Parramatta. Tenders called for foreshore work

Parramatta City Council has called for tenders for the construction of a concrete footpath and associated civil and landscape works on the southern foreshore of the Parramatta River, between the Charles Street RiverCat wharf to the Gasworks Bridge, over the river at Macarthur Street.

Region. $60 million funding for shopping centres

FKP property group has secured $60 million from a Sydney investor, Isaac Solomon, to fund the remainder of shopping centre developments at the Norwest Business Park and Mount Annan, according to The Australian Financial Review. Circa Retail, at Norwest, now being finished in a joint venture with Mulpha Australia, will have a 2884-square-metre Woolworths supermarket, 25 speciality stores, a food court, two kiosks and more than 300 car spaces. Mount Annan Central will be anchored by a Coles supermarket, 18 speciality stores and parking for more than 200 vehicles.

Auburn. Hastie Group wins $55 million contract

The NSW Government has awarded the Auburn-based, Hastie Group, with preferred tenderer status on the $1 billion Royal North Shore Hospital redevelopment Hastie would provide mechanical services, including air-conditioning to the InfraShore consortium, in a contract worth $55 million. Hastie made a net profit of $38 million, in the financial year, a 71 per cent increase on the previous year.

Hawkesbury. Former college 115 years old

Emeritus Professor Graham Swain, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, from 1972 to 1989, was guest of honour at the ceremony to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the first graduates of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, which is now the UWS Hawkesbury campus. It was established in 1891, by the NSW Department of Agriculture, and helped pioneer agriculture education and early farming and crop experimentation in Australia. "What began as the first agricultural educational institution in New South Wales has grown to become one of Australia's important educational sites for scientific and agricultural leaders of the future. The campus is home to multi-million dollar research facilities and over 2300 students, and it is growing,” UWS vice-chancellor, Professor Janice Reid, said..