Sydney Olympic Park. Sought after location

Sydney Olympic Park is becoming and extremely sought after location attracting a high calibre of commercial and retail presence. It has more than 13,000 permanent employees, 1000 students, 2500 casual workers and more than 130 businesses, restaurants, cafes, food outlets and sports venues. There are also further significant commercial developments and relocations planned and several under construction, the Sydney Morning Herald said.

Parramatta. UNE seeks students

The University of New England will use premises it has leased in the Parramatta CBD as the base of its student recruitment program. A student recruitment officer will focus on UNE’s annual sales program involving careers markets and exhibitions, information sessions, direct marketing, school visits etc.

Oran Park. DA for town centre

Landcom’s partner at Oran Park, the Greenfields Corporation, had this week lodged a development application for the first stage of the Oran Park town centre. This application will include: the first stage of 50,000 square metres of retail space and 4380 square metres of commercial space, South-west Sydney’s largest Woolworths supermarket, and approximately 30 specialty shops and a medical centre. Future stages of the town centre will include department stores, a restaurant precinct, another supermarket, residential apartments and more fashion retail. Once complete, the town centre will provide 5000 jobs and about 300 apartment dwellings, supporting some 8500 homes in the wider Oran Park area.

North Ryde. Tim Flannery recognised

The Australian Academy of Science announced its annual election honours, and recognised Macquarie University’s Professor Tim Flannery among 21 academics and researchers. Dr Flannery has been elected as a Fellow for his work in advancing public awareness and understanding of science. The new Fellows will be admitted at a ceremony in May this year.