently have and which could be hugely popular.

A cinema complex in Glenelg may struggle to compete with the nearby Marion and West Lakes cinemas. This was already demonstrated by the fact Wallis closed the old Glenelg cinemas not that long ago.

Nice looking design though, apart from the lack of street frontage at ground level.

[Matt]

Shithouse.

[baytram366]

They already had a gorgeous, one of a kind, art deco theatre down there and now they want to replace it with this piece of crap a little further down the road? They had their chance to create a modern cinema with the existing facade allowing something different and unique but they blew it. I assume the former cinema site is still empty?