- Site information
- Site use and lease
- Selection criteria
- Contact information
- Submission information
- Privacy statement
- Annexure documents
The City of Wanneroo (City) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from parties interested in developing a community purpose site on a ground lease basis.
The site is located at Reserve 50171, 213 Kingsway, Darch (Lot 19 on Deposited Plan 58321, Crown Land Title Volume 3156 Folio 654) adjacent to the Darch Plaza Shopping Centre and ‘The Kingsway’ tavern.
The City manages the land under a management order for the purpose of ‘community purposes and car park’ (community purpose means the use of premises designed or adapted primarily for the provision of education, social, cultural and recreational facilities and services by organisations involved in activities for community benefit).
Site information
The site is a 2000m² vacant grassed area containing 20 car bays, two mature trees and a driveway area. The lot adjoins part of the Darch Plaza Shopping Centre complex which has a tavern directly to the north, a shopping centre to the east and a child care centre to the north east.
The 20 car bays located on the subject site are overflow parking for the nearby tavern and shopping centre. These bays do not need to be retained as part of any future development, they can also remain.
Access to the site is provided by a public access easement to the east of the subject property, the existing entry can be utilised as part of any future use. Crossover access directly from Kingway is not supported. The existing trees located on site are strongly encouraged to be retained as part of any future development.
The City of Wanneroo
The City of Wanneroo’s purpose is to create a strong, vibrant community connected through local opportunities to participate, be active, feel secure, contributing to the vision of a welcoming community.
The City is a growing local government in the northern suburbs of Perth, WA. The City of Wanneroo population forecast for 2022 is 219,788, and is forecast to grow to 370,273 by 2041.
View the City's statistics webpage for additional demographic data.
Darch location
The site is located in close proximity to the Darch Plaza. Darch is located 17 kilometres north of the Perth CBD and the suburb contains several small residential parks as well as Landsdale Park, a bushland reserve with interpretative signage.
Residents are served for shopping needs by the Darch Plaza Shopping Centre, and the larger Kingsway City Shopping Centre in Madeley (to the west).
Site use and lease
The site is currently vacant, aside from a portion used for parking by the adjacent tavern and shopping centre developments.
It is proposed that any successful applicant may be offered a Ground Lease (Lease) for a negotiable term (subject to private treaty negotiations). The existing management order restricts the lease term to be up to five (5) years but the City could seek to have this modified should a longer term be proposed. Management order amendment would be a condition on any proposed lease arrangement.
A ground lease would be in accordance with the terms and conditions that form this EOI, subject to formal Council approval and the approval of the Minister for Lands (under section 18 of the Land Administration Act).
It is proposed that the City will enter into private treaty (ground lease) negotiations with the preferred applicant and, if applicable, would give public notice of the proposed disposition in order to satisfy legislative requirements under the terms of the Local Government Act 1995.
Any structures on site will be built by the applicant at its cost. The City does not have specific requirements or specifications for improvements and is open to different design options. Key services are provided to the adjoining block, but any further services or connections would need to be provided by the applicant.
Depending on the terms of the preferred proposal from this EOI, the existing parking may be retained or modified, and the City can facilitate discussions with the adjacent landowners and occupiers.
Should an applicant wish to submit an interest on a commercial basis, the City would expect that a portion of the use would be used for a community use by some ancillary space.
Subject to the requirements of the Local Government Act 1995 and Council approval or delegation, the following essential terms are proposed:
Lessee | |
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Entity to be identified in the EOI submission | |
Premises | |
Address | 213 Kingsway, Darch |
Area (m²) | 2,000m² |
DPS2 Zoning | Urban Development |
ASP Zoning | Centre, Commercial |
Services | Gas, water, power, sewerage (no services are currently connected) |
Terms | |
Lease Commencement Date | The City is willing to be flexible on the timing to commence the new lease. |
Rent Commencement Date | Lease Commencement Date. |
Term | To be negotiated. |
Rent | |
Commencement Base Rent | To be negotiated, subject to the City's Leasing Policy. |
Rent Reviews | To be negotiated, expected to be CPI. |
Other Costs | |
Outgoings | The tenant will be billed direct by the service provider or on-charged by the City. |
Security | |
Security Bond or Bank Guarantee | $15,000, provided by a bank guarantee or by a cash bond to be held in a non-interest bearing account for the duration of the Lease term. |
Contract and Risk ('CAR') Insurance | Tenant responsibility to ensure that a CAR policy is in place to ensure that the proposed construction works are insured adequately. |
Other Commercial Conditions | |
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Insurances | The Tenant must provide all insurances required under the Lease, including Public Liability Insurance of $20 million, property insurance and glass replacement. |
Maintenance | The Tenant will be solely responsible for all maintenance of the building and site, including capital and structural items, and reinstatement in the event of a damage or destruction event (applying insurance proceeds to this). |
Compliance | The Tenant must comply with any Act, by-law etc. relating to the use of the building and site. |
Council Rates | Council rates are applicable and will be separately assessed and are in addition to the rent. The Tenant would also be responsible for the Emergency Services Levy, usually accounted for on the Council rates notice. |
Waste Bins | The operator will be required to arrange for its waste to be collected by a commercial waste provider and not the City. |
Further Tenancy Considerations |
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Selection criteria
The following criteria have been developed to assist in the assessment of the submissions received. These criteria have been identified as either essential or preferred, with a weighting assigned accordingly.
Note that:
- All information relevant to your answers to each criterion are to be contained within your application;
- Applicants are to assume that the City has no previous knowledge of your organisation, its activities or experience; and
- Applicants are to provide full details for any claims, statements or examples used to address the selection criteria.
Essential Criteria | % Weighting |
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Community Benefit:
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40 |
Capacity:
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30 |
Proposed Use:
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30 |
Contact persons
Applicants should not rely on any information provided by any person(s) other than those listed below:
Name: Mark Pritchard
Position: Property & Leasing Advisor
Phone: (08) 9405 5000
Email: mark.pritchard@wanneroo.wa.gov.au or kathryn.hansen@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Submission
Further information on the submission process is provided in the Expression of Interest document. This includes:
- How to make a submission, and the criteria which should be addressed.
- How submissions will be assessed.
- Estimated timeframes for the evaluation of submissions and the next steps in moving to a lease of the site.
Submissions must be lodged by 5pm on Wednesday 3 July 2024. Refer to the Expression of Interest document for more information.
The Expression of Interest document can be downloaded below:
Privacy statement
The City is not liable to any person or entity for any damage or loss that occurs in relation to that person or entity taking or not taking action in respect of any presentation, statement, opinion or advice referred to in this document.
All prospective operators should take the appropriate steps to ensure that they conduct their own due diligence and validate the information contained in this document before acting upon it and are advised to seek independent advice from qualified professionals where necessary to understand the relevancy of this information to their own situation.