Brisbane development
Top Brisbane school wants playing fields – not units – at riverside site
The school is hoping to override Queensland government plans to build thousands of new apartments on the former factory site on the banks of the Brisbane River.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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Not just for 2032: Plea for a future-proof Queensland rail system
Engineers have warned infrastructure for the 2032 Olympic Games must be designed and delivered with the next half-century in mind.
- Cameron Atfield
How this urban regeneration brought people back and made it safe after 5pm
Ipswich’s Nicholas Street Precinct has won multiple awards, but an architect involved says the biggest reward is seeing locals treat the space as their own.
- Dominique Tassell
‘South Bank 2.0’ was called a white elephant. The new plan has its critics too
The once-popular proposal to transform the former glass manufacturing site into South Bank 2.0 appears to be dead in the water.
- William Davis
Gutted hotel set for restoration ... and a high-rise tower
The 136-year-old Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba has been in ruins since it first caught fire in 2010.
- William Davis
South Brisbane set for more apartments as skyscraper rules renewed
Plans to rapidly develop the area have frustrated some residents, who believe it is being overcrowded while infrastructure lags behind.
- William Davis
Tallest tower outside CBD approved for construction at 205 metres
The biggest of the three buildings would be the tallest outside the CBD – and among the tallest in Brisbane outright.
- William Davis
Thousands of extra homes to be built in plan to transform inner Brisbane suburbs
Up to 16,000 new homes will be permitted within the 106-hectare area, taking in parts of four suburbs.
- William Davis
‘It’s going to stretch budgets’: The affordability paradox for Brisbane’s growth corridor schools
Housing incentives have set off a housing boom predicted to hit south of Brisbane in the near future. Can schools keep up with it?
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Designs for ‘original’ riverfront apartments seeking $9.5 million unveiled
Developers said the site was one of Kangaroo Point’s last riverfront blocks, and hoped the new building would add “character and prestige” to the area.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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