CLOSE TO $1 BILLION COULD BE INVESTED IN TWEED MALL REDEVELOPMENT

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BY SARAH WATERS

TWEED HEAD’S CBD could undergo a huge makeover following bold plans to completely reinvent its main shopping centre.

Concept plans submitted to Tweed Shire Council have revealed the owners of Tweed Mall, Elanor Investors Group, plan to spend $900 million to overhaul the shopping mall and its surroundings.

Included in the proposed redevelopment is 13 new buildings, up to 15-storeys’ tall, which could potentially house entertainment, dining, retail, recreation and offce spaces.

Residential accommodation, including build-to-rent residential apartments, have also been included in the plans.

The revamped shopping precinct would be designed with a multi-level ‘green heart’ to provide an open urban space, with a mix of retail, civic and public activities.

It would be set amongst a green backdrop to ‘create a new living breathing precinct’ in Tweed Heads, with gardens, water features and an open canopy roof structure.

The site would also be designed to be ‘intimate and inviting’ and allow for retail, outdoor dining, recreation, gathering and promenading.

Fresh food market stalls, rooftop dining, yoga spaces, a rainforest room, childcare centre, a 52-room hotel and cinemas have all been included in the ambitious plan.

The planning documents states it aims to serve the current demographic beyond essential retail needs and provide a social, urban environment that supports the activities of a growing city centre.

‘The current Tweed Mall Shopping Centre is a single-storey development from the late 1990s.

‘It is fanked by three major retailers and three large car parks, which blocks off throughsite connections and provides little to no public amenity or visual interest.

According to the Economic Review and Project Beneft Assessment the Tweed Shire is forecast to continue to experience strong population growth and reach 112,244 people by 2041. This is an increase of around 15,000 people from 2021, or an average of 755 people each year. Dwellings are forecast to increase from 41,487 in 2021 to 50,627, an average of 456 dwellings each year.

Architects to devise a ‘design excellence process’ to ensure the Tweed gets the best possible outcome from the strategically important site.

“Located near the gateway to NSW and sitting on the edge of the beautiful Jack Evans Boat Harbour, this large site has the opportunity to deliver an international standard of food and beverage, retail, commercial, entertainment, tourism