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First look at Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics athletes’ village
By Matt Dennien
The Queensland government has released concept images of its 2032 Olympic athletes’ village, which it hoped would do for the Northshore Hamilton area what Expo ’88 did for South Bank.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the more than 10,000-bed village construction on the largely industrial site, about six kilometres from the Brisbane CBD and within a longstanding state priority development area, would rejuvenate the land and crystallise the long-term plan.
An artist’s impressions of the proposed athletes’ village for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.
“It will boost an already popular precinct - home to landmarks such as Portside, Eat Street Markets, and Alcyone Hotel, and some of Brisbane’s best waterfront living,” Mr Miles said.
“Northshore’s prime waterfront location, proximity to the CBD and competition and training venues, let alone transport connections, make it an ideal location – even after the Games are over.
“The Olympics will do for Northshore Hamilton what Expo ’88 did for South Bank.”
After the Games, the village would deliver a number of residential living options including aged care, retirement living, social and affordable housing, key worker, hotels, build-to-rent and market accommodation, Mr Miles said.
The proposed athletes’ village for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.
The state land is owned by Economic Development Queensland and was identified in International Olympic Committee documents released in February, alongside an international broadcast centre which has already caused squabbling between state government and Brisbane City Council.
Economic Development Queensland recently awarded $14 million of work to BMD Constructions for three new roads and upgrades to two others, along with services and landscaping at Northshore’s eastern end.
Mr Miles said Northshore was also set to house a proposed new biomedical facility for Vaxxas to manufacture needle-free vaccines, which could be used for COVID-19.
A development scheme for the Northshore Hamilton PDA is under the final stages of review and will be opened for public comment this year.
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