Plan for more buzzing laneways as Adelaide’s CBD revival continues

MORE city laneways will be overhauled, every building on North Tce will be open for business and pop-ups will appear in the Parklands as the State Government seeks to strengthen the CBD economy.

MORE city laneways will be overhauled, every building on North Tce will be open for business and pop-ups will appear in the Parklands as the State Government seeks to strengthen the CBD economy.

Topham Mall, Gresham and Blyth streets in the city’s south west are among the laneways that could be targeted to be renewed with bars, cafes and shops as the Government seeks to expand the transformation already continuing around Adelaide Oval to the whole square mile.

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Premier Jay Weatherill will on Monday release his economic priority statement for the city, which sets targets that include increasing the value of potential development to $5 billion and help 30 new small to medium businesses to open their doors by 2017.

He said the Government also wanted to ensure there were cultural and sporting activities happening at all times of the week, throughout the whole year, for people of all ages.

Planning Minister John Rau said in the next 12 months the Government hoped to work with Adelaide City Council and the inner metropolitan councils to “activate” parts of the parklands.

“It could be things like pop-ups, something like a coffee shops or bars. We need to have more conversations about what people want,” Mr Rau said.

He said the Government was aware of areas in the city where buildings were vacant and planned to contact building owners to find out why and work with them find new uses.

The economic priority paper also states that in the next 12 months the Government will develop a vision for a new Festival Plaza and deliver at least a part of that project and, streamline the regulatory processes for major events in the CBD.

By 2017, the Government plans to increase the number of people living in the city from 22,000 to 30,000 on the way to the 2024 target of 50,000.