Paradise Lakes Willawong: From Oxley Ck sandmine to 280 homes
A southwest Brisbane suburb previously best-known for its tip is set for a transformation under this nine-stage, $130m development.
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Construction is set to begin next month on the first batch of homes contained within a planned 55ha, nine-stage, 280-dwelling development worth $130m on the site of a former sand-mine on the banks of Oxley Ck in a suburb previously best-known for its tip.
Uniland Pty Ltd, head by director Herbert Zhou, first purchased land at 179 Paradise Rd Willawong in 2009, but it has taken more than a decade for its approvals to be finalised and work to begin on Paradise Lakes.
Earthworks and landscaping for Stage 1, comprising 37 blocks of land of which 33 are sold, was completed last month, while a development application has just been lodged with Brisbane City Council to install a 6m street sculpture as an ‘entrance statement’ at 204 Learoyd Rd.
Construction on the first houses, on blocks which range from 405 sqm – 830 sqm, is scheduled to begin in February, with earthworks on Stage 2 due from early-March onwards.
Ultimately, a new thoroughfare, Waters Rd, will link the development to Learoyd Rd, which is where the display home will be located from mid-2021 onwards.
Director Herbert Zhou described the waterfront site of the development as a “hidden jewel”, teeming with wildlife and greenery within a natural bushland setting.
The name Paradise Lakes comes from four lakes created by sand-miners in the site’s previous life.
33ha of bushland and the lakes have been rehabilitated by Uniland and will be over to council as part of BCCs $100m Oxley Creek Transformation Project, a 20km recreation trail from the Brisbane River at Tennyson to a new nature-based adventure parkland, called Warril Parkland, in Larapinta.
An additional part of the site, to be known as Paradise Lakes Parkland, will by planned by council in the near future.
The transformation project, started in 2017 with a 20-year lifespan, also plans to rehabilitate Archerfield Wetlands, a former industrial precinct and wastewater treatment site, and create a Bird Sanctuary at Oxley Creek Common, transforming it into a world-renowned birdwatching destination.
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