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Wednesday 20 August 2014
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Richmond’s development to continue The Warehouse’s latest store will be opening in Richmond next Thursday but demand for retail space means construction around the Queen Street site will continue until the middle of next year, with two new buildings to be completed. Gibbons Construction has been on the former Placemakers site since February 2013 when it started construction of the Kmart complex. It completed that building last November and then immediately moved next door to start The Warehouse. “It’s been one of the biggest projects we have done and we are really pleased with the way it has come together,” Gibbons Construction managing director Scott Gibbons says. “We have had 60 to 70 people on site with all our staff and the contractors and they have all done a great job.” The 3500 metre square Warehouse was constructed using 701 cubic metres of concrete, 22 tonnes of reinforcing steel and 81 tonnes of structural
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steel. Scott says they have also had a good working relationship with the Tasman District Council and Richmond Mall owners Tinline Properties, which has helped the project run smoothly. The development of one central carpark, between the Richmond Mall and KMart and The Warehouse, has been critical part of the project, he says. Gibbon’s construction crew won’t have to move far once The Warehouse opens next Thursday as they will be working on another two retail premises on the same site. A two-story building adjacent to The Warehouse and a retail building next to the Richmond Police Station will be completed by the middle of next year. “It’s all demand driven,” Scott says. “We wouldn’t
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Richmond School teachers Naomi Thurlow, left, and Renee James with their class of 101 Dalmatians during the school’s Book Week parade through the Richmond Mall. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
Characters galore at book parade There were Spidermen, Snow Whites, Little Red Riding Hoods, Where’s Wallies and even a Scooby Doo, but it was Cruella de Vil and her 23 Dalmatians that stole the show in Richmond School’s annual Book Week parade through Richmond. The school’s pupils and teachers all dressed up as their favourite book characters for last Friday’s
parade that wound its way along Queen Street and through the Richmond Mall before returning to the school. Deputy principal Donna Miles says everyone put a lot of effort into their costumes although she singled out teacher Renee James and student teacher Naomi Thurlow and their class for their costumes based on Dodie Smith’s 1956 book and the classic
1961 Disney film, 101 Dalmatians. Renee was dressed-up as the wicked Cruella de Vil, who was the book’s villain, while Naomi and the 23 pupils in their year one and two class were dressed and madeup as 23 of the 101 dalmatians. Renee says she decided to dressup as Cruella de Vil after watching the film of 101 Dalmatians during the school holidays.
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