[APP] Hotel Wright Street | 68m |18 Levels | Mixed Use

[Ben]

Sorry to be a tease.

Details will be announced in the next couple of days

[Norman]

Is it good news or bad news?

[Ben]

Good news I Would think.

020/A059/17
Construction of an 18-storey building with basement car parking comprising the retention and reuse of the former Hotel Wright Street as a Hotel at ground and first floors with atrium and roof top terrace licensed as part of the Hotel use

[Llessur2002]

020/A059/17
retention and reuse of the former Hotel Wright Street as a Hotel at ground and first floors

Hotel as in accommodation or hotel as in ?

[noted]

Glad they are retaining and upgrading the existing hotel. There was plenty of speculation that they would demolish it which would have set a really bad precedent (mind you plenty of that speculation was fueled by Rachel Sanderson so I guess it was always fairly dubious). Looking forward to seeing the renders.

[Ben]

Looks like it is actually offices which is surprising. I wonder if they already have a tenant.

Type: Schedule 10
Application Number: S10/32/2017
Lodgement Date: 21/09/2017
Location: 76-80 Wright Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Construction of an 18 storey building with basement car parking, retention and reuse original fabric of Hotel Wright Street, hotel at ground first floor with a roof top terrace, atrium providing pedestrian link between Compton and Wright Street being licensed as hotel: retail tenancy ground floor: fifteen (15) levels offices: two (2) storey penthouses levels 16 and 17.

[[Shuz]]

Offices? In this location? Really? With office vacancy rates as they are currently?

Have the developers been taking the red mitsibushi tablets lately?

[PeFe]

Well the developers have plenty of time to think about it before the build starts, time to alter the DA.................16 levels of offices...to 18 levels of apartments......plenty of time.......

[mshagg]

The plan has always been for office space here - can fondly everyone whinging about the pub being sold to Chinese developers... despite most of said whingers not having set foot in the CBD, let alone a CBD pub, for the last 5 years. And, as mentioned, Rachel Sanderson banging on about apartments, despite that never having been part of the plan.

Get around the comments section circa August 2016:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger ... 6b3b823175

[crawf]

Wright Developments SA Pty Ltd C/- Mohyla Architects
76-88 Wright Street, Adelaide

Construction of an 18-storey building with basement car parking comprising the retention and reuse of the former Hotel Wright Street as a Hotel at ground and first floors with atrium and roof tip terrace licensed as part of the Hotel use; retail tenancy at ground floor; fifteen (15) levels of offices; and two (2) storey penthouses occupying levels 16 and 17.

https://www.saplanningcommission.sa.gov ... rt.doc.pdf

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[Ben]

I quite like it except the blank northern wall but i think given the location its acceptable.

[timtam20292]

I really like it. Except for the blank wall. Unless there are plans in the future to build next to it?

[GrowAdelaide]

I find the blank northern wall strange...I wonder if they are aware of a further development on the adjacent block to their north?

[how good is he]

Based on my past observations, I would hazard a guess that the building owner and/or architect would have wanted it to be ALL glass and it would have looked far better...but the govt architect/planners insist on concrete neighbouring walls for fire rating purposes/building code regulations or whatever, just in case another [high-rise] building is ever built adjacent/next door ... one day.

[Norman]

Looks impressive, and I like the terrace. I hope it stays close to the render.