Seasons IGA development proposed for Pelican Waters by Grant Kennedy
Residents of one of the Sunshine Coast’s boom suburbs could have a new “up-market” spot to do their grocery shopping thanks to a developer living in the waterfront community.
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The developer of a new “up-market” shopping complex has revealed how the $10m development will service the changing demographic of one of the Sunshine Coast’s fastest-growing suburbs.
Subject to council approval the 1240sq m proposed Seasons IGA will adjoin the new Pelican Waters Marina and be adjacent to the Marina Village development which includes a medical practice, allied health services, shops and restaurants.
As a Pelican Waters resident himself developer Grant Kennedy of Kennedy Property Group said the store would fill a gap in the market for higher-quality produce and become a “huge asset” to the waterfront suburb.
“There's a significant change occurring at Pelican Waters … I think people are really starting to realise the attributes it has so that’s why the whole make-up has really changed in the last year or two,” Mr Kennedy said.
Mr Kennedy told the Sunshine Coast Daily the median price of house sales in 2020 for Pelican Waters was $825,000 and in 2021 it was $1.1m.
“In 2020 there was one house sold over $2m and in 2021 there were 20 houses sold over $2m,” he said.
Mr Kennedy said the changing demographics had sparked the application.
Seasons IGA own nine supermarkets across South East Queensland, with three of them located on the Sunshine Coast.
Mr Kennedy said the Pelican Waters proposal will be similar to the Noosa Junction store by featuring “boutique” offerings including a cheesemonger, an in-house florist, a kombucha fountain, organic meat, fresh seafood to reflect the waterfront location and DIY cold-pressed juices.
The 3430sq m block of land is currently vacant and the proposal plans detail a low rise, single-storey building containing two tenancies to be built on the site.
The proposed car park includes 47 vehicle spaces and nine motorbike spaces.
The shopping centre could be the last puzzle piece of the Pelican Waters transformation which has already seen construction start on a residential island featuring $200m development The Cove as well as the new town centre.
Mr Kennedy said the other developers of Pelican Waters are in support of the possible IGA addition which could become the core retail precinct for residents.
“People who at the moment go up the coast to do their shopping at the Wises Rd IGA in Maroochydore will be able to get those kind of offerings at Pelican Waters,” he said.
“They will be excited to not have to do that commute to get the better style of produce.”
If the development application is approved by council, Mr Kennedy said construction will commence straight away to hopefully be completed by the end of 2022.
Mr Kennedy said there would be approximately 60 staff at the new IGA store.
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