Premier and Member for Brisbane Central, Peter Beattie, said today the Kelvin Grove Urban Village was one of several major Smart State projects giving back to Queenslanders parts of their capital city that were previously off-limits.Mr Beattie was at the Open Day at the Urban Village marking the project's fifth anniversary.
"The Kelvin Grove Urban Village is revitalising more than 16ha of land that will eventually contain around 1000 dwellings just 2kms from the Brisbane CBD," Mr Beattie said.
"The Urban Village project, together with other state government 'brownfields' schemes such as Roma Street Parkland and the proposed North Bank redevelopment are returning to the community prime inner-city spaces that were previously largely off-limits to the general public.
"The inclusion of residential projects such as those at the Kelvin Grove Urban Vilage and the apartment developments opposite Roma Street Parkland that will be home to around 900 people, reflecting the urban consolidation goals of our SEQ regional planning process."
Mr Beattie said in its first five years, the Kelvin Grove Urban Village has grown to be a world-class 'brownfields' project - having revitalised more than 16ha of land surrounding the former Gona Barracks.
"The purchase of the 7ha barracks site by the Department of Housing in 2000 kicked off the project in partnership with QUT, using other state government land and university holdings to build an $800 million master-planned community over a 10-years," he said.
"This is truly a Smart State project - bringing together the best ideas of the private and public sectors to develop residential, educational and research, retail, commercial, and recreational facilities and taking advantage of existing transport routes as well as recently established links such as the inner-northern busway.
"The Urban Village will eventually contain a range of housing from low-cost student accommodation and managed seniors units through to penthouse apartments.
"One of the significant dividends to the wider community will be more than 130 units of affordable housing being developed through four projects being undertaken by the Brisbane Housing Company."
Projects already begun or planned at the Village include:
- the $120 million Village Centre being developed by Indigo and containing 213 apartments as well as retail outlets and eateries - a $22 million Campus Living project housing 370 students in 108 apartments - four projects by the not-for-profit Brisbane Housing Company - a joint venture by the Queensland Government and the Brisbane City Council. The BHC has started a $5 million 32-unit project and a $6 million 42-unit complex. Its four developments at Kelvin Grove Urban Village will provide a total of more than 130 units of affordable acommodation. - the Pask Group's 48-unit project worth $20 million - the $23 million Village Edge by the Badcock Wright joint venture containing seven three-storey townhouses and 27 two and three-bedroom apartments - a $70 million facility on QUT land by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service - 125 serviced seniors' units in a $22 million project by SunnyCove - QUT's $60 million Creative Industries Precinct and its $50 million Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation - the relocated La Boite Theatre's new $4.4 million 400-seat theatre in the round house.
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