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Central Park on a winner with bike storage (Perth)

By Marissa Lague, The West Australian

 

Central Park on a winner with bike storage

Building engineer for Central Park, David Motta at the new 'bike parking'. Picture: John Mokrzycki /The West Australian.

 

With an eye on the long-term need to attract and retain key tenants, the owners of one of Perth's prime office towers have converted 14 parking bays into a 240-bicycle parking facility.

The owners of Central Park office tower spent $1.4 million on the new feature for tenants and in a sign the addition to the building has already been well received, more than 200 registrations for its use were lodged within days of its completion.

The addition includes a full range of facilities to smooth the transition between the morning ride and arriving at work, including showers, lockers, a clothes dryer and drying rooms and irons.

Central Park's general manager Tim Ward said the joint owners of the 51-storey office tower, Perron Investments and APF Management, researched the design of the park-and-ride facility for more than a year.

"This facility is more than just a place to park your bike," Mr Ward said. "The point of difference is that it also provides a workbench, along with a pump to perform emergency repairs on those inconvenient flats."

"A vending machine will be installed containing basis bicycles repair kits, tubes and the like. This is designed as a one-stop shop for a cyclist."

Mr Ward said Central Park believed its facility is one of the biggest and most contemporary of its kind in WA and possibly even in Australia and noted that although City Square will have a bigger bike park when it opens this year, it may not include the same line-up of facilities.

The park-and-ride facility opened on Monday and is free for tenants.

Central Park's building engineer David Motta said the bike park had been well received.

"Registrations for the fully secure facility exceeded 200 within days of being announced and preview tours exceeded 200 within an hour of availability," Mr Motta said.

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Dated - 15.02.2012