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The development of St Kilda Triangle is a CoPP Out! That’s why this site www.savestkilda.org.au has been set up – as a public place where locals and concerned people of Melbourne can sign up and ‘Save St Kilda’s Soul’. As The Age newspaper reported on October 14, 2006, the ‘Triangle Site’ could end up being a ‘mini-Chadstone’.


The Save St Kilda campaign has three objectives:

1To restore 3rd party objection rights (in order to enable a proper objection process)

 

2All 3 tenders include a huge retail component. We want to hold City of Port Phillip (COPP) to their promise the ‘Triangle Site’ wouldn’t become a ‘mini-Chadstone’

3To hold City of Port Phillip (COPP) to their promise the ‘Triangle Site’ would incorporate ‘large’ open public spaces like a ‘town square’  – a place for YOU, the locals to meet.

CoPP had promised that the Triangle Site would not become "retail intensive" and there would be a significant amount of open space. Our sources are telling us this is now not the case and all three short-listed developers are planning supermarkets and 70+ retail stores. We have asked CoPP to confirm their original promise is being kept but they won't say anything, falling back on confidentiality agreements preventing them commenting. We think this is 'bullshit' and we think the developers have all pushed for more retail than CoPP had originally envisaged and promised the community. Why can't we have a "European Style" town square / Piazza that the community can use and enjoy as public open space. Surely, we have enough supermarkets and retail stores? Why can't CoPP just tell us that they have kept their promise and that NONE of the developers are being allowed to progress with "over-developed" proposals - surely that wouldn't break any confidentiality agreements and it would make the community feel better.

The three shortlisted bids for the ‘Triangle Site’ are:
- Babcock & Brown Ltd, with the Citta property group;
-  R. Corporation with John van Haandel; and
- St Kilda Creative Hub, including Mirvac and companies associated with the Fox family, David Goldberger and David Wieland.

If CoPP really go ahead with one of these proposals WITHOUT the community having an opportunity to give their feedback, there’s something seriously flawed with the whole process. The majority of the community needs to be on CoPP’s side when they press the button and start building on the ‘Triangle Site’.

Come on St Kilda. Come on Melbourne. ‘Save St Kilda’s Soul’. We don’t have much time left.