Plans are in motion to create space for eight new businesses and a fast-food restaurant in Cambridge in the coming years, with an extension to the Homemaker Centre recently submitted to the Clarence City Council for approval.
The eight new tenancies will range in size from 700m2 to 3,840m2 and along with the fast-food restaurant, aim to transform the current 2.8-hectare vacant grassland into a ‘vibrant commercial hub’.
While the tenants for the new businesses are yet to be confirmed, the application suggests a ‘KFC-type’ outlet as the potential tenant for the fast-food restaurant.
The developer says similar expansion plans were submitted for the 63 Cambridge Park Drive site in 2015, which received council approval at the time, but were never executed and the permit has since expired.
As part of the proposed project, a new parking lot with around 260 spaces would be built, along with 28 bicycle parking spaces at the building’s entrance.
“Together the existing and proposed homemaker centres will function as an integrated centre, allowing service and customer vehicles to pass between the two centres,” the application reads.
A traffic assessment of the site has determined that there will be ‘no significant changes’ in traffic patterns, but an additional 135 to 223 vehicle movements could be expected during Friday and Saturday afternoon peak periods.
“The proposed Homemaker Centre and takeaway food premises are an appropriate response to the locality and have adequately considered the integration with the existing centre and surrounding road network.”
Current tenants at the centre include Anaconda, BCF, Harvey Norman and Harris Scarfe.
The plan is the latest to propose a fast-food restaurant in the Greater Hobart area, with a Hungry Jacks store in the works for Bridgewater, and is currently open for public representation with the Clarence City Council until December 20th.
