Centennial Park’s new cafe, shop and function centre to open in first half of 2021
Work on SA’s first cafe, shop and function space to be located within a cemetery will start next month, with the Centennial Park development expected to open in the first half of next year.
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Work on Centennial Park’s new cafe and function centre will start next month.
The project – which will be the state’s first development of its kind within a cemetery – will cater to the 500,000 people who visit the Pasadena park each year.
It will create around 15 jobs while it is being constructed, and then a further 10 full-time hospitality jobs once the cafe and function space opens.
Blanco Horner Hospitality Management will run the cafe and function area while a shop will be operated by Centennial Park.
It is expected to open in the first half of next year.
Cemetery chief executive Janet Miller expected the development would add to the 500,000 people who visited the Goodwood Rd park each year.
“We do expect that it will attract further visitors … to enjoy the grounds, events, the sculpture trail, or just enjoy a good coffee in beautiful surrounds,” Ms Miller said.
“The function spaces will provide the perfect environment for families to host a beautifully catered gathering which gives friends and family members the time to share stories and remember their loved one.
“Whether that be immediately following a funeral or a memorial later, especially in this time of restrictions.”
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The development will be constructed by Chappell Builders.
It will involve the demolition of the longstanding Norman McLeay building – named after two former cemetery directors – which was built in the 1980s.
A Centennial Park spokeswoman said the project’s cost was “confidential”.
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