MANY 6160

2013 - 2017 (This project is now complete)

Activation Partner: Sirona Property

Size: 20,000SQM

Use: Retail, gallery & maker spaces

MANY 6160 was a retail, makerspace, studio, gallery, and events space giving rise to some of Perth and Fremantle’s most exciting and talented people. Envisaged as the meanwhile use for an old department store readying for redevelopment, MANY 6160 was only ever temporary. It was 20,000m2 of re-activated floorspace in the heart of Fremantle. Housing over 120 tenants at it’s peak, the project was a world of buzzing creative energy.

More importantly, MANY 6160 was shown to have reduced vandalism, deterred local crime, and contributed a 10x economic benefit back into the local community; that is, every dollar spent on this project was re-paid ten times over its useful life. From a research study that we recently undertook, we found that there is an enormous benefit from being co-located in working spaces.

The collaborative nature of this project allowed for people to maximise opportunity, support, foot traffic, resident skills, and marketing, and we believe that this is the successful working model for future developments. During its tenure, we were able to ‘graduate’ over 25 tenants into Fremantle and its surrounding areas as long-term viable businesses.