Five new precincts being built as part of the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project will be a catalyst for up to $20 billion of economic development over 10 to 15 years and the jobs that come with it. The areas around five of the stations – Roma Street, Albert Street, Boggo Road, Woolloongabba and…
Cross River Rail: Everything You Need to Know
Construction on Queensland’s biggest infrastructure project, the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail is quickly taking shape. When realised, the Queensland government-led project will comprise a 10.2 kilometre rail line which will run from Dutton Park in Brisbane’s southern suburbs to Bowen Hills in the city’s north, with a 5.9 kilometre-tunnel under the CBD. The project, overseen by…
Queensland’s most expensive houses: Gold Coast beachfront mansion sells for $25 million
One of the Gold Coast’s premier beachfront mansions has just sold for a jaw-dropping $25 million, equalling Queensland’s most expensive property on record. The luxurious abode – which takes up a whopping 40-metre slice of ocean frontage at 2 Heron Avenue in Mermaid Beach – is home to former AFL player and now property developer…
Two towers become one in Australian architectural feat in Brisbane
An environmentally sustainable project will link two buildings in the heart of Brisbane to avoid knocking them down, in what is considered to be an Australian first. The Midtown Centre development will merge together two former government office buildings at 155 Charlotte Street and 150 Mary Street. Architects have called it the first full “building…
How Cross River Rail will change peak hour commutes
Queensland’s biggest infrastructure project will take almost 50,000 people off choked roads and cut morning peak hour train waiting times to five minutes on crucial lines serving the Gold and Sunshine coasts and Ipswich. The $5.4 billion Cross River Rail – an underground link from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills – will end the rail…
Gold Coast Apartment Sales Pick Up, Supply Falls Off
The Gold Coast apartment market has transitioned into the Covid-19 crisis in a much better position than it was going into the global financial crisis, planning and advisory firm Urbis says. In its latest quarterly survey, Urbis found that the Gold Coast market was tracking well, recording 265 sales in the first quarter of 2020,…