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NORTHERN TERRITORY:
ALICE SPRINGS: A consortium
of local business figures has bought the
4.8ha heritage-listed former (1965)
Pioneer/Starline Drive-In Theatre for
$1.3 million. They plan to create a
residential estate with more than 80
affordable villa-style houses to help
alleviate the crippling housing shortage
Photo by Colin Flint
in Alice Springs. The developers hope
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: to preserve the badly vandalised theatre
screen and projection room for
ADELAIDE: The Adelaide Festival HINDMARSH: The $52million
historical display - but not at the drive-
of Arts is set to become an annual event redevelopment of the Entertainment
in site. An earlier proposal to convert
from 2012. Centre has been completed. A new
the theatre into a luxury resort never
MAGILL: The historic Magill 2500-seat live venue has been built went ahead.
Institute building has been sold for together with a large domed entrance
$1.1 million for conversion to offices. foyer to cater for both the Arena and
Theatre. A tram line extension from
GLENELG: Wallis Cinemas has
North Terrace to Hindmarsh also
appealed two Holdfast Bay Council
opened to the public on 22nd March.
decisions to knockback its
redevelopment plans for the former TASMANIA:
Ozone/Glenelg Cinema Centre.
Applications for mixed restaurant/office SCOTTSDALE: The former Lyric
projects were refused by the lack of on- Theatre and adjoining office is for sale
site car parking being given as the main at $180,000. Whilst a new roof and
reason. This applies to all new projects repaired walls have been undertaken,
once the building has been demolished. sadly most of the theatre itself was DARWIN: Hooligans caused more
stripped back to a bare shell during than $20,000 damage to the Casaurina
renovations. Cinema Complex. The vandals slashed
screens whilst the cinema was empty
and exited via a back door, with the
damage not found until the next day.

QUEENSLAND:
LOWER WONGA: The triple
screen Wonga Drive-In Theatre
situated 30kms from Gympie is closed
and for sale by Mortgagee Auction. The
VICTOR HARBOUR: The revised sale includes the 20.23ha 300-car
plans for a shopping centre at capacity theatre site complete with
Encounter Bay no longer include a projection and café equipment plus a
cinema complex. DEVONPORT: The art-deco three bedroom house.
GOODWOOD: The Capri Cinema former Star Theatre building now used
closed between February 22 and March as a retail store is on the market for
3 for installation of a replacement air- $1.4 million. It currently comprises the
conditioning plant costing a cool largest available retail space in the
$200,000. CBD and can be sold as vacant
possession.
ADELAIDE: The 308-room
Crowne Plaza Hotel built on the site of
the former Academy Cinemas is now
open.

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