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DANGEROUScriminals have spent less time behind bars than the Pentridge Prison site hastaken to start coming together.
Butafter more than a decade of slow progress the hard labour on a master plan forthe sites public spaces is set to break out in the coming weeks.
更多原文请往下滑 Nathan Mawby，Leader CommunityNewspapers，28 JAN 2018
The development has changed hands a few times over the years, but currentproponents the Shayher Group are making a priority of the attractions that willhave people wanting to break into the 6.7ha master planned redevelopment,according to spokesman Anthony Goh.
They include the sites shopping centre, cinema and mAIn piazza, which are all goingto be a focus of construction from February this year to either late 2019 orearly 2020.
“Shayherhas held the site for about four years,” Mr Goh said.
“Whenwe got it, it was a bomb site. It’s taken us three years to clear it up and putin some infrastructure … and we are ready to activate the site.”
Itwill be welcome news for the more than 50 owners and tenants in the Horizonapartments completed at the site early last year.
Buteven with the years of preparation the public precinct will still take time —in large part because the rock beneath the prison that made it so successful atkeeping people trapped inside is making it hard for the developers to escapethe past.
“Diggingthe hole for the basement is quite a proposition,” he said.
“Thatwill take us close to a year … just because of the rock that’s underneath it.
“I’mquite curious to see if we find any tunnels under there.”
Ratherthan wait for the site to slowly emerge, Shayher have also taken steps to buildexcitement.
Recentlythey announced plans for a striking community centre to be built next door tobluestone bulk of B Block, one of the original prison buildings that willremain at the site.
OlaStudio director Phil Snowdon came up with the design and said it reflected thesites heritage with a pair of barrelled vaults forming a cross at its centre —similar to the original prison layout.
Metalbars set around a glass exterior wall will also offer a direct play on theconcept of prison bars.
Duringthe day it will house historic information and potentially a coffee shop. Atnight the building will be lit from within, to create a glowing effect and makeit a natural meeting point for ghost tours being run at the former prison.
MrSnowdon said it was part of the wider goal set by the Shayher Group of makingPentridge a place where people want to be.
“Youare behind bars, but it’s a space where you want to be,” Mr Snowdon said.
“It’sreally just making sure it’s a building that people recognise and becomeattached to.”
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