[COM] Armada Arndale (Redevelopment) | $200m

[Columbo]

Hopefully they build some 4-6 level mixed use. Ground floor retail and upper levels residential apartments, with an improvement to the bus interchange to be more then just a bunch of bus shelters.
Shame it doesn't include the salvos store getting bulldozed.

Will be interesting what happens, bus interchange area could certainly do with an upgrade.

Trying to recall if all those years ago when Coles left what is now the Salvos if the building was sold or just leased.
Lots of other Salvo's services, including the church are located in the building so wouldn't expect they would be in a hurry to move.

[rev]

Well hopefully it's a residential development that pops up something like the apartment buildings at St Clair. Would make sense given the public transport option right there on it's door step literally, and would help push for a better designed bus interchange which at the moment is a huge let down..it's just a bunch of spaced out bus shelters.
Shops and public transport on peoples door step.

[Llessur2002]

One thing I've always found weird about the Arndale Centre is that despite fronting a fairly main road and being a single-level centre it has virtually no street presence at all. It's a jumble of parking areas, none of which gives any vibes that it's the primary car park and every entrance feels like a side door. There's no discernible front or main entrance to the centre and unless you're familar with shopping there it's difficult to tell where the entrance points even are at first glance.

I know it's probably not a priority but I feel other similar shopping centres do this a little better and look a little more welcoming on this front. Once you're inside it feels a lot more normal.

[rev]

Definitely agree on that point.
Theres a little car park or road facing shops near the Woolies entrance on the corner of Torrens and Hanson roads but that's it.
There used to be the Michelle's Patisserie near Foodland on the Torrens Road side entrance but that's long gone.
There is the cafes on the other side of Foodland but they're pretty subpar.

If they invested the money into a decent renovation the centre would do quite well.

[Llessur2002]

I can remember the first time I ever visited I spent a while driving around looking for the right place to park because I presumed that every parking area I drove through was at the back of the centre. It was only after I'd completed a full lap I realised there wasn't actually a front so to speak.

I feel that a minor refurbishment of the entrances to make them more prominent/inviting, plus some various car park tweaks would make it a little less scary from the outside.

Maybe the potential development of the land to the north would give an opportunity to formally make that the front of the centre - it is the largest parking area after all. A few trees or shade canopies in the parking area wouldn't go amiss.

[pushbutton]

I can remember the first time I ever visited I spent a while driving around looking for the right place to park because I presumed that every parking area I drove through was at the back of the centre. It was only after I'd completed a full lap I realised there wasn't actually a front so to speak.

I feel that a minor refurbishment of the entrances to make them more prominent/inviting, plus some various car park tweaks would make it a little less scary from the outside.

Maybe the potential development of the land to the north would give an opportunity to formally make that the front of the centre - it is the largest parking area after all. A few trees or shade canopies in the parking area wouldn't go amiss.

Major shopping centres don't usually have a "front" or "main" entrance. They've large enough that every entrance is usually just as important as the others.

At Arndale the entrances were upgraded a few years ago, and are now far more prominent.