Retail Centre Redesign & Extensions – Refurbished Masters, Richlands

A development application has been lodged by Home Consortium for the internal redesign and extensions to an approved Retail Centre, within the former Masters Home Improvement Store, located at 144 Pine Road, Richlands.

Designed by The Buchan Group, the proposal seeks a new internal configuration of the existing Retail Centre building to facilitate a range of retail and commercial tenancies to create a new lifestyle and shopping destination. The proposal seeks to retain the existing building height, scale and bulk.

 Development Details
– New internal layout design (tenancy sizing, orientation and configuration)
– 16 tenancies in total (ranging from 72sqm to 4,122sqm)
– New eastern extension to the existing building
– 4 new external kiosks adjacent to the existing building
– Landscaped areas and shade sails
– Utilise the existing buildings and infrastructure
– Single storey design
– Retained ground car parking with minor alterations

The proposal seeks a range of tenancies sizes to provide for a mix of centre activities, as listed:
– Shopping Centre
– Showroom
– Shop
– Indoor Sport and Recreation
– Food and Drink Outlet
– Health Care Services
– Office
– Service Industry <100m²
– Veterinary Service

The proposal will retain the childcare centre to the west of the building (currently being assessed by council) and outlines that a Fresh & Save Food Supermarket is proposed for tenancy 5. A large extension is proposed to the east of the existing building for a 24-hour gym tenancy.

Tenancies
– Tenant 1: 1,886sqm
– Tenant 2: 1,046sqm
– Tenant 3: 4,034sqm
– Tenant 3A: 249sqm
– Tenant 5: 4,122sqm (Fresh & Save Food Warehouse)
– Tenant 6A: 535sqm
– Tenancy 6B: 78sqm
– Tenancy 7: (Approved Childcare)
– Tenancy 8: 251sqm
– Tenancy 10: 1,997sqm (24-hour Gym)
– Tenancy 11 to 14: 72sqm each
– Kiosk 1 to 4: 45sqm each
– Amenities: 766sqm
– Mall: 1,376sqm

External Kiosks Precinct
– Four 45sqm tenancies
– Removal of 20 car parking spaces
– Laneway pedestrian treatment
– Landscape treatments

The proposal retains the majority of the former Masters car parking and use the retained vehicle access to Pine Road and pedestrian access to Pine Road and Garden Road.

The planners at Urbis state, “The proposed layout involves active land uses at the edge of the building to bring a level of activity to the site at different times of the day. This will involve a series of small-scale kiosks that assist to break up the main building bulk whilst creating a welcoming, pedestrian friendly ‘laneway’ type experience that brings interest at a human scale”.

The proposal includes 11,820sqm of gross floor area (GFA) of the existing Masters, which is positioned on the 48,610sqm site.

The Questions now are what will it look like and who will occupy the former Masters Building, as the Home Consortium is made up of the following bulky good tenants, Spotlight, Anaconda, Chemist Warehouse, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, Super Amart, BBQs Galore, Boating Camping Fishing (BCF), Super Cheap Auto and Amart Sports.

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The Application Information and References
– Date Lodged 23 December 2016
– Negotiated Decision Request: 8 May 2017
– Council Reference: A004555815
– Address: 144 Pine Road, Richlands
– Town Planning Report: Urbis
– Architecture Drawings: The Buchan Group
– Interactive Image: Google Aerial and Streetview
– Indicative Images sourced from Home Consortium Website and Australian Financial Review

Source: Information, Drawings and Images
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