Perth-based Automotive Properties will learn this week if its plans for a large urban village in the WA capital’s inner mixed zone will go ahead.
Included under the plans lodged by Rowe Group with the Metro Inner-North Joint Development Assessment Panel are a village-style precinct comprising a hotel, apartments, commercial space, medical centres, retail shops, a tavern, cafes and restaurants, liquor stores, a fast food outlet, consulting rooms and a bulky goods showroom.
The $107-million urban precinct would transform a portion of the Pickle District into Sydney Charles Quarter, which would cover a 1.95ha site at 463-507 Newcastle Street, West Perth.
It would include a publicly accessible space called The Commons and dedicated to outdoor performances, sporting events and social infrastructure.
Included in the proposed development mix are build-to-rent and co-living apartments, the latter consisting of studios and one bedroom apartments.
It wouild also have an outdoor communal space, shared kitchen area and laundry facilities, meeting room and co-working space.
The Pickle District is a burgeoning arts hub between the city centre, Leederville and Northbridge.
A condition of the development required before approval includes The Commons being publicly accessible to adhere to The Pickle District Planning Framework.
“The sites once had significant practical and spiritual significance to the [Bibbulmun] People as a place for meeting, camping, and nourishment,” planning documents said.
The original Tandy’s Preserves and Pickle Factory operated in the area from 1917 was the inspiration for the district’s name. The Old Pickle Factory still stands today.
This article corrects a previous published story that erroneously stated this development had been approved.
