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According to the plans, the design of the new retail offering will be contemporary in nature, and vehicle access to the site is proposed from two existing crossovers from Degraves Street and a proposed crossover located from Lagoon Street.<\/p>\n
The existing crossover from Exhibition Street will be removed.<\/p>\n
Construction is also expected to begin next month on the highly anticipated Armstrong Creek Sports Centre \u2013 one of three Geelong projects being developed through the Regional Sports Infrastructure Program being rolled out in the wake of the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
The new indoor centre will feature four multi-sport courts, a caf\u00e9 and gathering space, changing facilities and a sensory room.<\/p>\n
Opening out onto a civic plaza, the centre will also include outdoor activation areas and open space, with basketball and netball hoops, areas for skating, as well as informal and nature play spaces.<\/p>\n
“We are pleased to see that the state government has also committed to providing new first-class sporting facilities in the town centre, which we believe will be a valuable enhancement to recreational facilities for the local community,” the HMC Capital spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Member for Western Victoria and Minister for Regional Development Gayle Tierney was contacted for comment but had not responded as this paper went to print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CONSTRUCTION on stage two of the Armstrong Creek Town Centre is expected to begin before June. HMC Capital’s $45 million expansion plans received ministerial approval late last year. At the centre of the plans for the site, which is to be located to the east of the existing retail hub, is a 3,500sqm Woolworths supermarket […]<\/p>\n