The Vision for Leederville in 2024 which stemmed from the Town's multi-award winning community planning project Vincent Vision 2024 is one of a community that celebrates its rich heritage and tapestry of life with flair – where all people are valued and respected in a unique, friendly and inviting community.
The Vision of a 'people-oriented' urban design with ingenious development is progressing with Vincent's Leederville Masterplan – which has been developed over the last two years with the Town engaging with stakeholders to progress the project.
The Leederville Masterplan aims to create a social, physical and economic environment where people universally feel invited to live, work and play. The town centre will incorporate adequate car parking, diverse housing choices, active activities such as retail, restaurants and cafés, office space and diversity of activities that will help create a sustainable and vibrant precinct.
In addition to the major redevelopment of the Loftus Centre, the Leederville Masterplan takes a holistic approach to the area bounded Richmond Street, Oxford Street, Leederville Parade and Loftus Street.
The area not only encompasses the famed retail and entertainment area centred around Oxford Street, but also incorporates the Water Corporation site, TAFE Leederville Campus, Leederville Child Centre, Margaret Kindergarten, the Town of Vincent Administration and Civic Centre, Leederville Oval (Medibank Stadium), the Loftus Recreation Centre and the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE).
Working collaboratively with the Water Corporation and their Masterplan for the John Tonkin Centre, Central TAFE Leederville Campus, SIDE, local child care and education centres, State Government Departments and Agencies, residents and local businesses, the Leederville Masterplan is a blueprint for the future development of the area focussing on the environmental, economic and social needs of the community.
When completed, the development of the area will have a value in excess of $600 million. When developed the value of Town-owned land holdings will be in the vicinity of $300 million.
The Leederville Masterplan has identified a number of precincts:
• Entertainment Precinct – centred around the corner of Newcastle/Oxford Streets
• Food Precinct – centred around The Avenue Car Park site
• Restaurant Precinct – centred around Oxford Street and part of Newcastle Street
• Network City - Office Precinct – centred around the Water Corporation site
• Town Centre – centred around a proposed park, near the current Oxford Street Reserve and incorporating the principles of Transit Oriented Development
• Education Centre – centred around TAFE's Leederville campus and SIDE
• Community Centre – centred around the Loftus Centre, Margaret Kindergarten, Leederville Child Care Centre
• Civic Centre – centred around the Town of Vincent Administration & Civic Centre.
The Masterplan will help create an invigorated and robust community square close to the Leederville café strip that will act as a magnet for a diverse range of activities that will complement the Leederville image. At present Leederville is a young and vibrant centre with great retail and entertainment. Almost 40 per cent of those currently living in Leederville are aged between 20 and 34 and about 45 per cent live in semi-detached houses, townhouses, apartments or units and this contributes to the cosmopolitan and urban feel of the area.
The Town is working towards developing collaborative agreements/partnerships that will recognise the interests of major stakeholders in the Water Corporation, SIDE and TAFE and integrate the objectives of the Network City/State Sustainability Strategies with the Leederville Masterplan objectives.
It is anticipated that implementation of the Leederville Masterplan and construction will commence in mid-late 2009.
Leederville 2004 Leederville Vision 2024
