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

[pushbutton]

Glenelg is lame and it will always be lame, ever tried heading out to the bay for a night out? My god, very tragic.. it's like a shopping strip for retirees.. the only decent thing about Glenelg was the old Aladdin's Castle and the waterslides at Magic Mountain..
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What's wrong with the waterslides at the Beachhouse? Aren't they very similar to the magic mountain ones, but newer and better?

[AtD]

From today's Advertiser:

[bmw boy]

wowzer!!!

alot bigger than I expected this would be.

surely and hopefully this developement will get the ball rolling in upgrading the rest of the shops physically and the standard of retailers which trade there.

[Norman]

I'm looking forward to further modernisation projects of Jetty Road.

[Cruise]

this thing looks stupid

[omada]

It seems that I provoked quite a bit of support for Glenelg..

by ynotsfables on Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:03 pm
It leaves Saint Kilda in Melbourne for dead in my opinion, It's more prestigious than both the Sunshine and Gold Coasts in Queensland. It's got so much potential. Sure i can undrstand if that lifestyle is not your cup of tea, but it's far from lame.

I'm sure it has potential, but theres no way it would beat St Kilda, the Pier is for jocks and bogans, there are no decent bars (Salt is shite). The Grand is, well come one people, who here really likes that place, it's scaly.. shopping wise, what are you going to buy, a frock?

I will admit however I haven't tried the new waterslides.. oh and I remember one other good thing about Jetty Road, The Jazz festival, do they still have that?

If I want to go out, I head for the CBD, plenty of cool little bars and pubs scattered all over the place (I only hope that with the increased residential development it doesn't force more places to close or restrict the entertainment (ala Austral, Exeter and probably many more)

[jimmy_2486]

I like the look of that!!

Hope they put some wicked designers in there.

[Ben]

this thing looks stupid

Would you like to elaborate and tell us why you think this?

[Cruise]

this thing looks stupid

Would you like to elaborate and tell us why you think this?

It looks wider and longer than it is tall.

And very bland and generic looking. no style, no flair

[Ben]

this thing looks stupid

Would you like to elaborate and tell us why you think this?

It looks wider and longer than it is tall.

Going by that argument Westfield Marion should be 300m tall. It's a shopping centre of course it will be longer than it is high.

[Cruise]

I thought this was an office building?

But yes, marion sucks

[Shuz]

Oooh ja, just what Glenelg needs on that side of Jetty Rd. Should tie in beautifully with the heritage facade of the cinema.

[ynotsfables]

It seems that I provoked quite a bit of support for Glenelg..

by ynotsfables on Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:03 pm
It leaves Saint Kilda in Melbourne for dead in my opinion, It's more prestigious than both the Sunshine and Gold Coasts in Queensland. It's got so much potential. Sure i can undrstand if that lifestyle is not your cup of tea, but it's far from lame.

I'm sure it has potential, but theres no way it would beat St Kilda, the Pier is for jocks and bogans, there are no decent bars (Salt is shite). The Grand is, well come one people, who here really likes that place, it's scaly.. shopping wise, what are you going to buy, a frock?

I will admit however I haven't tried the new waterslides.. oh and I remember one other good thing about Jetty Road, The Jazz festival, do they still have that?

If I want to go out, I head for the CBD, plenty of cool little bars and pubs scattered all over the place (I only hope that with the increased residential development it doesn't force more places to close or restrict the entertainment (ala Austral, Exeter and probably many more)

Fair enough, however i think like everything else that will boom in SA Glenelg will further establish itself.That will come with greater population and niche markets for certain interest groups, where there may be certain demands in activities and recreational lifestyles.
Cheers.

[Ben]

From The Messenger:

New face for Bay Junction

Kym Morgan

25Sep07

A REDEVELOPED Bay Junction would be a key component of Holdfast Bay Council's plan to improve the entrance to its major tourism and shopping precinct.

Planned for the northern side of the entrance, 27 specialty shops, a fitness centre and 1500sqm of office space will replace the existing shopping centre.

Councillors who viewed the image earlier in the month gave it an initial thumbs up, voting to spend $20,000 working with developer Andrew Taplin and other stakeholders on planning improvements to the Jetty and Brighton roads corner. The council also will approach Telstra to discuss improving the appearance of its building on the southern side.

The Taplin development would be set 6m back from Brighton Rd to allow a feature or statue to be built in front of it the design of which is yet to be discussed.

The proposal is due to go before Holdfast Bay Council's Development Assessment Panel in mid-October.

Mr Taplin said, if approved, work on the development would begin next January and be completed midway through 2009.

``There's no question Jetty Rd needs a bold entry statement,'' he said.

``People regard it as an entry point to Glenelg as a whole.''

All existing shops in the Bay Junction shopping centre would be demolished with the exception of the Glenelg Cinema, which would remain unchanged but recieve screen and sound upgrades. Woolworths would be rebuilt.

Holdfast Bay Council's acting chief executive Charles Sheffield said the council was yet to approach Telstra but intended to propose decorating its building with art work.
``We would like to work with them to explore ways of improving the appearance of that building,'' he said.

Artist Ben van Zetten has already been approached to redecorate the building pending an agreement and Telstra spokesman Martin Forgan ``invited any discussion on the subject''.

[bmw boy]

I think i'm missing something here...

what has telstra got to do with this?