Hawkesbury. $40 million proposal

A DA for a $40 million entertainment complex at McGraths Hill is expected to be lodged with Hawkesbury Council within weeks for a 10-screen luxury cinema over two levels, multiple family restaurants, a tavern, bowling alley, laser skirmish centre, and a children’s activities and play area. The recently acquired site is a vacant block in the Groves Avenue industrial complex. “The presence of an entertainment and retail complex of this stature will be a welcome addition to the area, which has for years been lacking these facilities in one stand-alone premises,” said Robert Montgomery, from Montgomery Planning Solutions, representing the developers, a private entertainment group.

Liverpool. Entertainment centre

The multi-million dollar a state-the-art Kingpin Liverpool tenpin centre is expected to create between 40 and 50 jobs when it opens soon next to Liverpool Markets in the Magecentre precinct on Orange Grove Road. "After having huge success in Darling Harbour and recently in Macarthur Square, Campbelltown, we are very excited to be thrilling Liverpool with a new entertainment concept," said Kingpin CEO, Tim Innes. He said the 3100-square-metre site will be a big entertainment complex that will deliver an amazing experience for any type of event or function, big or small.

Liverpool. 4000 homes proposed

More than 4000 houses are expected to be built in the new precinct at East Leppington to house almost 14,000 new residents. Stockland bought 356 hectares in the precinct last year, with an estimated end value of more than $1 billion. Department of Planning and Infrastructure deputy director-general, Ian Reynolds, said new residents would be close to jobs and public transport at Leppington "which is proposed as a major centre and located on the new South West Rail Link".

Richmond. EOI in Regent Theatre

Expressions of interest have been called for the heritage-listed, art deco” touch of nostalgia” Regent Theatre, at Richmond, which is up for sale for the first time in 25 years. The complex contains two fully equipped, air-conditioned cinemas containing 261 and 287 seats respectively, and a crying room. A DA has been approved for two more cinemas, on the 1857-square-metre site.