MILIUX
January 31st, 2004, 06:30 AM
http://www.rhodeswaterside.com/home.asp
Apartments
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Commercial Space
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http://www.rhodeswaterside.com/overview/masterplan.asp
Residential Apartments, Commencial Buildings, Shopping Centre/Retail and Town Hall will be built.
Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre
Picks Up Strong Leasing Commitments
Lang Walker's Walker Corporation has attracted very strong leasing commitments from a range of major retailers to its Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre, which has commenced construction and is due for completion in late 2004.
The shopping centre, which has more than 50 per cent committed for lease one year before opening, will have a trade area (including IKEA) of more than 1.6 million people, with total furniture and homewares spending alone by them expected to rise from $1.2 billion in 2005 to $1.5 billion by 2011, according to JHD Advisors.
Major retailers already committed to Rhodes Waterside are leading international giant IKEA, Coles, Bi-Lo, Harrison's Pharmacy, Bing Lee and Anderson Cinemas, including leading homewares retailers Adairs and Howard's Storage.
Arguably the standout feature of the shopping precinct will be IKEA's planned 26,000 square metre store, which will be the largest homewares store in the Southern Hemisphere.
IKEA, the world's largest furniture store with 178 stores in 32 countries, will build the store to be close to the size of the nearby Telstra Stadium and will feature more than 50 inspirational room settings, complete 2 and 3 bedroom lifestyle homes, 15,000 furniture items, a 300 seat licensed family restaurant and numerous play areas for children.
Mr Kent Nordin, Chief Executive Officer of IKEA Australia, said "We chose Rhodes Waterside for our first full size IKEA store in Sydney because of its fantastic location with excellent access to all the main freeways North, South, East and West. Our new store will draw from a minimum 40 minute radius, attracting people from all over Sydney".
Ideally located next to IKEA, other homewares stores will complement the retailer's range with top-of-the-range appliances, home entertainment systems, tableware, manchester, kitchenware, glassware and home decorations will also be available in the homewares precinct.
The Bing Lee store, which will cover 2,000 square metres, will offer top of the range appliances, home entertainment systems and electronic wizardry.
"This will be our largest store within a shopping centre and we are looking forward to playing an important part in this unique facility. With the foot traffic generated by IKEA and with convenient parking right outside our entrance door, we believe our thirtieth store will be our best yet", said a director of Bing Lee, Mr Lionel Lee.
The fresh food market at ground level will be anchored by a full-line Coles New Millennium store and BiLo, covering a combined 6,000 square metres. The stores will feature a wide range of products to appeal to the gourmet in today's kitchen and to those living the time-poor modern lifestyle.
The Harris Farm fruit and vegetable section will cover 800 square metres, providing a very broad range of fresh produce for all the family, while the Asian Grocery will be one of the largest in Sydney.
"Our Rhodes Waterside Shop will be our Harris Farm Market's flagship store, taking the best of our experiences from 30 years in retailing and fourteen other stores," said David Harris of Harris Farm Markets.
"We have spent a lot of time working closely with Walkers on all aspects of design, layout and finishes right down to graphics depicting our suppliers farms. All 800sq.m will be packed with fresh fruit and vegetables and amazing deli and gourmet food lines. I am confident that Rhodes shoppers will love Harris Farm Markets state of the art food shopping experience," added Mr Harris.
Walker Corporation also sees that people are more concerned about their health and beauty these days, and Rhodes Waterside will also look after this aspect with a range of hairdressing, beauty and nail care salons, as well as optometrists and a major Harrison's Pharmacy to meet healthcare, baby care, beauty services and cosmetic needs.
Harrison's Pharmacy is owned and operated by Warren Harrison, whose chain covers 20 pharmacies across the Eastern Seaboard.
Mr Harrison said "We plan to cater for the strong local population, especially young mothers who are seeking personalised, professional advice and products for their babies and young children, while the local workers in the commercial complex will be able to pick up their essential items on their way to work, while being able to browse through our wide range of products, including cosmetics and fragrances, at lunchtime or after work",
The Food Court will provide an area especially designed for parents with wider access for prams around the tables, and a secure play area for children. Its design features include a massive vaulted skylight ceiling and seating for 600 customers.
Being a place to meet and relax with friends and family, Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre will also feature an 8-screen Anderson Cinemas - which will rank among the finest cinema-going experiences in Australia - with uninterrupted sight lines, wall-to-wall giant screens and state-of-the-art digital sound.
Bill Taylor, managing director of Anderson Cinemas, said "We are excited to be part of Rhodes Waterside as our state of the art cinema complex will be an important component of a one stop entertainment experience in the complex.
"We expect to draw very strong numbers of cinema goers from the crowds expected to visit Rhodes Waterside - especially the giant IKEA store where we are also successful neighbours to their Richmond outlet in Melbourne. Our director's lounge, offering a secluded and premium service and seating, will also play a big part in making our cinema complex very successful", added Mr Taylor.
