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Speaker 1: Now, yesterday you may have heard us discussing this proposal

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Speaker 1: for this proposed development, Little Mindel, and some of the

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Speaker 1: concerns well from some around the proposed development. But joining

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Speaker 1: us on the line right now is well the spokesperson

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Speaker 1: for that development Bruce Cutler at Red Splash. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Bruce.

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Speaker 2: Good morning COVID Kavian, happy to chat to you about

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Speaker 2: this exciting project for Darwen.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now tell us a little bit more about well,

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Speaker 1: what is being proposed North one Hotel and departments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, the site known as Little Mendel has been

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Speaker 2: privately owned land since two thousand and eight. As most

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Speaker 2: people are where, it was sold by the anti government

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Speaker 2: the Sky City Entertainment Group at that time, and the

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Speaker 2: two hundred million dollar luxury five star North One Hotel

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Speaker 2: and apartment will be the single biggest private investment in

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Speaker 2: Darwin for the past five years, creating jobs, signifying confidence

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Speaker 2: in our city's economic future. As we rebound from COVID

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Speaker 2: and Bruce.

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Speaker 1: Are the developers local? Are they from? Interstate? Overseas? Where

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Speaker 1: are they from?

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Speaker 2: So the developers? The project is fully funded by Austrand

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Speaker 2: based Arthur Winston Investment and Vietnamese owned KEDA Group and

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Speaker 2: it already has Foreign Investment review ble and approval to

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Speaker 2: acquire the site. AWA and KEDA Group they already have

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Speaker 2: hotel and resort interests in Sydney and in Vietnam.

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Speaker 1: And has there been consultation with the community. I know

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Speaker 1: that yesterday some concerns were raised. As I understand it,

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Speaker 1: some Larikia members of Larikia have been out this morning

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Speaker 1: sort of raising some of their worries. Has there been

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Speaker 1: that consultation with the community or is it still ongoing.

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Speaker 1: What's the situation right now?

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Speaker 2: So it's been ongoing Larikia, of course with some of

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Speaker 2: the most important stakeholders that we met with to incorporate

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Speaker 2: and acknowledge the local cast adens that's going to be

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Speaker 2: done through naming, design and work opportunities involved up has

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Speaker 2: been the Aboriginal Area of Protection Authority has been contacted

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Speaker 2: in relation to the development and an updated ARPER certificate

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Speaker 2: is being sought. There was an art certificate previously granted

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Speaker 2: for the site in two thousand and nine for the

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Speaker 2: construction of the two hundred and fifty Bay Bitchmand car

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Speaker 2: park that is currently there. And what has actually occurred

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Speaker 2: in the last two months was that the Planning Planning

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Speaker 2: Scheme amendment was approved by the Antique government to place

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Speaker 2: the burial island in the Little Mindell Creek area as

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Speaker 2: public open space, which protects it from development in the future. Okay,

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Speaker 2: so to address such concerns.

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Speaker 1: So it does sound as though the developers are prepared

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Speaker 1: to make will make whatever changes I guess might be

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Speaker 1: required so it doesn't cross over or disrupt those sacred sites.

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Speaker 2: Not very much so, and very much looking to how

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Speaker 2: do we acknowledge that? And that's why the actual zone

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Speaker 2: that is tourist commercial doesn't go into those sacred site areas,

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Speaker 2: and it's respectful of them. Bruce.

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Speaker 1: The community certainly seems to be quite divided on this one.

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Speaker 1: I think whenever you talk about developments, it is the case.

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Speaker 1: There seems to be some that think this is a

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Speaker 1: great idea. It would be wonderful to see Little Mindel

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Speaker 1: developed and see a nice hotel. There others who are

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Speaker 1: saying that these areas should be left as community space.

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's the situation right now in terms of

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Speaker 1: people actually being able to sort of, you know, to

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Speaker 1: get out there and have their say. It's still going

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Speaker 1: through the development consent authority right now, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you'd be well aware. We are a

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Speaker 2: harvest city and developing tourist attractions in waterfront areas like

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Speaker 2: Columbay Marina, the Dale Waterfront, the Nightcliff Foreshore Cafe. All

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Speaker 2: based critics during the planning phase, but you only have

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Speaker 2: to look at how much they now loved and to

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Speaker 2: see the papronage that there is popular demand for creating

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Speaker 2: visitation opportunities in such locations. So it's not surprising that

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Speaker 2: there are different views about such project. What I would

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Speaker 2: say is that the downstream benefits of North One will

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Speaker 2: see increased visitation for our local restaurants, tourism tractions and

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Speaker 2: airport is going to create three hundred and fifty jobs

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Speaker 2: during construction and one hundred and twenty on going when completed.

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Speaker 2: So there are big benefits for Darwin out of this project,

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Speaker 2: and like I said, it's the biggest private investment anywhere

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Speaker 2: on the horizon for Dale on currently.

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Speaker 1: Bruce, I know that not so long ago we were

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Speaker 1: talking about a development down neither down at the waterfront

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Speaker 1: or not the waterfront, but sort of near the deck

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Speaker 1: chair a little bit further around for the land Bridge development.

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Speaker 1: You know we've heard discussion in the past before about

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Speaker 1: the potential of luxury hotels being constructed, but Lambridge had

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Speaker 1: pulled out through the COVID situation and citing other reasons.

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Speaker 1: Is this actually going to go ahead or is it

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Speaker 1: a bit pie in the sky At.

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Speaker 2: The moment, Like I said, the private investment backing for

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Speaker 2: this project was locked and loaded. Much time, effort and

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Speaker 2: cost has already gone into the design and planning of

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Speaker 2: North One to get it to this stage. A number

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Speaker 2: of territory businesses already here have been involved in the design,

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Speaker 2: planning and site investigations, so local business involvement will continue

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Speaker 2: to be a focus on how it can benefit the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory. You only have to look at only two

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Speaker 2: weeks ago Quantus flag that Darwin Airport could be used

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Speaker 2: as a stop over hug into Australia for passengers returning

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Speaker 2: from London, Paris and Germany. So having a premium leisure

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Speaker 2: and business accommodation like North One will hugely help make

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Speaker 2: us more viable to continue in the long term.

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Speaker 1: Will it be open to locals as well or is

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Speaker 1: it going to cost an arm and a leg and

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Speaker 1: most of us mon't be able to afford it.

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Speaker 2: It'll be open to locals. There are a lot of

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Speaker 2: high end corporate travelers that we have come to Darwin

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Speaker 2: as well. Also, our proximity to Asia is also ideal

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Speaker 2: for these high end leatherard travelers seeking an Australian holiday

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Speaker 2: experience within four to five hours of their country. So

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Speaker 2: it'll have a mixed target market that would be attracted

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Speaker 2: to such a facility.

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Speaker 1: Well, Bruce, we are going to have to leave it there.

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Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, I know some people are going

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Speaker 1: to be all for this, others are going to be

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Speaker 1: totally opposed to it. But we really appreciate you coming

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Speaker 1: on there this morning and telling us a bit more

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Speaker 1: about the project.

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Speaker 2: Just one quick point, Cotie, Yeah, there are no changes

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Speaker 2: to the community pedestrian and bicycle pathway access that's currently

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Speaker 2: in place along the foreshore and along the path jation

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Speaker 2: to Little Mindle Creek or the beach access.

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Speaker 1: Right. All right, Well, thank you very much Bruce for

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Speaker 1: chatting with us this morning. We'll talk thank you again soon.

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Speaker 2: Jeez, thank you you too.

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Speaker 1: That is Bruce Cutler there, the spokesperson for North One

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Speaker 1: Hotel and apartment projects.