Braddon-style pop-up to bring new life to ANU

ANU has unveiled details of a new Braddon-style Pop-up village, featuring some iconic Canberra businesses, which will operate during the $220 million revitalisation of Union Court. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt welcomed two of the new food vendors to ANU and released plans for the Pop-up, which will link the University and the Canberra city. The Pop-up will open in mid-2017 and promises to give ANU and the wider Canberra community a lively new precinct with eateries, a bar, retail shops, services and live music and events. It will also feature a new medium-size live music venue for local, interstate and international bands and artists. "Right here, where we stand today, we are undertaking a $220-million revitalisation project for the heart of the ANU campus," Professor Schmidt said. "While we are undertaking this revitalisation project we are installing a temporary Pop-up village which will serve as the heart of the campus from mid-2017 through to early 2019 when the revitalisation is completed. "The new Pop-up will be a vibrant new location where the ANU and the wider Canberra community can come together." Central to the Pop-up will be the new bar to be managed by The Burley Group, who run Walt and Burley and Betti Bravo.