Several of the major retailers at Walker Corporation's record breaking retail flagship, Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney, including Harrison's Pharmacy, Harris Farm Markets, BiLo and Coles, have followed the developer to the exciting new Rhodes complex.
Total centre sales of $7,000 on a per square metre basis ranks Broadway Shopping Centre in the top five shopping centres in Australia for shopping centres, with more than 40,000 square metres leased to more than 100 retailers.
"What we have learnt from Broadway is that the 11 million shoppers who visit there each year want choice and convenience. The value people are placing on their time is escalating which in turn means our developments, particularly shopping centres, need to be designed to cater for the time-poor consumer", said Executive Chairman, Mr Lang Walker.
He added, "Too many developments in Australia are coming to fruition where there is no sense of community or fellowship between the residents and their retail and commercial centres. People like to live, work and shop in friendly and interesting environments, where they can interact with each other, enjoy their open spaces, be entertained, shop or just relax".
Just a few hundred metres from Sydney Olympic Park and Millennium Parklands - close to the demographic centre of Sydney - Rhodes Waterside is destined to be a unique and successful new Sydney retail hub, perfectly located to capture the interest of the fast-growing, upwardly-mobile community in a catchment area of 15 kilometres.
The development's unique retail concept design was by The Buchan Group. Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre will be state-of-the-art, embodying the latest retail designs and trends from around the world, while Walker's retail management team led by General Manager Retail, Mr Trevor Dill, are responsible for the leasing program and will be responsible for the centre's ongoing management. They have appointed CB Richard Ellis to assist in the leasing program.
JHD Advisors estimate that the average per capita incomes in the Primary Trading Area are 13.6 per cent above the Sydney average, with the Main Trading Area having income levels well above the Sydney average.
Total retail spending generated by Main Trade Area residents is currently estimated at $785 million and is expected to increase by 11 per cent, in real terms, to around $876 million by 2005.
There will be more than 2,000 car spaces at the centre, with three fly-overs off Homebush Bay Road leading directly into the shopping centre, as well as Rhodes Railway Station and bus station also nearby.
Rhodes Railway Station will have a major up-grade as part of the Rhodes development plan, and landscaped pedestrian and cycle paths will lead directly from the station into Rhodes Waterside. The Shopping Centre is in a high exposure site on Homebush Bay Drive.
Here's an update of the construction
http://cams.langwalker.com/RHODES/Residential/current/Residential.jpg
I'll take photos on the way from home and back. Meanwhile, just browse around the site.
Apartments
http://www.rhodeswaterside.com/images/huxleyapartments.jpg
Commercial Space
http://www.rhodeswaterside.com/images/comm_buildings.jpg
http://www.rhodeswaterside.com/overview/masterplan.asp
Residential Apartments, Commencial Buildings, Shopping Centre/Retail and Town Hall will be built.
Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre
Picks Up Strong Leasing Commitments
Lang Walker's Walker Corporation has attracted very strong leasing commitments from a range of major retailers to its Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre, which has commenced construction and is due for completion in late 2004.
The shopping centre, which has more than 50 per cent committed for lease one year before opening, will have a trade area (including IKEA) of more than 1.6 million people, with total furniture and homewares spending alone by them expected to rise from $1.2 billion in 2005 to $1.5 billion by 2011, according to JHD Advisors.
Major retailers already committed to Rhodes Waterside are leading international giant IKEA, Coles, Bi-Lo, Harrison's Pharmacy, Bing Lee and Anderson Cinemas, including leading homewares retailers Adairs and Howard's Storage.
Arguably the standout feature of the shopping precinct will be IKEA's planned 26,000 square metre store, which will be the largest homewares store in the Southern Hemisphere.
IKEA, the world's largest furniture store with 178 stores in 32 countries, will build the store to be close to the size of the nearby Telstra Stadium and will feature more than 50 inspirational room settings, complete 2 and 3 bedroom lifestyle homes, 15,000 furniture items, a 300 seat licensed family restaurant and numerous play areas for children.
Mr Kent Nordin, Chief Executive Officer of IKEA Australia, said "We chose Rhodes Waterside for our first full size IKEA store in Sydney because of its fantastic location with excellent access to all the main freeways North, South, East and West. Our new store will draw from a minimum 40 minute radius, attracting people from all over Sydney".
Ideally located next to IKEA, other homewares stores will complement the retailer's range with top-of-the-range appliances, home entertainment systems, tableware, manchester, kitchenware, glassware and home decorations will also be available in the homewares precinct.
The Bing Lee store, which will cover 2,000 square metres, will offer top of the range appliances, home entertainment systems and electronic wizardry.
"This will be our largest store within a shopping centre and we are looking forward to playing an important part in this unique facility. With the foot traffic generated by IKEA and with convenient parking right outside our entrance door, we believe our thirtieth store will be our best yet", said a director of Bing Lee, Mr Lionel Lee.
