Ryde. City's new GM

Former Parramatta City Council GM and executive director of the National Trust of Australia (NSW), John Neish, has taken up his GM’s position at Ryde City Council. He will be heavily involved in the $1.7 billion Macquarie Park business precinct plan, the biggest single development area in Australia, and the ambitious expansion planned for the adjoining Macquarie University. Another major development is the Top Ryde City shopping centre, Australia’s largest mixed-use development, which already boasts 120 new retail stores and a food court attracting crowds of shoppers from across Sydney’s north. When it is completed towards the end of this year, the $470 million project will boast 270 retail stores, 11,800sq m of commercial office space and about 425 apartments.