The Brisbane City Council has held initial discussions with Mirvac at the start of June 2022 about the future plans for the site and the redevelopment opportunities moving forward, as the local community raises concerns.
In an announcement published on the local Councillor’s Facebook page, Adam Allan from the Northgate Ward outlined that concerned residents had been seeking information on the future of the Toombul site, now that a decision has been made to demolish the existing structure.
“In recent weeks, and over the weekend, residents have asked me about what might happen on the Toombul site in the future, now that a decision has been made to demolish the existing structure”.
“The site is zoned Major Centre zoning under the Brisbane City Plan 2014”.“This type of zoning provides for a wide range of uses including retail, commercial, residential, entertainment, government, residential care, retirement, and community uses to name some”.“While Mirvac are only be in the early stages of their planning on the future of the site the uses above provide a high level guide of some potential uses”.
“There will be some outcomes from the site that Brisbane City Council will be keen to see delivered or retained such as a bus interchange, public space, better connectivity, improved flood resilience, a better interface to Kedron Brook,” he said.
“I met with Mirvac executives last week to have an initial discussion about their plans”.“There will be many discussions between Council’s Development Services team and Mirvac over coming months as their plans for the site are formulated,” he said.
Adrian Schrinner, Lord Mayor for Brisbane City Council weighed in on the fair treatment of flood affected tenancies and explained on 4BC (26 May) that for the redevelopment to be approved at the Toombul site, Mirvac must ‘jump through a lot of hoops’ and it will not be a simple process.
“They’re going to have to jump through a lot of hoops because of the flood-affected nature of the site”.“They must be able to demonstrate it’s flood-resilient and also, most importantly, won’t worsen flooding for other people in the area”.
“What I want to see is those tenants that were flood-affected, and now have been basically told there’s no more business there, they need to be treated fairly”.“There’s state legislation that can help protect these tenants, so we’ll be talking about that as well to make sure they get fair treatment.”
It was also discussed that the surfaced Master Plan and concept sketches visible on Leonard Design Architects’ website were from 2017. The plans have since been removed from the website.
The full interview with 4BC is below or here
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– Media Release: Adam Allan Mirvac Meeting Announcement
– Media Release: Adam Allan Mirvac Negotiations for Bus Hub
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