JIM FAGAN
Scanlon Property Group will be ready to open its revised Peregian Village Market at Peregian Beach mid-next year if Noosa Council approves its application.
And while local action group, Peregian Beach Community Association, has not yet made a formal decision, vice president Barry Cotterell told Noosa Today: “You can certainly say there is a lot of community support.” The Scanlon Group’s application is now being studied by council officers. It asks for a material change of use permit as the first stage of its already approved Essence of Peregian development. It is now seeking a revised development which includes a small supermarket, with speciality tenancies which include outdoor dining amenities and service area and car parking. According to the group’s managing director and local resident, Tony Scanlon, the Village Market will be located on the former caravan park site on the western side of David Low Way, directly opposite Peregian Village. “We’ve got current approval and in December we made a new application to the council to put the supermarket on our site, something we’ve always envisaged. We’ve been working on the design since April last year. “We’ve been very thoughtful about the design. We’re local people and want to make sure that what we do keeps the look and feel of Peregian, keeps the Peregian personality “We’re talking to the community association and the business association. We think it is a really good outcome to link our site with the village because we consider ourselves part of the village. We’re the western side of the village and connected by the pedestrian crossing. Mr Scanlon said the aim was to be ready to go when the current supermarket on the corner of Heron Street and Kingfisher Drive closes so that “the community has a supermarket facility. We’ve been working closely with the developer of that project, Dave Maloney.” Mr Maloney of Dave Maloney Investments P/L said the present supermarket site would be redeveloped to include a ground floor fresh produce market by day with a restaurant and bar and night. There would be office space on the second floor and a rooftop terrace garden.
