Demolition has started on the old All Lay Carpets & Purdue Bros buildings, on the corner of Nith and Tyne Streets to make way for the new Trampoline Park.

Co Operator & head bouncer Robyn Smart says their goal is to be open mid November, just in time for Summer and the school holidays.

Original Exclusive story by Paula published Friday 26th May below.

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Original Exclusive story by Paula published Friday 26th May below.

Exclusive: City’s Trampoline Park Plans Confirmed With New Location

Invercargill is set to have its own purpose-built trampoline park, perfectly positioned near the city centre with off street parking, including special parks for larger vehicles like campervans and vehicles with trailers.

The new location is on the corner of Nith and Tyne Sts, with the goal of opening in October.

The 1500m2, 8m-high state-of-the-art building is being built by HWR Property on premises already owned by the group, Property CEO and group director Scott O’Donnell said.

The trampoline park – will be run and managed by local business partners John and Robyn Smart, who have a long-term building lease with HWR.

Mr O’Donnell said building consent was filed this week, and didn’t expect any delays as it’s a “simple, brand new building”, Mr Smart agreed saying “it’s a new build and should be relatively smooth-sailing – I wouldn’t expect any delays”.

The purpose-built building would be built by Tuatara Structures.

John and Robyn acknowledged the delay in finalising details about the trampoline park, since first being announced in April last year, (Exclusively by whatsoninvers.nz) and said there were a number of mitigating factors.

One of which, was finding a suitable building which ticked all the boxes, including location, size, fit-out, customer parking, building shape and height, as well as compliance.

“It’s taken an exhaustive amount of time, planning and complicated work, but we wanted to ‘do it once and do it right’ and with this site and the support of the Richardson Group [HWR], we feel we can do that now,” Mr Smart said.

“In the time it has taken to get to this point, the trampoline business has experienced significant growth in New Zealand and we have worked through the safety issues, learned from existing parks and made adjustments and learned from the successes of other parks,” he said.

The building will comprise of a large and welcoming reception area, with lockers for visitor belongings and bean bags and seating for people to relax in comfort. There will also be two private party rooms with kitchens, perfect for birthday parties; between 80-90 different-sized trampolines, including Olympic-sized ones. Outside there will be landscaped gardens, and access options to on-site customer car parking including purpose-built car parks for “farmers who come to town with trailers on their vehicles,” Mr Smart said.

There would also be a mezzanine floor, overlooking the trampoline areas, where grand-parents and parents could view children and grandchildren.

The business will be operated by family and will employ casual staff, with key safety elements being taken on by those qualified, which oddly enough includes two Invercargill-based trampoline experts; one of the country’s top competitive trampoline judges and a qualified trampoline instructor, who will train staff and set the safety protocols for visitors.

“There are a lot of special and cool people doing great things around the world, who originally came from Invercargill – and it is unbelievable to have these highly-qualified trampoline people right here in the city,” Mr Smart said.

“And now with the building – this has given us the confidence. Look at the Richardson Group’s [HWR] buildings, they are modern, built to last and the design is future-proofed to not age over time.”

The trampoline park will be big enough to cater for groups, and will run programmes for children, adult and youth exercise programmes, as well as high school sport and recreation classes, there will also be a focus on supplying healthy food and drinks, to complement the physical activity offered.

The name of the park is still undecided, but whatsoninvers.nz will keep readers informed as soon as it is announced. Mr Smart said entry price was also being finalised, but affordability to groups, families, and individuals, would be key. There would be concession cards, a loyalty card programme and family discounts.

“All we are relying on now is the general public’s support to make the business a success.”

Mr O’Donnell said costs pertaining to the build was private information, but said the trampoline park building gave the company [HWR] the chance to tidy up a high profile corner-site that they owned near the city centre and the long-term arrangement worked well for both parties, because it gave the “tenants a genuine chance of success in business” without the major capital needed for a purpose-built building.

“This is a long-term lease and arrangement that works well for both parties. We’ve tidied up another corner, and hopefully it will create more action for the city centre. It’s something else for the city that is under-cover, it embraces exercise and is another new activity for families,” he said.

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