Project overview
The City of Canada Bay is working on an $80 million community recreation centre in the heart of Rhodes.
Work is progressing well on our $80 million Rhodes Recreation Centre, scheduled to open in late 2025.
Located within the Rhodes Central residential tower at 34 Walker Street, the facility underpins a $97 million investment into community infrastructure in Rhodes.
The 9,000-square-metre facility will feature:
- A gym/health club with cardio equipment, a weights area, group fitness rooms, a terrace and a creche
- 2 full-scale indoor sports courts
- A gymnastics centre
- An early learning centre
- Bookable community spaces
- An espresso bar, and more.
Artist's impression of Rhodes Recreation Centre.
Layout
Spread across three levels, Rhodes Recreation Centre will be home to several community facilities.
Basement
- Underground carpark, accessible via 34 Walker Street
Level One
- 70-place early learning centre
- Coffee and food kiosk
- Community lounge
- Bookable community space
- 2x allied health providers
- Public amenities
Second floor
- A gym/health club with cardio equipment, a weights area, group fitness rooms, and a terrace
- 2x indoor multi-use sports courts with a viewing mezzanine
- 2x allied health providers
- Gymnastics Centre
- Crèche
- Community lounge
- Amenities
Project background
In 2014, the City of Canada Bay entered into a Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) with the developers of the Rhodes West Station Precinct: Walker Street Development and Billbergia.
A VPA is an agreement where a developer agrees to provide or fund public amenities, public services, affordable housing or other infrastructure as a condition of their development.
Under the Rhodes West Station Precinct VPA, the developer has committed to a $97 million investment into community infrastructure, including the delivery of the $80 million Rhodes Recreation Centre.
