NSW Development
LOWRISE SHOPTOP MOOTED FOR NSW COASTAL VILLAGE
A render of the proposal and the
Illawong Hotel, Club Evans RSL, and Evans Head from the air.
A long-derelict shop would give way to a lowrise block under a proposal for a popular coastal village on the NSW North Coast.
Plans now before the Richmond Valley Council propose a three-storey shoptop at Evans Head, about 120km south of the NSW-Queensland border The plans, filed by surveyors Newton Denny Chapelle, detail a single ground-floor commercial space of 154sq m— indicated as a food and beverage outlet in renders—above 10 apartments on the first and second floors occupying 931sq m in a mix of one, two and three bedrooms. The proposed building for the site at 17 McDonald Place would offer kerbside dining, and includes parking for 14 vehicles. The estimated development cost, according to filed documents, is $4.9 million. In its design statement, Evans Head-based Barker Architects said, “The form and materiality of the proposed building respectfully take into consideration its corner location in a focal point at the end of Woodburn Street by introducing a curving building form that draws architectural references from other prominent Art Deco buildings within the town centre such as the Illawong Hotel”.
26 – June / July 2024
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