❓ The Minister for Planning provides an update on the Midland Workshops land release, highlighting ongoing revitalization efforts, land sales for mixed-use and residential purposes, and the progress of the new Midland hospital.
AnsweredQoN 177Legislative Assembly
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MIDLAND WORKSHOPS LAND RELEASE
177. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Planning:
I refer to the Midland Workshops
land release. I understand that an expression of interest process to purchase
new land in the established suburb of Midland is now underway. Can the minister
update the house on what the Liberal–National government is doing to
revitalise this important metropolitan centre?
177. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Planning:
I refer to the Midland Workshops
land release. I understand that an expression of interest process to purchase
new land in the established suburb of Midland is now underway. Can the minister
update the house on what the Liberal–National government is doing to
revitalise this important metropolitan centre?
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I thank the member for the question.
He will be well aware that the rejuvenation and revitalisation of Midland has
been underway for at least 15 years, with work undertaken by the City of Swan
and also by the previous Midland Redevelopment Authority, now part of the
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority as a result of legislation passing through
this Parliament in 1999. Since then we have seen a substantial transit-oriented
development, preservation and conservation of the Midland railway workshops and
decontamination of much of the land in that location. I am pleased to advise
that additional land is being made available to the market for both residential
and commercial purposes. In particular, offers are being sought for the sale of
a 2 854 square metre mixed-use site, together with 26 single residential lots.
The mixed-use site is expected to result in a three or four-storey development,
combining commercial, retail and community uses. The 26 residential lots face
the Helena Valley reserve.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : Did you keep enough room for the university?
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : There is room for a lot more, including the development of the
new Midland hospital, which is well advanced. I think the Minister for Health
was out there recently. It has just passed the halfway point, and is due to
open in the second half of next year.
It is pleasing that additional land
worth $5.5 million has been sold, in particular for four mixed-use development
sites. They will include short-stay accommodation and affordable housing. The
first of the lots to be settled is in Helena Street. It will provide for
commercial retail space on the ground floor, with apartment living on the upper
floors.
This is a further step forward in
the redevelopment of the Midland railway workshops site, a development which is
widely recognised as being of very high standard. It reflects the very
significant history of the area and also helps establish Midland as a major
metropolitan strategic centre and the eastern gateway into the Perth
metropolitan area. As I mentioned, we expect the hospital to be opening in the
second half of next year. Together with the other developments and the release
of this land, we will see even further development on the MRA land in Midland.
He will be well aware that the rejuvenation and revitalisation of Midland has
been underway for at least 15 years, with work undertaken by the City of Swan
and also by the previous Midland Redevelopment Authority, now part of the
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority as a result of legislation passing through
this Parliament in 1999. Since then we have seen a substantial transit-oriented
development, preservation and conservation of the Midland railway workshops and
decontamination of much of the land in that location. I am pleased to advise
that additional land is being made available to the market for both residential
and commercial purposes. In particular, offers are being sought for the sale of
a 2 854 square metre mixed-use site, together with 26 single residential lots.
The mixed-use site is expected to result in a three or four-storey development,
combining commercial, retail and community uses. The 26 residential lots face
the Helena Valley reserve.
Mrs
M.H. Roberts : Did you keep enough room for the university?
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : There is room for a lot more, including the development of the
new Midland hospital, which is well advanced. I think the Minister for Health
was out there recently. It has just passed the halfway point, and is due to
open in the second half of next year.
It is pleasing that additional land
worth $5.5 million has been sold, in particular for four mixed-use development
sites. They will include short-stay accommodation and affordable housing. The
first of the lots to be settled is in Helena Street. It will provide for
commercial retail space on the ground floor, with apartment living on the upper
floors.
This is a further step forward in
the redevelopment of the Midland railway workshops site, a development which is
widely recognised as being of very high standard. It reflects the very
significant history of the area and also helps establish Midland as a major
metropolitan strategic centre and the eastern gateway into the Perth
metropolitan area. As I mentioned, we expect the hospital to be opening in the
second half of next year. Together with the other developments and the release
of this land, we will see even further development on the MRA land in Midland.
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