McDonald’s talks with Shoreline over plans for Redland Bay fast food outlet

Talks have been held about building a McDonald’s fast food outlet in southern Redland Bay, where work is slated to start next month on a new sewerage treatment plant.

Talks have been held about building a McDonald’s fast food outlet in southern Redland Bay, where work is slated to start next month on a new sewerage treatment plant.

The once-small village of Redland Bay will not be getting a fast-food drive-through any time soon but plans have been discussed for a McDonald’s restaurant in southern Redland Bay.

Developer Fox & Bell said two housing blocks on Marine St, adjoining the newly opened $25 million Redland Bay Shopping Village, were not earmarked for a McDonald’s drive-through.

Fox & Bell managing director Greg Bell said the plans were to keep the village vibe in Redland Bay, despite the massive Woolworths store which opened last month.

Developers Fox & Bell, who built a massive Woolworths complex in Redland Bay Village, said a McDonald’s outlet will not be built in the village and the fast food chain would likely go in the Shoreline housing estate on the foreshore further south.

He said the two housing blocks were likely to be transformed into a medical centre but no decision was likely before the end of the year.

He said this week’s talks with McDonald’s were preliminary and the restaurant chain was interested in opening in Fox & Bell’s proposed Shoreline town centre to be built south of the Redland Bay Shopping Village.

No site had been selected for the McDonald’s outlet but Mr Bell said the Shoreline town centre would include its own supermarket, despite being less than 6km from the new full-line Woolies at Redland Bay Village.

“We have been talking to Macca’s this week but not for Redland Bay Village, for the town centre at Shoreline which will be built in southern Redland Bay,” Mr Bell said.

“I don’t think that the Redland Bay village is an appropriate place for a McDonald’s and I want to see that centre nurtured for local businesses.

“Out on the main road in the future Shoreline centre — that would be fine and appropriate.

“McDonald’s this week wanted time frames for Shoreline but I don’t have those time frames at this point — they will be somewhat dependent on demand.”

Work will start on a sewerage treatment plant on the Logan River in the next month.

Mr Bell said the Shoreline town centre and the McDonald’s would be built on the eastern, waterfront, side of Serpentine Creek Rd (also known as Beenleigh Redland Bay Rd), where he said he planned “exceptional parks” and the state was already spruiking a primary school.

A new high school, not next to the proposed state primary school, was also planned for Shoreline but was yet to be announced.

Mr Bell said plans for a $60 million sewerage treatment plant to service the 3000-lot Shoreline estate were progressing, with ground works expected to start in the next month.

He said the Lendlease construction would take about a year with the final facility being handed back to Redland City Council to own and manage.

He said Lendlease would recoup its expenditure for the plant from sewerage infrastructure charges and the state had given a $15 million loan.