KMART – PORT MACQUARIE

2017 – Port Macquarie, NSW

The development of Marina Shopping Centre included a new 6,700 plus square meter standalone Kmart store and adjoining 13 speciality shops.

The new Kmart store and speciality tenancies are located on land fronting Walters and Park Streets, which was previously the home of St Joseph’s Regional High School. The location of the new Kmart store provided a new retail hub to service the coastal town of Port Macquarie.

The format of the store is a large single footprint that allowed for a generous floor plate for customers and a large back of house area for the delivery and distribution of stock. The back of house also contained offices and amenities for staff.

Externally the store entrance visually welcomed customers via a glazed wind lobby that provided a double height entry space acting as the threshold between the external environment and the wonders of the retail merchandise.

Anchored to either side of the main Kmart entry portal were a number of smaller tenancies that provided a range of other bespoke retail offerings. These tenancies had glazed shopfronts so that as customers and onlookers could engage visually and metaphorically with the active daily rituals of shopping.

The palate of materials that the building is constructed from concrete, steel, glass and timber battens and screens. The colours and finishes are predominately natural, to enable the building to integrate into its surroundings and local environs.

PROJECT TEAM

Craig Macmillan, James Farmer & Josh Adams

CONTRACTOR
Quasar

CONSULTANTS
Landscape Architect – Guymer Bailey Landscape
Civil Engineer – Henry & Hymas
Structural Engineer – Henry & Hymas
Electrical Engineer – SEMF
Mechanical Engineer – Faircloth & Reynolds
Hydraulic Engineer – SEMF

PHOTOGRAPHER
Jeremy Rogers