[PRO] Unley Central | ~36m | 9 Levels | Mixed-use

[malyzajaczek]

Sorry to bump this read with speculation, but I wonder if it is this site for sale: https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au ... 2017179655

Presumably the sale was for site next door with the medical centre and chemist (google maps reports it at 4000m2 though). Apparently it was sold recently to a developer. Currently the corner of Mary and Unley where carpet place use to be is for sale by auction. I found it on below website.

https://www.realcommercial.com.au/for-s ... -503908750

The Unley Central land are looks bigger than 4000m2 and could be as big as 8000m2. This is just measuring using google maps.

[malyzajaczek]

Advertiser has an article today, can anyone paste it ? "$150m Shopping Stoush"

[SRW]

This appears to have been redesigned according to render included in the application for 106 Unley Road:

[Vasco]

Your link says 106 Unley road, image says 170?
Different developments?


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[SRW]

Your link says 106 Unley road, image says 170?
Different developments?


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As stated, the image of 170/Unley Central is taken from the application for 106. It's from a section detailing nearby developments.

[flat04]

The design does look really good. I'm a bit worried about Unley Rd though and the increase in traffic these medium rise will/are bringing. Would be nice if they made Unley Rd no standing but that won't help the businesses.

[[Shuz]]

The purpose of these medium density developments along high frequency bus routes is to minimise increase in traffic as these residents should be opting to use public transport and walking to access nearby services and the CBD.

[flat04]

The target demographic for the Unley Rd apartments isn't giving up their Mercedes for public transport though. Greenhill Rd should be more of a focus than Unley Rd?

[[Shuz]]

The target demographic would be new residents not existing residents...

[ChillyPhilly]

The target demographic for the Unley Rd apartments isn't giving up their Mercedes for public transport though. Greenhill Rd should be more of a focus than Unley Rd?

Unley Road is ripe for a future tramline/high street designation. This is a step toward making that happen.

[Patrick_27]

The target demographic would be new residents not existing residents...

I know two of the residents in the newish apartment complex just up the road from this and both are retirees with a Merc and Land Rover, lol.

I think the parking issue is more prevalent with the new hospitality businesses and their customers, the only parking available is at the rear of the neighbouring Unley Metro complex.

[Algernon]

The target demographic for the Unley Rd apartments isn't giving up their Mercedes for public transport though. Greenhill Rd should be more of a focus than Unley Rd?

Unley Road is ripe for a future tramline/high street designation. This is a step toward making that happen.

Absolutely!

The Suburb of Hyde Park had a population of 1677 at a density of 2709/sq km at the 2021 census. Unley: 4050 residents at density of 2740/sq km. If you add in an estimated 430 residents from the 246-252 Unley Rd developments (150 apartments and ~65 apartments/town houses at estimated 2 people per dwelling), 130 apartments / 260 residents at Unley Central and 45 dwellings/90 residents at 107 Unley Rd, then that adds 780 residents to Hyde Park & Unley. This boosts the area to 6507 residents at 3099/sq km (from 2727/ sq km).

For context, the city of Prague has a population density of around 4,000/sq km. This density across the urban area is sufficient to sustain an extensive bus, trolleybus and tram network and a 3 line subway (4th line under construction).

It doesn't take a lot of these higher density developments to make the area ideal for more permanent infrastructure like tram lines.

The recently built and proposed developments are a real shot in the arm. It would likely only take maybe 10 more developments of the scale of 246 Unley Rd development and you'd probably have sufficient density to have an Unley tram line running to Hyde Park, or maybe Cross Rd at a stretch.