Kellyville. Beechwood may have buyer

Beechwood Home’s site, at Homeworld, in Kellyville, re-opened over the weekend raising speculation that a buyer had finally secured the finance to take over more than 900 outstanding building contracts. Cavasinni Constructions, a family company based in Wetherill Park, is thought to be the successful buyer, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

Liverpool. $390 million project underway

Work has commenced on the $390 million, state-of-the-art redevelopment of Liverpool Hospital, making it the largest hospital campus in the nation, when it is expected to be completed in 2011. The project will include almost 1000 beds, 60 intensive care beds, 23 operating theatres and a 12-level car park. A road and bridge will be built over the railway line that separates the precinct. Liverpool and Westmead will be the two major referral hospitals in Western Sydney.

Northmead. Massive residential DA

Parramatta City Council has on public exhibition, until August 13, an application seeking the consolidation of allotments for facilitate the staged construction of an approved development comprising 10 residential buildings containing 238 units, on the corner of Briens, Redbank and Balmoral roads.

Sydney Olympic Park. National Foods get the nod

The ACCC has said it would not intervene in the acquisition by National Foods and its joint venture partner, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory, of Dairy Farmers Co-Operative, based at Sydney Olympic Park. The company put itself on the market in April, valued at approximately $900 million. The company’s 2000 farmer-shareholders will have the final say on its sale.

Sydney Olympic Park. Concurrent development

The Exhibition and Event Association of Australasia believes the only way that Sydney could compete for convention and exhibitions, with interstate venues, would be to expand the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and develop the Sydney Showground, at Sydney Olympic Park, concurrently. The O’Neill Report noted that Sydney needed an additional 40,000 square metres of space, for the city to be competitive,

Parramatta: 'No need' for more premises

Parramatta’s Police Superintendent, Robert Redfern, said 78 per cent of all crime and anti-social behaviours involved alcohol-affected people. He said the good work between the police, council, licensees and the NSW Government in ‘driving down’ alcohol-related crime could be wasted if more licensed premises were approved. “We have now reached saturation point in Parramatta with licensed premises and we don’t need any more,” he told the Parramatta Advertiser. He said the 1.30am “lock-out” a success in controlling anti-social behaviours. Parramatta had a total of 150 licensed premises, he said. Lord Mayor, Paul Barber, said such premises added to the vibrancy of the city and had “struck a balance”.