COCKBURN QUARTER MASTERPLAN & DA

Client: Perron Group

Year: 2020

Value: $1.2b

Our Role: Project Manager

Perron Group engaged Insight Project Services to project manage the multi-stage redevelopment and expansion of Cockburn Gateway Shopping City into a high-quality mixed-use precinct known as ‘Cockburn Quarter’ which seeks to address current development integration issues in the locality by creating an active, connected and accessible heart for Cockburn where the community can live, work and play.

The proposed development, Cockburn Quarter, includes the development of the existing shopping centre to approx. 110,000m2, construction of two commercial office buildings of approx. 20,000m2, 910 residential dwellings including both apartments and townhouses, a new boutique hotel, the creation of an interconnected town centre serviced by food, beverage, and entertainment uses and a dedicated high amenity pedestrian access network. The design is based upon a fully integrated podium for all residential towers, allowing for shared services, access, facilities and amenities with comprehensive changes to the vehicle movement networks. The overall car parking strategy is ease congestion adjacent to and within the site as well as reducing the risk of conflict with pedestrian by moving private vehicles into basements and podiums as opposed to adjacent to active pedestrian and alfresco areas.

Cockburn Quarter forms the initial part of a greater 50-year masterplan for the site, and in itself will be staged over 20 years to facilitate sustainable delivery. All aspects of the development are integrated, overlapping and reliant on aspects of the design either adjoining or in other areas of the site. This single development application approach provides the community, stakeholders and government authorities with clarity on the intent and function of the future for Cockburn Quarter. The first stage of Cockburn Quarter predominantly consists of a significant expansion of the shopping centre, the creation of the piazza, extension of the main street, development of the dining and entertainment, reconfiguration of internal vehicle movements and car parking and the creation of a contemporary fresh food precinct for an initial investment of approx. $200m. These works will be carried out whilst the centre is operational, so the sequencing of the works, coordination and communication are of paramount importance in order to minimise impacts on existing tenants and customer experience.