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13 July 2010

Craigieburn Town Centre Development Plan Gets the Go Ahead

At Monday night’s Council Meeting, Councillors adopted the Craigieburn Town Centre Civic and Retail Precinct Development Plan submitted by Lend Lease.

“The Development Plan is an excellent result for the community, as it provides a range of options for community life and reflects the key aspects of the Planning Minister’s Advisory Committee recommendations,” said Hume Mayor, Cr Geoff Porter.

The Development Plan was submitted by Lend Lease, on behalf of the owners of the Craigieburn Town Centre site – Australian Prime Property Fund Retail and Lend Lease, in June this year. Council and Lend Lease have met on a number of occasions to finalise the Development Plan.

“We are delighted to announce that together, we have reached agreement on the Development Plan for the Craigieburn community,” said Eleanor Purcell, Lend Lease Development Director - Retail.

The Craigieburn Town Centre Civic and Retail Precinct Development Plan allows for:

	A major activity centre for Craigieburn
	A town centre five times the size of the existing Craigieburn Shopping Centre
	55,000 square metres of retail floor space and the potential for 20,000 square metres of commercial/office space
	A portion of the site designated for recreation facilities
	Areas for community life, including a town square and street focused activity
	Future expansion provision as the population grows

“We are appreciative of the support provided during this process by the Department of Planning and Community Development, Urbis Peer Reviewer, and the State Member for Yuroke, the Hon. Liz Beattie,” said Mr Porter.

“Subject to securing remaining approvals such as Planning Permits, Statutory and final owners consent, Lend Lease anticipate a start to construction of Stage 1 of the Craigieburn Town Centre in 2011,” said Ms Purcell.

In addition to the provision of public realm infrastructure, such as town centre roads and substantial recreation land, the owners will also provide a parcel of land approximately 0.5 hectares in size for civic purposes on the corner of Central Park Avenue and Aitken Boulevard.

Council and Lend Lease will continue to keep the community informed during the development stages of the process, and will initially hold community information sessions to present the Development Plan and discuss the vision it sets out to achieve over the coming weeks.

Information about the Development Plan and upcoming information sessions will be available on Council’s website (www.hume.vic.gov.au) and on Delfin Lend Lease’s Craigieburn website (www.delfincraigieburn.com.au).

Media enquiries:

Hume City Council
Vicki Renner
A/Manager Marketing and Communications, Hume City Council
Phone: 9205 2683
Email: vickir@hume.vic.gov.au

Lend Lease
Andy Gabriel
National Communications Manager, Lend Lease - Retail
Phone: 0416 10 40 10
Email: andy.gabriel@lendlease.com.au

Leasing Enquiries
For all enquiries regarding Town Centre leasing please contact:
Andrew Lucas
Lend Lease Retail
(03) 9643 0134
Andrew.Lucas@LendLease.com.au

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