Smithfield. Scepticism over PBL project

An environmental plan lodged with the Department of Planning by PBL Media for a printing and distribution facility, at Smithfield, has not silenced scepticism about its suitability, according to The Australian Financial Review. Media executives said the site was too small for PBL’s ACP Magazines facility. Documents said it would cost $15 million to alter the existing building on the site, which is owned by the Goodman Group, and plant equipment would cost between $135 and $200 million. Also noted was that PBL was negotiating with the owner of another industrial property in an unnamed location.