Actually niche shops generally thrive including butchers and such in a big complex because more shoppers are attracted their by the big supermarkets and hence more shopping dollars and people generally choose especially in areas like balmain is and is moving more towards to do their basics at the supermarkets and then get meats and specialty things at the other shops , if you dont believe me as Frank Lowy its how Westfield thrives around the world
Tigers Leagues Club Development
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redemption
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Local businesses on the Leichhardt side of Victoria Road are badly struggling currently (& have been for over a decade) - and the vast majority support the development!
Those small businesses on the Balmain side are more opposed - but the reality is that side of Darling Street would not be affected significantly as it is primarily restaurants and boutique specialist shops!!
That the development would have a significant negative impact is just another Greens-based furphy!!
Those small businesses on the Balmain side are more opposed - but the reality is that side of Darling Street would not be affected significantly as it is primarily restaurants and boutique specialist shops!!
That the development would have a significant negative impact is just another Greens-based furphy!!
@redemption said:
The Greens specialise in rhetoric and scaremongering.
prattenpark
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quote="redemption"]All you need to know bug is that it is fully funded by a development consortium!!!
The original D.A. (that you quote) was predicated on the NSW Govt model - and following the agreed compensation from the Govt for abandoning a project in breach of extant contract(s) - a new model has been developed for repatriation & regeneration of the site that we still fully own!!!
Wasn't ownership of the site was transferred to a private company prior to the DA being lodged, Rozelle Village Pty Ltd, a development company associated with Benny Elias? Council maintains that this was illegal under the Voluntary Planning Agreement entered into between the Balmain Leagues Club Ltd and Leichhardt Council.
Currently, the applicant that lodged the DA, DKO Architecture Pty Ltd, could lodge an appeal with the Land and Environment Court. They have not done so at this stage. There is also a battle raging between Council and Rozelle Village over the return of bank guarantees lodged in relation to the VPA. Rozelle Village is seeking return of the guarantees on the basis that it will not lodge an appeal with the Land and Environment Court.
PS - the DA was not rejected by Leichhardt Council as such, but by a Joint Regional Planning Panel, an independent body which consists of three State appointed and two Council appointed members which determine DAs for 'regionally significant developments'.
All sounds like a bit of a Mexican stand off and that nothing will happen in a hurry.
The original D.A. (that you quote) was predicated on the NSW Govt model - and following the agreed compensation from the Govt for abandoning a project in breach of extant contract(s) - a new model has been developed for repatriation & regeneration of the site that we still fully own!!!
Wasn't ownership of the site was transferred to a private company prior to the DA being lodged, Rozelle Village Pty Ltd, a development company associated with Benny Elias? Council maintains that this was illegal under the Voluntary Planning Agreement entered into between the Balmain Leagues Club Ltd and Leichhardt Council.
Currently, the applicant that lodged the DA, DKO Architecture Pty Ltd, could lodge an appeal with the Land and Environment Court. They have not done so at this stage. There is also a battle raging between Council and Rozelle Village over the return of bank guarantees lodged in relation to the VPA. Rozelle Village is seeking return of the guarantees on the basis that it will not lodge an appeal with the Land and Environment Court.
PS - the DA was not rejected by Leichhardt Council as such, but by a Joint Regional Planning Panel, an independent body which consists of three State appointed and two Council appointed members which determine DAs for 'regionally significant developments'.
All sounds like a bit of a Mexican stand off and that nothing will happen in a hurry.
prattenpark
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And, it looks like they have decided to go back to the drawing board and start again with a new design team starting from scratch to come up with a new design: http://www.theplanningboardroom.net/tag/rozelle/
redemption
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You are correct PP!
But the ownership issue is a furphy from the Council and the VPA holds no weight following the NSW Govt's abandoning of the rail extension! The transfer of ownership was to ensure that all liabilities associated with the site throughout development would be met by Rozelle Village & not potentially cripple Balmain Leagues Club!
Rozelle Village are entitled to release of the bank guarantees - but are taking a conciliatory position with Council in order to try to speed up the process - rather than heading straight to the Land & Environment Court!
I agree that further significant delays are anticipated - but there is plenty of confidence that the development in an amended form will proceed in time!
But the ownership issue is a furphy from the Council and the VPA holds no weight following the NSW Govt's abandoning of the rail extension! The transfer of ownership was to ensure that all liabilities associated with the site throughout development would be met by Rozelle Village & not potentially cripple Balmain Leagues Club!
Rozelle Village are entitled to release of the bank guarantees - but are taking a conciliatory position with Council in order to try to speed up the process - rather than heading straight to the Land & Environment Court!
I agree that further significant delays are anticipated - but there is plenty of confidence that the development in an amended form will proceed in time!
prattenpark
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The new design firm, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA), looks interesting and they use all the right buzzwords (sustainability etc) - at least the sort that Council might approve of. http://www.l-a-v-a.net/2.html
One of the founders worked on the Cube - the swimming venue for the Beijing Olympics.
One of the founders worked on the Cube - the swimming venue for the Beijing Olympics.
