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Boot Factory Restoration and Upgrade
We’re restoring and upgrading the Boot Factory and Mill Hill Community Centre. Breathing new life into the building, we are transforming the former shoe making factory into a civic innovation hub.
Project update - June 2023
On 30 June 2023, Council signed a contract with Schiavello Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd who were successful in their submission to complete works for the Boot Factory and Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club projects.
Schiavello will be on site from Monday 3 July, commencing detailed site clean-ups and an establishment period.
We will update this page with the approximate project completion time as soon as it is known.
Restoring the historic Boot Factory
Following a successful development application process in May 2020, Council started the restoration of the Boot Factory in April 2021.
The upgrade includes:
- The Mill Hill Community Centre and Boot Factory will be connected, providing an opportunity to share facilities including the lift.
- A café at the Spring Street entry to the precinct with street and courtyard presence.
- Upgraded Community and Seniors Centre
- Flexible community spaces on the ground floor and top floor of the Boot Factory and the Mill Hill Community Centre
- Upgrades to Norman Lee Place
Restoration will begin with works to the roof, masonry perimeter walls, new floors and a new interior fit-out.
Once complete, we will focus on connecting the building to the Mill Hill Community Centre (to provide lift access and amenities for Boot Factory users) and will beautify the courtyard at Norman Lee Place.
What is the future for the site?
The Waverley Community Strategic Plan 2018-2029 (CSP) notes the community’s wish for Waverley to be a “knowledge-driven, innovative and digitally connected community”.
Residents said they wanted opportunities to:
- foster digital innovation
- improve use of Mill Hill to support innovation
- develop innovation hubs
- use multiple channels to communicate with, engage with and inform residents
- ensure that Waverley Library keeps pace with the knowledge economy.
The Boot Factory's future started here and was then reflected in the Operational Plan 2018/19 where Council said they would create an innovative space for business incubation and knowledge transfer.
Background
The Boot Factory, a former shoemaking factory at the rear of Norman Lee Place at 27-33 Spring Street was completed in 1892 by William Sidaway and Son and was last restored by Council in 1986. It has been vacant since 2007, and in 2013, Council undertook significant remedial structural works to ensure the stability of the building until an alternative use could be found.
Reviving the Boot Factory
The Boot Factory will be restored and delivered back to the community and will include an Innovation and Knowledge Hub (Hub) where we can nurture ideas to further transform Waverley into a ‘smart city’ of the future.
The Waverley Innovation & Knowledge Hub Steering Group has, and will continue, to assist in guiding the development of the Hub and its policies and practices. The Steering Group consists of Three Lawson Ward Councilors, a local community representative from the Mill Hill Bondi Junction Precinct and up to five practitioners with relevant expertise in Heritage Conservation, Adaptive Reuse, Library Futures, Maker Spaces, Futurists or Innovation Spaces.
Capital Works Map
View locations of Council’s capital works projects for 2020-2021, as well as timing of works and contact information
Need more information?
Matt Henderson, Senior Project Manager
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