Pambula’s historic Royal Willows Hotel to make way for $8m cafe and supermarket
A historic pub will be demolished to make way for a $8 million cafe, supermarket and bottle shop. Images of what the new development will look like have been revealed for the first time.
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Plans have been revealed for the first time for a proposed $8 million supermarket, cafe and drive-through bottle shop on the south coast.
The development in Pambula has been put forward by Royal Willows Hotel owners Jeanette and Kel Stolzenhein, who currently own the town’s FoodWorks supermarket.
The plans for the multimillion-dollar Quondola Street building have been put on public exhibition by Bega Valley Shire Council, with artist’s impressions revealed for the first time.
Mr Stolzenhein said the new development will see the demolition of the pub, which has been unused for many years, as well as adjoining motel units.
The new building will have on-site parking for almost 100 vehicles, and will see the FoodWorks store relocate next to the proposed cafe.
He said the move would rejuvenate the old town centre, while making use of space currently used for a motel which is no longer “commercially viable”.
The current FoodWorks store site is “small and unable to meet current and anticipated demands”, he said.
“The development has been designed to integrate with existing development,” Mr Stolzenhein said.
“The proposed building is well designed and will make a positive contribution to the Pambula local centre streetscape.”
He said the development will preserve the “historic atmosphere” of the town.
The town’s commercial vacancy rate of 2.6 per cent shows the town is “trading well”, and expected to grow, he said.
The new cafe will have outdoor balcony seating, with hopes it will cash in on local and tourist trade.
Mr Stolzenhein said as much as 40 per cent of trade could be from holiday-makers and by 2026, the supermarket could make as much as $11.7 million, the cafe $1.6 million and the bottle shop $3.2 million.
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