North Lakes is a booming hub and award-winning masterplan community 25km north of Brisbane and now it will also be home to the first Queensland site for the American chain Costco superstore. There has been ongoing resistance from Westfield, as they are currently the largest shopping centre in the area, but now government approval means…
In March this year, the NSW Government revealed their biggest ever housing supply program, to deliver 172,000 new homes across Sydney to keep up with population growth and demand. The new homes will mean thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars spent on new transport infrastructure. The announcement direct from the Government’s website includes: 27,400…
SOUTH-EAST Queensland is on track to eclipse Melbourne’s suburban sprawl to become Australia’s second-largest metropolitan area within 50 years. Civic leaders say that based on the population projections, the Gold Coast will need an extra 8000 jobs every year to keep unemployment down and the city thriving. The Business GC Economic Development Strategy 2010 has…
THE Gold Coast residential market is critically undersupplied and needs about 35 new dwellings built per working day to cater for the population boom, according to an independent analyst. Speaking recently at Hope Island, Brisbane-based Michael Matusik said drastic measures need to be taken by local authorities to stimulate development to house the 16,700 new…
Another 754,000 homes will be needed in Queensland’s southeast corner, with the population expected to grow from 2.8 to 4.4 million by the early 2030s, a new report says. Queensland’s Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe released the updated South East Queensland Regional Plan in Brisbane on Tuesday. The plan will govern how Australia’s fastest-growing region is…
A community hub for Robina is on the agenda for the Gold Coast City Council budget talks according to the Gold Coast Sun Newspaper. The Gold Coast City Council will contribute $5.4 million to the project as part of its $100 million infrastructure stimulus package. The council believes that the rapid growth of Robina’s population…
