Big retailers make a splash with brand colours

By Stephen Crafti
Updated November 29 2014 - 3:08am, first published 2:13am
Refreshing approach: Craigieburn Central's streets and walkways have been thoughtfully conceived, with the main retailers forming an anchor to the design.
Refreshing approach: Craigieburn Central's streets and walkways have been thoughtfully conceived, with the main retailers forming an anchor to the design.
Rezoned: Craigieburn Central, once just paddocks, is a welcome new kid on the block. Photo: John Gollings
Rezoned: Craigieburn Central, once just paddocks, is a welcome new kid on the block. Photo: John Gollings

Housing subdivisions have been multiplying in recent years, particularly in many outer suburban areas around Melbourne. Craigieburn, 26 kilometres north of the city, is one such area. Unfortunately, while the houses spread along the main arterial roads, many services such as shopping centres lagged behind. So Craigieburn Central, a collaboration between Lend Lease and NH Architecture, is a welcome "new kid on the block". "Previously this area was paddocks, before it was rezoned," NH Architecture principal Roger Nelson says.

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