New Giralang Shop Plans

That should be “curly-apple”, not “apply”.

My question is why do the plans on the ACTPLA site feature the old Woolworths logo, since it’s recently been replaced by the curly-apply-in-the-shape-of-a-W?

Also, Tempestas at comment #8 – what is a *viscous* supply chain practice? 😉

Hmmm, once the only option was ‘townhouses’, so I am a little skeptical that a woolies is now the only ‘option’ – but if it is done reasonably tastefully and they control litter, trolleys etc in the vicinity – it is better than what is there.

My reading of the plans suggests that most of the on-ground parking at the front will be reserved for staff parking. I note that only one tree on the existing site (the huge one at the back) is marked for retention.

There is an almost identical Woolies to this near Rosehill Racecource in Parramatta, I think the other tenancies were like a bakers-delight and similar sort of franchises, I suspect woolworths may well take the best of the other tenancies as an alcohol outlet. We might be lucky and get a newsagent or a cafe, but based on that one I doubt it.

No, there is a crescent of car parking in the front, two sides. I haven’t counted, but it would be similar to the number that are there now (little less maybe). Plus there is underground parking. They are applying to have the current shop site and the little strip of green space at the front merged. I don’t have a big problem with that.

My major worry would be the height of it at the back, dominating the school behind, and the effect on the poor little Doctor’s surgery, completely overshadowed as it will be.

Whilst I prefer something like the old shops at the site, it is simply not going to happen. It is this or townhouses, and as a local resident I’d prefer Woolies. It adds a great deal of local amenity, being able to pick buy food and other goods locally. Particularly when picking up kids from school or on the way home from work.

Looking at the plans…am I right in thinking that all the carparking is in the basement, not above ground? If so, that wouldn’t be too bad…seems very massive however!! Now, any ideas about how we can enforce coin operated trolleys?? If so, I have no concerns!

stonedwookie said :

yeh but its his land he paid for it why shouldn’t he be able to do what he pleases with it? we dont live in communist china right?

No this is land that was originally leased under a 25 year commercial lease that Kate Carnell gifted the “owner/developer” with a lease-upgrade to 99 or 999 years or whatever it was.

The “owner” would of had an original business plan that was going to generate a return over 25 years. The gifting of the longer leases allowed this sort of behaviour to occur.

What was supposed to happen was that at the end of the 25 year lease the local govt would re-auction the lease, if the centre was not viable that would of borne out in the price bidded. As it is now the “owners” have a vested interest in letting any suburban centre run-down so they can make a greater return by converting the lease into something else, like the high density housing they originally wanted.

Ultimately it is your rates/gst/rego etc that subsidises the capacity for this to occur.

If it was communist china I suspect the developer would of been “re-educated” for his or her failure to provide value to the local community.

I guess there’s a market for supermarket car parks, where you can do that bogan 9 1/2 weeks thing (still shaking my head over that image!).

If they set aside a special area in the carpark for late night lovin’ I’m sure custom will go through the roof.

They’ll just need to ensure that condoms are sold from the cigarette counter.

yeh but its his land he paid for it why shouldn’t he be able to do what he pleases with it? we dont live in communist china right?