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SA GOVT GRANTS $800,000 TO UPGRADE HINDMARSH SQUARE
Minister for Urban Development and Planning Paul Holloway has approved a grant to the Adelaide City Council for $800,000 to assist the redevelopment of the northeast corner of Hindmarsh Square.
Mr Holloway says the upgrading of the area adjacent to the new Crowne Plaza hotel and apartments includes a new promenade, seating, planting and a shared-use pavement area off Grenfell Street.
“The new promenade will also be a great venue for outdoor dining and seating, near to the lawn areas of the northeast corner of Hindmarsh Square,” Mr Holloway says.
“A new feature will be an interactive art work/water feature to introduce an element of play into the landscape.”
Mr Holloway says the area around Hindmarsh Square has attracted increased residential development in recent years, and the Adelaide City Council’s planned upgrade should deliver additional quality open space in this part of the City.
Improvements to the quality of public space in Hindmarsh Square is important to encourage more people to use the northeast corner since the closure of the cinema complex, he says.
“The development of the Crowne Plaza complex presents the ideal time to upgrade this well-known public space,” Mr Holloway says.
“Quality public spaces are the key to the re-invigoration of our public life, as we have seen with the recent upgrades to North Terrace and Pulteney Street.
The Adelaide City Council received a $220,000 Places for People grant in 2007 to redevelop the northwest corner of Hindmarsh Square.
The Planning and Development Fund supports projects through the Open Space and Places for People grant programs.
The grant programs are available to South Australian councils to strategically plan, design and develop public and open spaces of community significance.
The latest grant for Hindmarsh Square builds on the $3.275 million provided already this year from the P&D fund to support Adelaide City Council projects worth $6.67 million that will beautify key public spaces in the State’s capital.

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Here is a recent picture of the development and an internal shot of an apartment as the project nears completion.

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