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City Centre
Midland’s village centre takes on a sophisticated new tone with terrace houses and apartments mingling with modern shops, cafes, restaurants and entertainment venues around the central train station. The city comprises several zones including:
Juniper Gardens
Juniper Gardens is a new public square in the heart of Midland City Centre. Once a neglected and unsafe area, bordered by poorly maintained buildings, Juniper Gardens is now a green urban square surrounded by retail and entertainment outlets and offices overlooked by Midland’s first inner city apartments.
The MRA has invested heavily to improve amenity, focusing on place-creating public art and high quality streetscapes bordered by contemporary new development and restored heritage buildings. A café and barista school, micro-brewery, restaurant and community arts centre in the former Midland Junction Primary School are the centre of a thriving cultural scene while mixed-use developments have generated new employment and the beginnings of a night economy.
Winner of a 2011 Planning Institute of Australia award and Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA) award for urban renewal, the development has generated local ownership and investment, and forged strong partnerships between the community, private enterprise and government.
The Crescent
A wide shady boulevard lined with three-storey, terrace-style buildings featuring retail, entertainment and home-based business premises at ground level and accommodation above.
A large apartment building on the corner of Keane Street is proposed by Diploma and includes 60 apartments and 590 sqm of commercial space. It will support the retail and entertainment precinct and alfresco areas, encourage pedestrians and provide a link through the heart of the city.
Train Station Precinct
Midland has the opportunity to establish itself as a first-class transit oriented development with a transport hub surrounded by key health and education infrastructure; important community services; retail and commercial centres and new residential options to attract existing and new Midland residents.
Victoria Precinct
Most of this locality is privately owned property comprising a mix of office and residential development. It provides a transition from Midland’s retail core, around The Crescent, to the transit-oriented hub of the train station and the mixed use of the former railway workshops. Design guidelines will ensure new developments are in keeping with the city centre and encourage pedestrian flow in appealing, interactive surrounds.