Echo Point upgrade to set off jobs boom

Echo Point’s Three Sisters Pavilion shopping arcade will receive a $2 million upgrade if a revised development application by Fivex Commercial Property  is approved at a council meeting on August 5, 2008.

Proposed changes made to the proposal in consultation with council officers include redecorating the façade, reducing the height of the roof, activating the retail frontages and increasing shop sizes in the rear of the building.

Fivex Commercial Property executive director Joshua Berger said the decision to purchase the shopping arcade was due to its enormous potential.

The project was given to “improve the orientation of the centre as it relates to the street, activate the critical retail frontage facing Echo Point Road, create internal spaces that will allow an appropriate retail mix and ensure a modern well-designed and attractive building that everyone can be proud of is developed.”

Mr Berger said up to 100 jobs could be created when the centre is running at full capacity.

“It is strategically important that the tourist facilities in and around the Three Sisters properly meet the sophisticated needs of both local and international tourists,” Mr Berger said.

The Blue Mountains Gazette – 30 July, 2008.