The proposed timeline for the $1 billion Gabba redevelopment has been set, as the 2032 Olympic Games bid ramps up, and there’s a big change in store for Mt Coot-tha in the process. The iconic Gabba could be redeveloped between the 2025 and 2029 Ashes series and in time for a Brisbane 2032 Olympics, bid planners have…
Gold Coast luxury project sells out in six months as locals pile in
Queensland developers Chris and Letitia Vitale have capitalised on a post-COVID-19 shift in the Gold Coast apartment market from investors to downsizing owner-occupiers after selling all 84 upmarket residences in a $450 million mL”ed-use development within six months. The Vitales notched up $231 million off-the-plan sales across their twin-tower project at Burleigh Heads since launching…
City Golf Course to Become Biggest Park in 50 Years
Victoria Park’s transformation into a public park will begin in July with 45 ha of green space to be delivered to the community. The 18-hole golf course will close at the end of next month before work begins to create the “biggest new park in 50 years”, according to Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner. “We…
Tower Proposed for Brisbane Italian Club Site
The Italian Club of Brisbane will be remembered in the design of a 15-storey residential building planned to replace the club in Teneriffe. The second stage of Cavcorp’s Le Bain development on 10-20 Wyandra Street will be known as “Italian Club” to honour the owner of the site, the ANFE Italian Club, and its support…
Could the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts precinct be giving Chevron Island a ‘new lease of life’?
John Pernell says HOTA and the green bridge are the catalyst for the revitalisation. (ABC Gold Coast: Julie Clift) It is no secret that Chevron Island on the Gold Coast has been on struggle street in recent years. In early 2020, it was described as a ghost town, and when COVID-19 took hold in Australia windows along the…
Locations of Brisbane’s third, fourth new green bridges revealed
The third and fourth planned green bridges across the Brisbane River will connect West End and the old ABC site in Toowong, as well as Orleigh Park in West End and Guyatt Park in St Lucia. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner revealed the chosen construction sites on Tuesday morning, with the new river crossings to cater…