Comments on: Does anyone in Newcastle have vacant real estate? http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/ my life. on the internets. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: keri http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-112 keri Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:33:11 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/#comment-112 I'd love Newcastle to have a Chinatown in the CBD, a big cheap yum cha as an alternative to the petite bourgeois restaurants at the foreshore and Darby St - even Canberra has Dixon. Instead, in the Newcastle CBD, people are now being evicted to make way for another shopping mall (and some neo-colonial spanish steps?). It's so not a shopping mall CBD, it's on a peninsula so there'll be traffic congestion. And how cool if there were some DIY bars and kitchens set up in the empty real estate. Some of these enterprises might be economically viable if cheap rent was offered - we need a stack of start up grants to locals for hole in the wallers. I’d love Newcastle to have a Chinatown in the CBD, a big cheap yum cha as an alternative to the petite bourgeois restaurants at the foreshore and Darby St – even Canberra has Dixon.

Instead, in the Newcastle CBD, people are now being evicted to make way for another shopping mall (and some neo-colonial spanish steps?). It’s so not a shopping mall CBD, it’s on a peninsula so there’ll be traffic congestion.

And how cool if there were some DIY bars and kitchens set up in the empty real estate. Some of these enterprises might be economically viable if cheap rent was offered – we need a stack of start up grants to locals for hole in the wallers.

]]> By: admin http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:50:36 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/#comment-5 That's actually true Nick. Will probably be the subject of a future post - particularly the comparison with the UK. That’s actually true Nick. Will probably be the subject of a future post – particularly the comparison with the UK.

]]> By: Nicholas Roberts http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Nicholas Roberts Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:30:08 +0000 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2008/04/08/does-anyone-in-newcastle-have-vacant-real-estate/#comment-2 I think you will find its actually tax law that allows property owners to keep places vacant. Socialism for the rich and free markets for the poor. i.e. you cant find a place to rent for a cultural enterprise, while the landlords can claim deducations etc for vacant properties. I think you will find its actually tax law that allows property owners to keep places vacant. Socialism for the rich and free markets for the poor. i.e. you cant find a place to rent for a cultural enterprise, while the landlords can claim deducations etc for vacant properties.

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