Hesperia, led by Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle, has flagged a $35 million plan to develop a retail centre on a 87,812 square metre piece of land in Mirrabooka.
Hesperia has flagged a $35 million plan to develop a retail centre on a 87,812 square metre piece of land in Mirrabooka.
The Subiaco-based developer, led by Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle, proposes to build a “homemaker centre” on the corner of Alexander Drive and Victoria Road.
According to design renders by Meyer Shircore Architects, the proposed homemaker centre comprises two drive-through fast food outlets, a service station, a restaurant, 15 showrooms and 1,013 car parking bays.
The $35 million proposal was submitted in January and will be considered by the Metro Inner-North Joint Development Assessment Panel next week.
Hesperia director Judd Dyer said the project’s location of good road access and high visibility to passing traffic provided an unrivalled opportunity for commercial, industrial and large format retailers in the area.
“The majority of tenants for this site have now been secured and we are working closely with them to deliver on their specific needs,” he said.
“We are excited by the prospects for this development as there are no other landholdings of this size in the local and surrounding areas, so the opportunity to locate here has been highly sought after by prospective tenants, and we expect it to be a very popular destination with people living in this part of Perth’s northern corridor.
“The project is another good example of Hesperia’s ability to unlock value from landholdings in great locations but with complex historical uses that have to be thought through and resolved before development can commence.”
The development application will be considered by the JDAP next week. Image: Meyer Shircore
The City of Stirling has backed the proposal in its responsible authority report, recommending the panel approve the application.
“A number of upgrades/modifications to Alexander Drive and the cross-streets are required in order for the development to function effectively,” the report said.
“The proposed development provides for a range of land uses on-site which are complimentary to the surrounding development and provide for the needs of the local and wider community.
“Additionally, the development site’s status as a contaminated site and location abutting Alexander Drive require that the development of the site needs to be carefully managed.”
The road widening of Victoria Road and Alexander Drive would reduce the development site area to 85,633 square metres.
If approved, the existing concrete batching plant, brickworks manufacturing facility and outdoor storage formerly used by Soils Aint Soils on the development site will be demolished.
According to the report, the buildings and facilities associated with the Brickworks Manufacturing Facility have been on the site since the 1950s.
The applicant has also proposed to remove 114 existing trees on site to make way for on-site landscaping and planting 355 mature trees.