Bayside City Council selects preferred tenant for new Dendy Street Beach Pavilion cafe

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Bayside City Council selects preferred tenant for new Dendy Street Beach Pavilion cafe

October 22, 2022

Hospitality / Recreation /

Bayside City Council has proposed to grant a 15-year lease (with a six-year option) to Same Pty Ltd to operate a café within the new Dendy Street Beach Pavilion situated on is on the eastern shore of Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.

The Dendy Street Beach Pavilion café, which includes a kiosk window, is currently under construction as part of Council’s $13 million upgrade to the Dendy Beach Life Saving Pavilion. The Pavilion upgrade will ensure essential life savings facilities are fit for purpose and improve the visitor experience at the iconic Dendy Beach and Brighton Bathing Boxes.

Following a two-stage expression of interest process, Same Pty Ltd, were selected as the preferred tenant for the new café in the Dendy Street Beach Pavilion.

Under the proposed café lease, Same Pty Ltd will fund the fit-out of the café, as well as pay a commencing annual rent of $80,000, plus 7.5% of turnover above $1,000,000.

The new café proposes to serve beach visitors a range of “family friendly food and beverage options” in a welcoming environment where they can dine in or take away seven days a week. Café design elements include an additional accessible (DDA compliant) toilet facility, and natural finishes with a beachy theme – the preferred look identified through community consultation.

The proposed lease also commits to environmentally sustainable practices including preferencing compostable packaging and removing all single use plastics from takeaway packaging; encouraging keep cups; and energy-efficient appliances and practices.

Image courtesy Bayside City Council

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