Lane Cove Business Round Up – August to October 2024

Welcome to our Lane Cove Business Round-Up for August to October 2024.

This article is about new businesses, closed businesses, renovations, refurbishments, businesses for sale, Commercial Development Applications, and businesses that support ITC by becoming part of our Local Business Directory.

Opened

Buckle Has Opened in Artarmon HQ

Buckle is named after Frank Buckle, a renowned first-grade cricketer who became a respected industrial architect responsible for designing the heritage Home HQ Artarmon Building.

The venue now houses Buckle Cafe Distillery, which opened on Tuesday, 22nd October. The 150-seater venue is inside a glass atrium alongside the heritage-listed Artarmon Home HQ site at 1 Frederick Street.

The cocktail bar and eatery will offer a menu featuring a mix of classic eats. For brunch, customers can choose from a Bacon and Egg Roll, Avocado On Toast, Corn Fritters, an Acai Bowl, and more.

From noon to dinner, the menu switches to a more hearty offering, including a Falafel Bowl, a Reuben sandwich, Tomato Penne Pasta, Rump Steak, and more.

Buckle has engaged James Peters—a young and passionate mixologist who’s worked in high-energy bars and premium cafes, including The Glasshouse Artarmon and Acre Artarmon—to create a cocktail list featuring standard favourites like the Buckle x Black Market Espresso Martini (Buckle Vodka, Black Market Cold Brew, Coffee Liqueur) and house exclusives such as the Spiced Honey Daiquiri (Spiced Black Rum, Honey, Lime).

A sister venue and bistro, Depot Brewery, is due to open its doors in late November.

You can follow them on Instagram here.

Coffee Brewing House

Coffee Brewing House has opened in Lane Cove North on Mowbray Road North in the premises previously occupied by Mowbrew.

 

Sushi Train

Sushi Train has opened in Lane Cove.  It’s between Subway and BFT on Birdwood Ave (across from The Alcott).

Structural Chiropractic

A new chiropractor has opened in the old Chiropractic Central suite at Suite D 161 Burns Bay Road (near Burns Bay Road IGA). It is called Structural Chiropractic, and its founder is Dr Marc Villaescusa. You can follow them on Instagram here.

Johnny Gio’s

Johnny Gio’s Pizza opened on Tuesday, 20 August 2024.  They are located in the Harris Farm Markets building.

Picklepulse

To find out more, click here.

Pedal Powered Smoothies

Lane Cove local Connie has launched a pedal-powered smoothie business. It is a mobile smoothie business where you make the smoothie with pedal power. A pedal power smoothie station is fun to include at events, expos, corporate functions, activations, or cocktail parties. More information is here.

ITC has just heard about Gladesville Gymnastics Club which is a not-for-profit association.

There are a few Lane Cove locals who have children now attend the club and would love to see moire locals join the Fun.

Gladesville Gymnastics Club has a proud 40-year history in the Gladesville/Ryde community. The Club provides quality gymnastics and acrobatics programs for all abilities, from beginner to international level, staffed by professionally qualified coaches.

Previously known as Gladesville RSL Gymnastics, they are a not for profit association whose purpose is:
👉 to encourage, teach, develop and promote gymnastics to children, young people & adults of all abilities in a healthy, fun, stimulating and safe environment
👉 to provide a range of gym sports & a range of other activities as deemed appropriate by the Management Committee to meet the needs of the community
👉 to create a collaborative and respectful environment in which all the gym sports and activities offered are valued and supported
👉 to benefit the physical, mental and social well-being of the members and develop values of sportsmanship and good citizenship through the activities of the Club
👉 to support gymnasts to achieve their full potential to the highest level they are capable of, including competitive gymnastics should this be their goal
👉 to seek additional funding & sponsorship from individuals and other organisations

KX Pilates Lane Cove studio has undergone new management with a new fitout and as such we would love to inform the beautiful locals of Lane Cove and surrounds.

We have a great introductory offer of 5 classes for $60 (valid for 2 weeks). If possible, please let me know how we can get the ball rolling for this and what next steps might be. Happy to send through collateral and captions if needed for the posts or work through with your team if there are certain requirements to be met.

Wades Pharmacy

Meet Sorya Pordeli, the new owner of Wade Pharmacy on Burns Bay Road (near Zapparellis Pizza , Stuart Leal Gallery and Switch Physio Lane Cove).

She is excited to be in Lane Cove, and when we were at the pharmacy, she was in the compounding room – not many pharmacies these days are compounding pharmacies.

She has taken over from Phil and Janet Wade, who celebrated 40 years as Lane Cove pharmacists on 24 March 2024.

Please pop in and say hi to Sorya. The whole burns bay shopping area on Burns Bay Road (we did have a huge discussion once now what it should be called) is a really good destination as it has an IGA, doctors surgery, a dentist, a physio, @northside speech pathology.

Gelatissimo Lane Cove has had a glow-up. Check out their new signage and the fresh touch of paint in the store. They’re all fresh and bright for spring and ready for (hopefully) consistently warmer days.

IGA Burns Bay Road

Meet Nawaz the new owner of IGA Lane Cove, located on Burns Bay Road (near Zapparellis Pizza, Stuart Leal Gallery and Switch Physio Lane Cove)

Nawaz has been in charge of the business for two weeks, and he told ITC that his mission is to increase the amount of fresh produce, and the Deli cabinet has been restocked.

He would love you to come in, say hi, and tell him what you want to see in IGA Lane Cove.

One of the benefits of shopping at IGA Lane Cove is that you can have a cuppa before you shop. They do have great New York-style sandwiches—ITC Fav is number 3.

Wok Passion on Longueville Road has closed. Lane Cove residents who like Malaysian Chinese cuisine will be disappointed.

 Milestones and Awards

Businesses For Sale/Retail Premises For Lease

Are you looking to run a cocktail bar in Lane Cove? – click here for further details

Do you want to run a restaurant in Lane Cove? – click here for further details

Do you want to run a laser clinic in Lane Cove? – click here for further details

For lease – shop facing the Canopy – click here for further details

For Lease – would you like to lease the old real estate office on Kenneth Street near Jack & Co? – email here for further details.

Developments

Development 1A Epping Road Lane Cove North

Several readers have asked about the development at 1A Epping Road, where the old Sydney City Motorcycles business was located. The old building has been demolished, and a new one containing 70 serviced apartments will be constructed. The building is part 3-story and part 4-story above the existing ground level, and it will include 21 parking spaces, two accessible spaces, one motorcycle space, and six bicycle racks at the basement level.  See our cover photo.

The Old Country Comfort Inn to Be Redeveloped Into a 43 Unit Apartment Building

The Sydney North Planning Panel (SNPP) approved a 43-unit development at 1 Gatacre Avenue and 5 Allison Avenue Lane Cove on October 4, 2024. The development will include two levels of basement parking and 85 parking spaces.

The Lane Cove Council and the Land and Environment Court have rejected previous apartment designs —read more here.

The SNPP noted:

“The panel concurs with Council that the proposal for dwellings within a high-density residential standard environment while providing appropriate designs, setbacks and landscaping to mitigate impacts to the adjoining R2 zone.  The design responds to the challenging topographic restraints of the site, and the built form appropriately steps with the streetscape transition.”

Lane Cove Business Directory

The following businesses are now listed in our Local Business Directory.

Subway