McIlwraith Avenue

The development repurposes and refurbishes the existing building. Choosing to repurpose a building may not always be the easiest approach but prolonging the useful lifetime of an existing building where possible is a sustainable approach to construction.

The ground floor space will be refurbished, and the street frontage (on both sides) will be landscaped adding green spaces to the site.

A second level (mezzanine) is to be added internal to the existing building form, accessed from the ground level by internal stairs and lift. An office will be located on the mezzanine level and will be co-located with ancillary administration space for the Warehouse. The site is accessed from a crossover to McIlwraith Ave.

As part of the redevelopment there will be:

• Office (mezzanine level) – GFA (347m2 ), open plan and meeting rooms, partitioned office
• 14 on-site car parks
• A minimum of 7 on-site spaces for bicycle parking
• 5% of the site will be landscaped – with landscaping to both street frontages

A site with many stories
Since 1946 the site has historically been associated with a variety of uses since the 1940’s including a storeroom (1947), a service station (1956-1958, 1961), a warehouse (1966) and display room (1981). The site has been occupied by a medium impact industry use (coffee roaster, Basil’s Pty Ltd) in recent decades, with food manufacturing licences issued since at least the year 2000. The business sold wholesale roast coffee to restaurants (not direct to public).