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$114m upgrade plans for Forestway Shopping centre

Plans for a multimillion-dollar upgrade of Forestway Shopping Centre, on Sydney’s northern beaches, would see huge changes implemented.

Plans for a $114 million upgrade of Forestway Shopping Centre would add an extra

12,000sq m of retail and doubling the amount of parking spaces available and a rooftop “skypark”.

The largely two-storey shopping centre style would be retained at the Frenchs Forest site.

It would have a maximum height of 16.89 metres - about four metres above the area’s height limit.

An aerial view of Forestway Shopping Centre.
An aerial view of Forestway Shopping Centre.

Plans lodged with Northern Beaches Council had asked for a height exception to be granted.

“The areas of non-compliance relate to the lift overruns, roof plant, shade sails, car park

upstand and pitched architectural roof forms,” the report said.

“Importantly the building, including any areas of GFA are below the 12m building height.”

There would be ground level retail, including two enlarged supermarkets, two large stores and speciality retail.

An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.
An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.

On level 1, retail such as restaurants, gymnasium, allied health, commercial offices and

child care would be installed.

It would also have a “skypark” which has been described as an area for passive recreation in the report, prepared by Urbis for the shopping centre.

An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.
An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.

The report promises the “provision of an elevated local park that comprises artificial lawn, raised planters with tree and shrub planting, green wall, indicative play with nature play elements and arbour walkway”.

A landscape report submitted with the development application says it would offer “a variety of social spaces offering programmable events for young families and older

children”.

It would have create “nodes of social activity with seating positioned to maximise views”.

There will also be two levels of basement car parking and one upper level of car parking at level 2 providing 841 spaces, increasing from 413.

An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.
An artist's impression of the proposed upgrade top Forestway shopping centre.

Part of the works would include a new signalised intersection and pedestrian crossing on Forest Way to ease traffic flow and improve access to and from the centre.

The shopping centre originally opened in 1964, and is anchored by an Aldi and Woolworths supermarkets, with a total of 45 speciality stores.

The report, prepared by Urbis on behalf of

If approved, development would take three years.

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