Time running out: Have a say on $25.4m Coffs Creek plan
Long-awaited plans have been lodged for the outdated Coffs Creek site. Plans include shops and cafes, apartments and aquatic leisure facilities.
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Plans have been lodged for a $25.4 million redevelopment of the The Promenade on Coffs Creek.
In the development application before Coffs Harbour City Council the site has been described as the gateway to the Jetty precinct from the western end.
Plans are currently on public exhibition and this closes on Friday (June 11).
The site was once home to the Coffs Butter Factory – and to the north was the former Coffs Creek baths.
The current Promenade site is now more than 20 years old.
Plans involve the demolition of existing dated buildings and the construction of a three-storey tower which will include commercial premises (office, retail and cafe) on the ground level and 39 residential apartments on the upper levels.
There will be underground parking and aquatic leisure facilities.
The Coffs Creek proposal includes public access and art along Coffs Creek and within the adjacent Council-owned parklands.
It sits between two reserves on a bend in the creek and occupies the corner of Mildura Street and Harbour Drive.
The shop-top apartments will be a mix of two and three bedroom options and three penthouses.
Plans by Walknorth Architects show a large veranda on the creek side and open space containing an elevated garden terrace for the public with a stepped amphitheatre and integrated garden beds connecting to the creek front walkway.
From bars and restaurants to water slides and eco-cabins there are many exciting plans currently before Coffs Harbour City Council.
But industry leaders have warned a tradie shortage on the Coffs Coast could hamper the development boom.
Other development applications currently before Coffs Council:
$6.3m plans lodged for nature-based cabins to be built at the Big Banana
The Big Banana’s vision to get even bigger is another step closer to fruition, with $50m expansion plans for the fun park forging ahead.
A development application has been submitted to Coffs Harbour City Council for 40 new nature-based cabins, marking the first time the Coffs Harbour tourist icon would have accommodation available on site.
The self-contained cabins – costing around $6.3m to build – would be perched on a hill that currently remains undeveloped at the property, offering coastal views for holiday makers.
Aldi sets its sights on Moonee Beach shopping centre
Moonee Marketplace’s newest owner, Western Australian property fund manager Primewest, has proposed new plans to bring an Aldi store into the mix.
A development application has been lodged with Coffs Harbour City Council on behalf of the company to undertake a reconfiguration of the shopping centre, consolidating existing tenancies to make way for the German supermarket chain.
The works are estimated to cost $2.5m and would see the mini-major tenancies of Best & Less, a vacant store, and the centre management office merged.
C.ex Group’s $44m CBD high-rise plan
The C.ex Group is planning to construct a $44-million high-rise in the heart of the Coffs Harbour CBD.
The City Boulevard and an adjoining building currently tenanted by Dollars and Sense would be demolished to make way for the 13-storey mixed-use residential building, aimed at accommodating for an ageing population.
The C.ex Group is the owner of City Boulevard, which has been described as being past its design life.
It is located opposite C.ex Coffs with frontages on both Vernon St and Harbour Dr.
Ebb n Flow bar and cafe the latest Gowings plan for Coffs Central
With a multistorey hotel already proposed for the top of Coffs Central, more plans have been revealed for the site.
The 92-room hotel will include a pool and restaurant.
Now the owners of the shopping centre, Gowings Brothers Pty Ltd, have submitted plans to Coffs Harbour City Council to establish a cafe/bar in the food court near The Depot.
Known as Ebb n Flow, trading hours will be from 6am to 11pm seven days a week.
Initial plans are for the cafe component with the liquor licence to come later.
More events at new surf club
The Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club is seeking to increase the number of functions allowed at their new clubhouse.
The brand new $4m clubhouse on Ocean street was officially opened in September last year.
The development application currently before Coffs Harbour City Council seeks to increase the number of functions allowed there to be lifted from 10 to 40 per year, and to allow for ‘ live and amplified music’.
Tradie shortage could put the brakes on boom
Coffs Harbour is experiencing a perfect storm of multimillion dollar projects either underway or in the pipeline in coming years but a shortage of tradespeople is hampering the boom.
In the thick of the action is local company Faircloth and Reynolds which has been doing business in Coffs Harbour for the past 36 years.
But, the shortage of tradespeople is a common problem according to their Business Development Manager Peter Richardson.
“A lot of the big businesses in town are having an issue with getting tradies.
“There’s not enough companies training them up. We need sheet metal workers and refrigeration mechanics and we’re certainly playing our part with 55 apprentices on the books at the moment.”
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