New café part of $15m Wollongong development

A new café is planned for a Wollongong development which forced another café to close.

The $15.6million development will see the Sifters complex at 82 Market Street merge with the Simple Cycles site next door for the construction of a seven-storey office complex. The move prompted the container cafe Son of a Gun to shut down.

According to a development application lodged on behalf of JB + SR Commercial, a new cafe will operate along the laneway with giant glass windows incorporated into the facade.

"The proposed development has been designed ... to encourage the creation of safer places through environmental design," the report by MMJ Wollongong stated.

"Natural surveillance and sight lines have been considered as part of the building design to maximise the potential for public surveillance and reduce the risk of crime."

The DA is on exhibition until August 28 via council's website.

Sheridan Randall - 19-08-19