Alma Road is a busy retail civic centre with a collection of single storey and two storey commercial/retail premises. The centre lacks architectural cohesion with a mix of the historic grand corner gesture of the old Savoy Theatre and the humble vernacular of the 1930 through to the 1990s with few unifying features. Comprising of 17 units over three levels above a ground floor commercial tenancy and basement carpark, the development proposes to retain six attached brick fronted shops which step down Alma Rd frontage and help form the Alma Rd, Regent St corner that is the beginning of the civic precinct. The residential component is organised around central landscaped courtyard, providing outlook and communal recreation areas for residents.