Mandurah hospitality owners have been left gobsmacked by a decision to give Shelter Brewing Co “cheap” rent if a proposed business plan for a foreshore site is approved. The proposed business plan, currently advertised by the City of Mandurah, would see the operators of Shelter Brewing Co pay $2 for peppercorn rent for the first two years, which is standard when a commercial property is in its construction phase. This would be followed by $103,350 in the third year, which would exponentially increase by more than $50,000 every year.
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It is drastically lower than what others are paying,” a local venue manager who did not wish to be named said. “I find it disgusting that this has been offered to a business outside of Mandurah. “The rates of Mandurah locals are going up to subsidise out-of-towners while venues here are given no support.
” Bar Therapy and Little Stiller owner Jiah Minife said he was upset at the lack of support from the council to help local hospitality businesses. “It seems like a deal of a lifetime,” he said. “It is a very difficult situation in hospitality in Mandurah and there is not a lot of help or infrastructure to help local hospitality businesses to actually kick on a.