Controversial $60 million plan for 82 apartments in Thirroul village centre

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 11 2020 - 1:15pm, first published 10:15am
Controversial: The existing "eyesore" would be redeveloped into a larger shopping precinct and four blocks of apartments under the new $60 million proposal. Pictures: Robert Peet/Loucas Architects.
Controversial: The existing "eyesore" would be redeveloped into a larger shopping precinct and four blocks of apartments under the new $60 million proposal. Pictures: Robert Peet/Loucas Architects.

Developers are hoping to double the size of Coles and build four multi-storey apartment blocks atop the existing Thirroul Plaza site, in a controversial $60 million redevelopment proposed for the northern Illawarra town.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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