Gold Coast development: $30m revamp and expansion of Earle Plaza shopping centre
A giant nine-screen cinema will be at the heart of a $30 million redevelopment of an ageing Gold Coast shopping centre.
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A GIANT nine-screen cinema will be at the heart of a $30 million redevelopment of an ageing Gold Coast shopping centre.
Geon Property, on behalf of Cinemark, will today submit plans to the Gold Coast City Council to revamp and expand the Earle Plaza complex at Nerang and transform it into a modern shopping mecca.
If approved by council, construction will begin before Christmas, with the redevelopment set to occur over three stages.
According to the plans, the new centre will feature:
* A nine-screen cinema, expanding from the existing four theatres.
* More than 12 new retail and food outlets.
* New medical tenancies.
* A health and fitness gym.
* Improved amenities.
* An expanded car and bicycle parking area.
Cinemark will pitch the project to council as a long overdue revamp which will serve Nerang’s growing community.
“The Earle Plaza Centre has served the needs of the Nerang community for many years. The suburb of Nerang is growing and evolving and Earle Plaza needs to grow with it,” the report to council said.
“The new Earle Plaza will become an entertainment and leisure destination, supported by quality food and beverage, convenience shopping and medical offerings.
“Earle Plaza will become an energised entertainment and community hub which complements adjoining uses and will ultimately act as a drawcard for the local community and surrounding suburbs.”
Design by Brisbane architecture firm Buchan Group, it will be the first major revamp for a shopping centre west of the M1 in a decade.
The complex and its popular cinema, were built in the early 1980s by famed Gold Coast developer Arthur Earle, who build several of Nerang’s best-known buildings.
Most famously, he, along with Robin Loh, were the original developers of Robina.
The project will go before the council’s new-look planning committee once city leaders are sworn in later this month.
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