Proposed shopping complex in Petrie offers supermarket, tavern, gym, dorms, offices and more
Suburban shopping and commercial complex set to revitalise the heart of the CBD.
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PLANS for a multimillion-dollar retail complex that will transform the heart of a suburban CBD north of Brisbane are moving ahead.
Longfield Land Company Pty Ltd has applied to build a Woolworths supermarket, shops, a 160-room dorm, tavern, childcare centre, office, gym, health centre and more on the old Village Motors site in Petrie.
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“Providing a revitalised Petrie CBD area with a variety and mix of land use types within it and surrounding it will mean people can live, work, and play near to their residence,” a council spokesman said.
“This will reduce car demand and promote alternative modes of transport.”
The site, owned by Village Motors director Marlene Newcombe under the name Colbury Pty Ltd, is within walking distance to Petrie train station and the USC Moreton Bay campus.
“The development supports student living, with easy access to the on-site supermarket, cafe, tavern, gym, medical practitioners and retail shops and in proximity to existing shops, restaurants and services within the surrounding area,” the planning report stated.
To recognise the cultural and heritage value of Anzac Ave, the developer is proposing to build a massive “Anzac Memorial Wall” on the facade of one of the buildings displaying the names of fallen soldiers from the Petrie area.
Elements of the complex will also pay homage to the role the old Petrie Paper Mill had on the area.
The applicant is still in discussions with Moreton Bay Regional Council over some aspects of the development, and has yet to be approved.
The development proposes realigning Whites Rd to create a fourth leg at the existing Anzac Ave/Youngs Rd signalised intersection, with access off Whites Rd.
A Traffic Impact Assessment stated the complex would create an additional 329 “trips” on the road during the evening weekday peak hour.
It said the development was not expected to have an “adverse impact” on traffic in the area, with an extra 5 per cent delay for road users expected.
There are 281 general parking bays proposed in two basement levels, as well as additional parking for disability (six spaces), parents (10), staff (15), office (32) and space set aside for “click and collect” and a car wash.
Seventeen retail tenancies, a tavern and the supermarket, with adjoining liquor outlet, are proposed for the ground floor and are connected via an enclosed “mall”.
The first floor includes the child care centre, swim school and a cafe/restaurant.
It would be built in three stages with a six-storey office building in Stage 2 and the nine-storey dorm accommodation in Stage 3.
The complex was designed by i2c Architects, and aims to “immerse itself in a city building block”.
“All of the individual elements have been designed to coexist on the same site and work as one development that strengthens the community urban realm within the ground and first floor level,” i2c stated on its website.
The development falls within The Mill at Moreton Bay Priority Development Area (PDA) Place 1: Mill Central.
It is permissible development under the PDA.