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Green light for Warwick Farm redevelopment

17th Jun 2016

Liverpool Champion - Ashleigh Milton - Friday, 17 June 2016

A $100 million redevelopment adjacent to Warwick Farm Racecourse has been given the green light by the NSW Joint Regional Planning Panel.

Thoroughbred auctioneer company William Inglis and Son (Inglis) announced last May that it would relocate its eastern suburbs headquarters to Warwick Farm.

The 100,000 square metre complex, which will consist of up to 1000 thoroughbred stalls, a selling centre, auditorium,145-room hotel, restaurants, bars and cafes, is expected to be completed in the next two years.

Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun said the move would inject millions of dollars into the local community and provide jobs in the local hospitality, entertainment, finance, marketing, management, bloodstock and digital industries.

“Warwick Farm will provide Inglis with the ideal location to accommodate the world best horse owners, trainers, breeders and buyers in the heart of the airport city when Liverpool becomes the gateway to the rest of the world in years to come,” he said.

“The move will more than double the size of the current Inglis complex and will strengthen their reputation as Australia’s leading thoroughbred auctioneering company.”

Inglis' Managing Director Mark Webster said one of the key drivers in the plan to relocate to Warwick Farm was the site’s size and capacity, and its strategic location close to major roads, public transport and Sydney’s new international airport.

He said the site adjoining Warwick Farm racecourse will allow the company “to build the world’s best equine sales complex that will benefit from the enormous amount of investment in the Liverpool area”.

“Our goal is to create a facility that both honours our great heritage and positions us to best service the Australasian thoroughbred industry for the next 100 years,” he said.

“It has been great to work with a progressive and professional council over the past two years as planning has progressed”