McDonald’s starts work on controversial outlet
McDonald’s has begun construction of a suburban Melbourne store, three months after it was approved by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
The outlet at 321-325 High Street, Northcote, is expected to open next quarter.
Over $5 million is being spent on the refurbishment; set to trade 24 hours, the restaurant will include a McCafé and outdoor dining area.
For decades prior to 2019 the property accommodated the Stuzzi restaurant.
It contains 586 square metres on a 769 sqm site.
The property last sold for $2.5m in 2006.
McDonald’s Northcote
Despite a City of Darebin refusal, which followed 110 formal local objections, VCAT concluded another restaurant at the site is an acceptable planning outcome.
The franchise will be operated by James O’Rourke, who started with the company as a crew member more than 47 years ago and now oversees five Melbourne restaurants employing about 450 people.
The deal comes seven months since realestatesource.com.au reported a McDonald’s opened in Puckle St, Moonee Ponds, after a three decade hiatus (continues below).
That restaurant replaced an ex-Bank of Melbourne.
This year, McDonald’s is facing resistance over a proposed restaurant at Cowes on Phillip Island.
That proposal remains before Bass Coast Shire Council.
This week, the fast food giant was given the green light to build a store at Dawesville, a suburb of Mandurah, in Western Australia.
Approved unanimously by the Metro Outer Development Assessment Panel, at the intersection of Bailey Boulevard and Cocklebiddy Gate, it would operate 24 hours.
It would be the fourth McDonald’s in Mandurah.
The Northcote property last traded as The Pavilion.
It is about six kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD.
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