ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY
as population growth, business and job creation and
DA activity in the RP Corridor, and presents them in
an informative and engaging format. FINALIST
This innovative project is ideal for encouraging
and supporting the right development in the right
locations, boosting the economic activity and
opportunity within the Moreton Bay Region. The State Government has identified Bondi
Junction as a strategic commercial centre linked to
the Sydney Global Economic Corridor. Waverley
Council recognised a need to focus on economic
development and incorporated a range of strategies
and actions into Council’s Community Strategic
Plan. Waverley has a clear mandate to enable and
facilitate sustainable long term economic growth.
The plan to undertake economic planning included
delivering the Waverley Economic Development
Strategy (WEDS).
FINALIST
PERTH CITY COUNCIL
“C-Grade Office Case Study”
The current office market conditions in Perth are
leaving many of the City’s 200+ C and D Grade
buildings in economic limbo. The City of Perth’s
C-Grade Office Case Study explores the potential
adaptive re-use of this under-utilised building stock.
The case study generates six concept design
schemes that illustrate how existing buildings can
be:
1. Upgraded to an A-Grade office;
2. Converted to a secondary or tertiary education
facility;
3. Converted to student accommodation;
4. Converted to multi-residential apartments;
5. Converted to mixed-use; and
6. Converted to a health and well-being hub.
The six conversion uses were carefully selected
based on market research and the opportunity
they present for the sustainable growth of the city.
The concepts are based on a hypothetical, generic
building that is representative of the majority of
C-Grade office buildings in the city.
The architectural concepts are supported by a
series of key technical considerations; including
structural interventions, service upgrades and
building code compliance, as well as a cost estimate
and construction timeframe for conversion.
WAVERLEY CITY COUNCIL
“Waverley Economic Development Strategy”
Local Government is recognised as having
capacity to co-ordinate local planning and deliver
on-ground actions. Outcomes are best delivered
through collaborative actions across all levels of
government, industry and communities. Combined
with extensive research and analysis, Council
engaged with a broad range of stakeholders that
provided Council with an opportunity to strengthen
its existing relationships and create new ones
with other Government agencies and community
organisations.
Waverley Council developed its first Economic
Development Strategy in 2014 with key priorities
to encourage economic diversity, provide greater
job opportunities for its community and to maintain
and enhance quality of life. Two major themes were
developed firstly, to support existing businesses and
secondly, to attract new business and investment.
The strategy aims to deliver integrated programs
and services which focus on a range of initiatives
through a delivery framework. The framework has
four priorities: Renew, Innovate, Collaborate and
Enable with supporting projects and activities.
COMMUNITY IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The overarching objective of the study was to
generate discussion within the industry and provide
relevant information that generates interest in
potential redevelopment. The City of Perth will now
engage with industry, armed with a preliminary,
comprehensive due diligence of relevance to over
200 inner city building owners. WINNER
The design schemes showcase best practice,
innovative and creative ways to bring new life to
these buildings, which ultimately have the potential
to add diversity, interest and vitality to the central
city. Among the Casey Cardinia region’s population
lies a very large labour pool of 156,000 workers
employed across a range of industry sectors, with
skills across a variety of industries and professional
service sectors, including advanced manufacturing,
CASEY CITY COUNCIL
“Changing Perceptions”
“There are things known and there are things
unknown, and in between are the doors of
perception”. Aldous Huxley
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