Gold Coast development: Where city’s newest pub will be built

Plans have been unveiled for the Glitter Strip’s newest pub, which will be built in an unexpected location.

PLANS have been unveiled for the Glitter Strip’s newest pub, to be built at the old Gold Coast Hospital site.

The 1000 sqm establishment will be run by the Goodtime Pub Group and will be a key piece of the $500 million Queen Street Village development’s first stage.

Artist impression of a proposed tavern at Queen Street Village, the old Gold Coast Hospital site in Southport

Due to be finished in May next year the pub will feature:

* A bistro

* Sports bar

* Dedicated gaming room

* Outdoor dining.

The tavern will cover 1000 sqm

The first sod of the Queen Street Village project was turned in central Southport earlier this week.

The first stage of the mixed-use project will also include a four-storey shopping and entertainment centre that will include an IGA supermarket, Asian food court, two drive-through fast-food eateries and an 11-screen, 1000-seat Dendy ­cinema complex.

One of the fast-food restaurants.

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Construction has also begun on Accor Group’s 17-storey Mercure Hotel which will be targeted at the business market.

It will have 230 rooms, a rooftop bar and restaurant and is expected to open late next year.

The old hospital site will ultimately feature seven towers ranging from 16-25 storeys, a shopping centre and a $120 million two-tower retirement facility.

The first stage of the project will open mid-next year.

The development is being built on the former site of the Gold Coast Hospital which closed in late 2013 and demolished in 2015.

Construction was expected to begin in 2018 but was delayed.