Mackay 7-Eleven servos approved for Mount Pleasant, Nelson St
A bid to build a 7-Eleven on Nebo Rd may have failed, but the council has now approved servos for both sides of the river. See where you’ll be getting your Krispy Kremes and Slurpees fix.
You can soon buy your Krispy Kremes and Slurpees at two Mackay locations with two new 7-Eleven service stations getting the green light.
Mackay Regional Council approved for one to be built at Mount Pleasant Centre and another on a vacant block on the corner of Nelson and Victoria Street in the CBD.
Behind the Mount Pleasant development is Fawkner Property Ltd, a Melbourne-based asset management company with 142 assets, which includes Mount Pleasant Centre, collectively worth more than $2.8bn.
Its future service station at 54 Phillip St will replace 52 carparks along the shopping centre’s Malcomson St frontage, located opposite the KFC and Kmart Tyre and Auto stores.
Plans show it will have four Mobil-branded double-sided fuel bowsers, a graffiti-style mural on an external wall of the store to “enhance the streetscape”, 13 car parks – resulting in a net loss of 37 car parks, and a 2m-wide walkway connecting to the adjacent bus stop and footpath.
The existing pedestrian crossing will be relocated to the west of the subject site.
Along with fuel, the 7-Eleven will sell breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack items, frozen soft drinks with a “Slurpee Zone”, and hot beverages with a dedicated “Coffee Island”.
Fawkner Property first lodged its application to council back in July, four months after Bower Property Group submitted its bid to build a 7-Eleven service station across town at 6 Nelson St.
The council has recently approved both projects but each faces extra conditions that must be met before any operational works can begin.
Fawkner Property must amend its Mount Pleasant plans to show landscaping as well as extra artwork or “aesthetic treatments”.
And Bower Property Group must address the council’s “red pen” mark-ups on its designs to meet the “vibrant street-orientated atmosphere” required under the Mackay Region Planning Scheme.
Fawkner Property and Bower Group must also pay $75,915 and $67,647 in infrastructure charges respectively.
Along with 7-Eleven, both companies manage assets belonging to major brands like Hungry Jacks and Guzman Y Gomez, with Bower Group’s website stating it will soon open a Green Leaves Child Care in Mackay.
The companies’ 7-Elevens will be a first for Mackay after Property Projects Australia’s attempt to lead the charge in 2023 fell over.
It wanted to build a servo on Nebo Rd but failed to get it past council approval after residents rallied against it, including an archdeacon who claimed it would disrespect funeral services.
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