Epping Club Walk shops would go in Wentworth Equities plan
EPPING’S main shopping thoroughfare — the Epping Club Walk — would be replaced by 21-storeys of units and shops in another glimpse of the suburb’s high rise future.
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EPPING’S main shopping thoroughfare — the Epping Club Walk — would be replaced by 21-storeys of units and shops in another glimpse of the suburb’s high rise future.
Developer Sameh Ibrahim, owner of the Beecroft Rd site opposite the train station, is the latest landowner to propose substantially taller buildings in a town centre designated for dramatic growth.
The $64 million plans would raze The Walk and the shops on 48-54 Beecroft Rd, as well as the Westpac branch and newsagency on 52-54 Rawson St.
The development site is bordered by the Epping Hotel and Hunts Lane.
Mr Ibrahim’s Wentworth Equities property group is proposing three storeys of shops and a childcare centre, and 131 units above them.
A pedestrian link and shopping plaza would continue to be provided.
Wentworth has been discussing the plans with Parramatta Council staff since last year.
In its development application, the business said it believed it had resolved the most important components. These were commercial space and height.
Community leaders have urged planners to ensure there are ample businesses provided in new towers, or its residents could suffer.
Mr Ibrahim is not the first developer to offer grand plans for the town centre.
The Lyon Group and Winten Property Group have jointly proposed two towers of 38 and 43 storeys on the northern side of the Wentworth site.
The state government’s Sydney West Central Planning Panel will decide whether the Wentworth proposal goes ahead.
Meanwhile another sizeable proposal at Epping will be decided this week.
Property group Goodman wants to demolish its Cambrige Office Park block in Oxford St, which businesses call home, for a 30-storey building.
This would provide three shops, three offices and 265 units.
The Sydney West Central Planning Panel is due to deliver its decision on Wednesday March 7.
Goodman said its plans were a concept only, and it would need to file a subsequent development application to build the tower.