The existing Buranda Village shopping centre in Woolloongabba may soon be transformed into a contemporary, mixed-use precinct that includes four residential towers.
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Vicinity Centres, the owner of the 1970s-designed shopping centre, is seeking to build four build-to-rent, multiple-dwelling towers with a maximum height of 15 storeys.
This will include a total of 627 dwellings of one, two, and three-bedroom units. It will also feature retail, dining, and entertainment activities at ground level.
The main feature of the proposed development is the provision of a subtropical public plaza at ground level. This plaza will have a total of 8,283-sqm of landscaped publicly accessible outdoor open space.
If approved, the new Buranda Village, located at 264 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba will consist of centre activities including a 3,400-sqm supermarket, cafes, restaurants, bars and shops.
“The proposed development will transform the site into a contemporary mixed-use precinct with a world-class design that is uniquely ‘Brisburban’ and based on best practice subtropical design principles,” Urbis stated in a report.
In addition to the residential dwellings, the applicant is also seeking to build three commercial towers to be used for centre activities, hotels and bars. The buildings will hold up to 50,000 sqm of commercial office space.
Meanwhile, the proposed development involves a total of 1,265 car parking spaces, 25 motorbike parking spaces and 710 bicycle spaces.
Based on the planning documents, the applicant has proposed to provide a sufficient number of on site car parking spaces ‘to meet the anticipated car parking demand associated with the proposed development.’
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The existing heritage listed ventilation shaft, which was put up in 1913 by the South Brisbane Town Council as a component of its Ipswich Road stormwater catchment system, will be retained in its current location.
However, works will be undertaken around the existing heritage shaft to make it a feature of the proposed pedestrian entry into the precinct from the corner of Cornwall Street and Ipswich Road.
The centre, which first opened in 1978, was acquired by Vicinity Centres in 2000 and last redeveloped in 2005.
For more information on Buranda Village’s redevelopment, see A005910673