Smithfield. PBL cancels project

PBL Media has abandoned a plan to build a $150 million printing and distribution centres, at Smithfield, for its ACP Magazines, after spending more than 18 months looking for sites and talking to foreign printing-equipment suppliers. PBL lodged an environmental assessment document with the Department of Planning, which said the proposed facility would cost $15 million to alter the existing building, and plant and equipment would cost between $135 million and $200 million.

Smithfield. $150 million project

The Department of Planning has on public exhibition a proposal by PBL Media Holdings Pty Ltd to construct and operate a printing facility at 149 McCredie Road, Smithfield. The proposed facility would employ 200 people and has a capital investment value of $150 million.

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.

Smithfield. Assessment on printing facility

The NSW Department of Planning has on exhibition an environmental assessment of a project by PBL Media Printing to operate a printing facility and associated infrastructure on an existing industrial site, in the Smithfield industrial area. The facility would produce around 64,000 tonnes of magazines and other printed material for public and wholesale outlets. The exhibition period ceases on March 8.