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The developer behind a proposed 15-storey office tower to replace King William Street’s Southern Cross Arcade has been forced to put its plans on hold while the State Government considers granting an adjoining local heritage-listed art deco building – which would be demolished under the plans – state heritage status.
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The SA Architects Institute has criticised recent approvals of hotels at listed city heritage sites, warning the state’s planning system risks “falling apart” and becoming “meaningless”.
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The developer behind a new 21-storey, $160 million hotel on a local heritage site on Pirie Street says he wanted to retain the listed frontage but was told “it just wouldn’t work”, as the State Government waves through planning consent.
A 21-storey, $160 million Pirie Street hotel that will force the demolition of a local heritage-listed facade is set to be approved by a state government planning body, despite the developer saying the Government Architect is “muddying the waters” with “unnecessary and inappropriate” objections.
The state’s planning panel is being urged to approve a 17-storey motel at the site of a local-heritage listed cottage on Wright Street – despite the Government Architect warning the building is too tall and out of character with heritage values of the surrounding neighbourhood.
The developer in charge of a proposed new 16-storey hotel at the site of a local-heritage listed cottage on Wright Street has hit back against critics, arguing the development would retain the existing building’s heritage features and drive business to the city’s southwest.
UPDATED: Three heritage row cottages on Wright Street could be partially demolished to make way for a 16-storey hotel – but State Government planning rules mean the public won’t be consulted before development approval is granted.