The fresh food market at ground level will be anchored by a full-line Coles New Millennium store and BiLo, covering a combined 6,000 square metres. The stores will feature a wide range of products to appeal to the gourmet in today's kitchen and to those living the time-poor modern lifestyle.
The Harris Farm fruit and vegetable section will cover 800 square metres, providing a very broad range of fresh produce for all the family, while the Asian Grocery will be one of the largest in Sydney.
"Our Rhodes Waterside Shop will be our Harris Farm Market's flagship store, taking the best of our experiences from 30 years in retailing and fourteen other stores," said David Harris of Harris Farm Markets.
"We have spent a lot of time working closely with Walkers on all aspects of design, layout and finishes right down to graphics depicting our suppliers farms. All 800sq.m will be packed with fresh fruit and vegetables and amazing deli and gourmet food lines. I am confident that Rhodes shoppers will love Harris Farm Markets state of the art food shopping experience," added Mr Harris.
Walker Corporation also sees that people are more concerned about their health and beauty these days, and Rhodes Waterside will also look after this aspect with a range of hairdressing, beauty and nail care salons, as well as optometrists and a major Harrison's Pharmacy to meet healthcare, baby care, beauty services and cosmetic needs.
Harrison's Pharmacy is owned and operated by Warren Harrison, whose chain covers 20 pharmacies across the Eastern Seaboard.
Mr Harrison said "We plan to cater for the strong local population, especially young mothers who are seeking personalised, professional advice and products for their babies and young children, while the local workers in the commercial complex will be able to pick up their essential items on their way to work, while being able to browse through our wide range of products, including cosmetics and fragrances, at lunchtime or after work",
The Food Court will provide an area especially designed for parents with wider access for prams around the tables, and a secure play area for children. Its design features include a massive vaulted skylight ceiling and seating for 600 customers.
Being a place to meet and relax with friends and family, Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre will also feature an 8-screen Anderson Cinemas - which will rank among the finest cinema-going experiences in Australia - with uninterrupted sight lines, wall-to-wall giant screens and state-of-the-art digital sound.
Bill Taylor, managing director of Anderson Cinemas, said "We are excited to be part of Rhodes Waterside as our state of the art cinema complex will be an important component of a one stop entertainment experience in the complex.
"We expect to draw very strong numbers of cinema goers from the crowds expected to visit Rhodes Waterside - especially the giant IKEA store where we are also successful neighbours to their Richmond outlet in Melbourne. Our director's lounge, offering a secluded and premium service and seating, will also play a big part in making our cinema complex very successful", added Mr Taylor.
Several of the major retailers at Walker Corporation's record breaking retail flagship, Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney, including Harrison's Pharmacy, Harris Farm Markets, BiLo and Coles, have followed the developer to the exciting new Rhodes complex.
Total centre sales of $7,000 on a per square metre basis ranks Broadway Shopping Centre in the top five shopping centres in Australia for shopping centres, with more than 40,000 square metres leased to more than 100 retailers.
"What we have learnt from Broadway is that the 11 million shoppers who visit there each year want choice and convenience. The value people are placing on their time is escalating which in turn means our developments, particularly shopping centres, need to be designed to cater for the time-poor consumer", said Executive Chairman, Mr Lang Walker.
He added, "Too many developments in Australia are coming to fruition where there is no sense of community or fellowship between the residents and their retail and commercial centres. People like to live, work and shop in friendly and interesting environments, where they can interact with each other, enjoy their open spaces, be entertained, shop or just relax".
Just a few hundred metres from Sydney Olympic Park and Millennium Parklands - close to the demographic centre of Sydney - Rhodes Waterside is destined to be a unique and successful new Sydney retail hub, perfectly located to capture the interest of the fast-growing, upwardly-mobile community in a catchment area of 15 kilometres.
The development's unique retail concept design was by The Buchan Group. Rhodes Waterside Shopping Centre will be state-of-the-art, embodying the latest retail designs and trends from around the world, while Walker's retail management team led by General Manager Retail, Mr Trevor Dill, are responsible for the leasing program and will be responsible for the centre's ongoing management. They have appointed CB Richard Ellis to assist in the leasing program.
JHD Advisors estimate that the average per capita incomes in the Primary Trading Area are 13.6 per cent above the Sydney average, with the Main Trading Area having income levels well above the Sydney average.
Total retail spending generated by Main Trade Area residents is currently estimated at $785 million and is expected to increase by 11 per cent, in real terms, to around $876 million by 2005.
There will be more than 2,000 car spaces at the centre, with three fly-overs off Homebush Bay Road leading directly into the shopping centre, as well as Rhodes Railway Station and bus station also nearby.
Rhodes Railway Station will have a major up-grade as part of the Rhodes development plan, and landscaped pedestrian and cycle paths will lead directly from the station into Rhodes Waterside. The Shopping Centre is in a high exposure site on Homebush Bay Drive.
Here's an update of the construction
http://cams.langwalker.com/RHODES/Residential/current/Residential.jpg
I'll take photos on the way from home and back. Meanwhile, just browse around the site.