REAL ESTATE - CURRENT WORK. ARCADE AND THEATRE BEGUN College Contract Enlarged. - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) - 14 Aug 1937 (original) (raw)

College Contract Enlarged.

Work on the construction of the Pic-

cadilly Arcade and Theatre was begun

this week; demolition for another theatre

at Subiaco was started, and tenders are

about to be invited for a theatre and

garden at Como. About £6.000 is being

spent on improvements at the Hay-street

shop of Woolworths (W.A.), Ltd., and an

extra contract for £11,000 has been let

for further work at St. Peter's College.

Other work for which tenders are in-

vited includes garage extensions at Clare-

mont, brewery additions at Geraldton, a

warehouse in Hay-street, Perth, three-

storey flats, a country bank, a suburban

theatre, and shops and offices.

Piccadilly Arcade and Theatre.

Work has begun in connection with

the construction of the Piccadilly Arcade

and Theatre extending from Hay-street

to Murray-street, between William and

Barrack streets, for the Australian Ma-

chinery and Investment Co., Ltd. The

shopping section is expected to be com-

pleted by Christmas and the theatre,

which will seat between 1,000 and 1,100

The site of the arcade and theatre is

that occupied by Freedman's Building

in Hay-street, extending through vacant

land at the rear to and including Collins

House in Murray-street, opposite the

Commonwealth Bank. The arcade, which

will be 13ft. wide, will contain 37 shops,

and the theatre entrance will be from the

The work now in progress comprises

the demolition of Freedman's Building

and the remodelling of Collins. House,

which consists of two storeys and a base-

ment. The first floor and the base-

ment of Collins House will remain, but

the ground floor will be remodelled and

converted into portion of the arcade from

street to street. The main facade and

that in the right-of-way on the western

side will also be remodelled. From the

back of Collins House, which occupies

about one-third of the length of the site,

the work will all be new with the excep-

tion of the front and side walls of Freed-

man's building; the front will be remod-

elled on modern lines. Heavy founda-

tions are being laid for the new build-

ing work, which will have two storeys,

and the basement will go back 110ft. from

Hay-street. Construction will be of steel

frame, with reinforced concrete floors

The Hay-street entrance to the arcade

will have a width of 24ft. for a depth of

55ft. to provide ample vestibule space for

the entrance to the theatre, the doors of

which will be about 30ft. from Hay-street.

At he theatre entrance from the arcade

will be grouped the main stairs, a 25

passenger lift, and booking office. Other

offices on the Hay-street front will have

a separate approach from the arcade.

The theatre has been leased to the Grand

The architects are Messrs. A. R. Bax-

ter-Cox and Leighton, and the work is

being carried out by the General Con-

Tenders will soon be invited for the

construction of a brick picture theatre

and garden in Preston-street, near Como

jetty, for Mr. James Stiles. Theatre and

garden will each accommodate about 800

persons, and provision is being made for

the future extension of both sections. The

theatre, which will be on the lines of Con-

tinental development will have a three

storey facade, an entrance vestibule,

dress circle, stalls and stage. It will have

a frontage of 85ft., and the garden a

frontage of 40ft. The architects are

Messrs. A. R. Baxter-Cox and Leighton.

Demolition work been commenced

on the buildings occupying the site of the

Coliseum Theatre, at the corner of Hay

street and Rokeby-road, Subiaco, on

which the new Regal Theatre is to be

erected. Tenders for the new theatre

will be called next month. The architect

Improvements at Woolworths.

About £6,000 is being spent by Wool-

worths (W.A.), Ltd., on improvements at

its Hay-street shop. The old offices

above the ground floor at the front of

the building are being dismantled, and

the facade of the building will be treated

in modern style. The first floor, near

the rear, which is now used for staff

rooms, will be converted into offices, and

there will be rest, lounge and dressing

rooms above for the staff. In addition

the basement is being extended to make

extra room for stock, and a new ceiling

will be provided in the shop. The archi

tect is.Mr. F. G. B. Hawkins.

The construction of the third wing of

the three-storey St. Peter's College, Mt.

Henry, for the Christian Brothers, which

was eliminated when a tender of £22,000

was accepted last April, has now been

agreed to, bringing the cost of the build

ing up to £33,000. The contractor is

now working on the third storey of the

portion for which the first contract was

let, and is expected to finish the whole

of the building by Christmas, in time for

the opening of the college early in the

New Year. The architects are Messrs.

Cavanagh, Cavanagh and Allom.

Tenders will be invited at an early

date for extensive brick additions to the

garage of the United Omnibus Co, Ltd.,

in Gugeri-street, Claremont. The build-

ing will occupy a frontage of 50ft. by a

depth of 50ft., which when placed in

front of the existing garage will give a

total depth of about 150ft. The roof

will be of steel construction in one span,

and the entrance will be fitted with slid-

ing doors. The architect is Mr. Alfred

Tenders are being called for two-storey

additions to the brewing premises in

Evans-street, Geraldton, for the Globe

Brewery, Ltd. The main additions will

consist of a fermenting chamber (30ft. by

36ft.), cold storage chamber (34ft. 6in.

by 34ft. 6in). shed (45ft. by 47ft.), and

storeroom (14ft. by 15ft.). The architect

is Mr. T. Roberts, Geraldton.

Tenders are being called for the erec-

tion of a brick warehouse in Hay-street

on the eastern side of Elder-street, Perth.

The floor area of the building will meas-

ure 129ft. by 50ft. The building will be

roofed with steel roof trusses without

any intermediate posts, covered with cor-

rugated asbestos sheets, and the whole

of the floor will be laid in concrete and

finished in granolithic. Large sliding

doors will serve the building from the

adjoining right-of-ways. The architects

are Messrs. Ochiltree and Hargrave.

Eight tenders ranging from £621 to

£891 have been received for structural

alterations to premises in Murray-street,

Perth, for James A. Dimmit, Ltd. For

the same firm three tenders ranging from

£235 to £298/15/ have been received for

new shop fronts. No tender has yet been

accepted. The architects are Messrs.

Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown.

Mr. E. Rothwell's tender of £507 has

been accepted for sewerage work at the

Northam court-house and police build-

ings. The following tenders are under

consideration:—School (20ft. square),

Yanoning Rock, Mr. S. H. Gale, £357/10/:

removal of police station from Salmon

Gums to Beria, Mr. J. J. Donald, £175.

Tenders are invited for internal and

external repairs and renovations and the

provision of a new lounge at the Victoria

Hotel, Toodyay, for the Avon Brewery

Co. The architects are Messrs. Cavanagh.

Tenders are invited for the following

Three-storey flats, Stirling-highway, for Mr.

Alterations and additions. Goderich-street,

Eight flats, Beaufort-street, North Perth.

Concrete run emplacements, Swanbourne.

Bank premises, Wiluna, for the Commonwealth

Additions to hall at Kalannie, for the Dal-

Additions to residence, Stirling-highway, Ned-

Ritz Theatre, Mt. Hawthorn, for Messrs.

Brick residence, Hampton-street, Victoria Park

Two-storey building of shops and professional

chambers, corner of Walcott and Beaufort streets.

Mt. Lawley, for Mrs. L. E. Wilson.

Removal of Yoting school and quarters to Mt.

Latrines and sewerage, Buckland Hill school.

Alterations to premises, central Hay-street,

Brick residence, Adair-Parade, Mt. Lawley.