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LOS ANGELES: Two carparks on a city centre site are to give way to a high rise office and boomer apartment complex.

A business plan from developers Hesperia which has been endorsed by the City of Vincent has proposed the developments at the Frame Court and The Avenue carparks.

The two carparks cover about 14,600sqm in the heart of Leederville and provide 464 ground-level parking bays.

The city has been looking to redevelop these sites since December 2021.

Hesperia was picked as the preferred developer out of three shortlisted submissions in May.

Its proposal for the carparks is a mix of office and residential, with retail shops on the ground floor fronting Georgiana Walk, Frame Court, Little Oxford Lane and both northern and southern sides of the Community Plaza.

There will also be community spaces, including on a rooftop, and a multi-storey carpark on Frame Court which will be owned by the city.

A total of 484 public car parking bays — 20 more than the current total — has also been proposed in two new multi-storey carparks, as well as an extra 148 bays that will be available after 5.30pm and on weekends.

The city will also keep ownership of several laneways and other public spaces to increase the amount of green space in the area and make the town centre more accessible.

The proposal is aligned with the Leederville Precinct Structure Plan, which was designed to guide the future development of Leederville after consultation with the community, business owners and local town team Leederville Connect.

Mayor Emma Cole said building a multi-storey carpark would enable land in the town centre to be better used.

“Currently we are using high-value land to park cars at street level. But the land can offer so much more if we keep the car bays by going multi-storey,” she said.

“This frees up the land for well-designed, sustainable mixed-use development on the freeway side of Leederville whilst we maintain the low-scale Oxford Street strip.

“The proposal includes more public spaces in Leederville to explore, with new laneways, a public plaza and great community facilities, including rooftop basketball.”

Hesperia had developed the award-winning ABN Office Building on Electric Lane.

Hesperia director Rowan Clarke said they were committed to working closely with the City of Vincent.

The development would be staged so that at least 262 public carparking bays would be available at all times during construction.

“We are proposing a phased development program that requires an integrated approach to both sites and which at all times maximises available public parking to maintain Leederville’s status as an accessible local centre,” Mr Clarke said.

“One of the key targets for the new buildings is to meet the highest levels of sustainability, so they will be built to a Five Star Green Star target standard.

“We are also looking at holding a design competition to determine the design of the new buildings.”

Hesperia director Kyle Jeavons said the proposal would introduce a sustainable and balanced level of residents, workers and visitors into the town centre.

“We have been very deliberate in ensuring there is not a dominant new use or activity in the town centre and have made allowance for future development opportunities to ensure that Leederville remains a place that offers something for everyone,” Mr Jeavons said.

Property Council WA identified Leederville as a priority area for development in its Transit Precincts: Perth, Get Onboard report.

“With existing high-density development already within the catchment area, Leederville is a site that has a lot of the amenity required to stimulate further higher density development,” the report said.

“Its inner-city location provides for competitive property values and the area has potential for even more future growth.”

Hesperia’s business plan is open for public comment until September 11 on the Imagine Vincent website or in person at the City’s administration building.

The results of this consultation will be considered by the council later this year when it decides whether or not to go ahead with the redevelopment.

More public consultation will be held if the council supports the proposal.