Development Update

As our site is a quarter of the Cockburn Central area, we chose Cockburn Quarter as the precinct name. Cockburn Quarter is a precinct that will seamlessly blend residential, commercial, retail and public open spaces to create a bustling and vibrant townsite. The Cockburn Gateway name will remain for the shopping centre.

Yes! Cockburn Gateway will be the retail offer of the Cockburn Quarter Precinct.

We are planning to bring a new dining and entertainment precinct with a cinema complex to Cockburn Gateway as well as new food, fashion and lifestyle retailers. As we are in early planning phases, more information will be available as the project progresses. 

Yes! Play spaces and family amenity has been strongly considered and will be a part of the Dining terrace and Piazza area in Stage one. Both the proposed Piazza and Dining Terrace have been designed to be pedestrianised spaces with no vehicles, allowing for safer family amenity.

Perron Group is also committed to delivering a cinema complex for Cockburn and one that is thoughtfully linked to dining and entertainment precinct for local families to enjoy. We are investigating hosting a pop-up cinema in the short term as we understand there is strong community demand for the amenity.

Perron Group has engaged the community over the past two years through a series of workshops and surveys. The results of that engagement have helped shape the final 20-year vision for the precinct.

Central to some of the feedback was the desire to create a physical “heart” for the community of Cockburn and increase its walkability and connectedness. The proposed development will link to all areas of Cockburn Central, including the train station, bus interchange, the Civic centre, the aquatic and recreation centre (ARC) and the health precinct to create an accessible and well-connected community. The design incorporates significant pedestrian access and creates a more walkable community with public spaces that focus on health and wellness

Connectivity between the shopping centre and the local transport hub will also be enhanced with a bridge across Beeliar Drive connecting the redeveloped shopping centre to the Cockburn Central train station and bus interchange (this will be handled as a separate development application).  

Some of the other important feedback has been including:

• Spaces for people to come together
• Suburban greenery
• Spaces for exercise
• Helping to create a feeling of connection
• Helping people feel proud of where they live

Perron Group will continue stakeholder engagement throughout the life of the project. The community’s input is extremely important, and will continue to help shape the project.

This significant private investment will create more than 7,400 jobs over the lifespan of the project and generate an estimated $2.8 billion worth of economic activity.  

The proposed Cockburn Quarter redevelopment represents a $1 billion investment into the Cockburn area over the next 3 to 20+ years. 

We recognise that traffic is a frustration for our community and we will make improvements to site access and flow, as well as provide additional parking and make access to public transport easier. Congestion will be further alleviated by the State Government’s Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge Project, which aims to reduce traffic along Beeliar Drive.

The project is subject to development approvals and Perron Investment Board Approvals. We anticipate construction to commence within two years of development approval.

Perron Group is committed to delivering a cinema complex for Cockburn and one that is thoughtfully linked to dining and entertainment precinct for local families to enjoy We are investigating hosting a pop-up cinema in the short term as we understand there is strong community demand for the amenity.

The proposed redevelopment will seamless blend residential, commercial, retail and public open spaces to create a bustling and vibrant townsite. 

Central to the proposed $1 billion development – which will eventually be known as Cockburn Quarter - is a revamped and expanded Cockburn Gateway shopping complex with a new dining, entertainment and cinema precinct, new fresh food market, and additional fashion and lifestyle brands.

New proposed residential and commercial precincts, surrounded by  curated public spaces, aim to provide an easy and connected ‘live, work, rest, play’ lifestyle.

The proposed development will create a new heart for the community, offering day and night time activity in the form of entertainment and lifestyle precincts, public art and curated spaces.  Connectivity between the shopping centre and Cockburn Central train station will be enhanced with a pedestrian bridge across Beeliar Drive (this is being planned and will be handled as a separate development application).