Buildings

BP's Plan Big New Buildings In Central Suva

Prom Our Own Correspondent TWO substantial new buildings are to be erected in central I Suva by Burns Philp (South Sea* Co. Ltd. lOn the now vacant site of McDonald’s Hotel in Victoria Parade (a 1952 hurricane casualty) BP’s will buid a two-storeyed, tl shaped block of shops and offices extending from the Bank of New Zealand almost to the Victoria Cafe

building.

A patio, or central court, will be an unusual feature for Suva. A vivid tropical garden is planned for the middle of the court, and round it will be 14 shops protected by a verandah.

I The patio will be 50 ft across.

B On the Victoria Parade frontage there will be three large shops and two arcades giving access to the central court.

I Offices will be on the second floor.

I The second new building, which will house BP’s motor and tractor sales departments, will be built on the firm’s land in Princes Street, opposite the big headquarters Ibuilding and on a corner facing the

Metropole Hotel.

With a tall decorative pylon as its central exterior feature, this building will incorporate a large showroom, a general display section, spare parts department and offices.

A large room at the rear is marked on the plan “for future develop ment.”