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"Supertown" Plan for Coomera
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Source: Courier Mail
A town the size of Southport and with more shops than Pacific Fair has
been given the green light at Coomera.
The rezoning of land around Dreamworld owned by the park's operator
Macquarie Leisure Trust has been approved under the new town plan
which was given the go-ahead by the Queensland Government this week.
Area councillor and Planning (North) chairman David Power yesterday
said the area would form the heart of the Coast's northern growth
corridor and service residents from Beenleigh to Nerang.
"This will be the focal point to that growth corridor," he said. "The
approval of the rezoning is something which many which many people
have been waiting for some time."
He said that the package of land also included that owned by Hoko
Jitsugoyo, making it a 60 hectare mixed use area, including a
residential component.
It would be a true town centre with retail areas forming part of the
streetscape, similar to Southport rather than a single major shopping
centre, he said.
"The whole of that core area, including the residential component, is
about the same size as the Brisbane CBD (Central Business District),"
he said.
The retail space available is about 100,000 square metres. "Pacific
Fair's retail space runs at about 85,000 square metres. The whole area
will be as large, if not larger than Southport in terms of its mixed use
capacity."
Cr Power said the town centre would cater for a 'very significant'
population. This had always been the plan for the area. "This was
always going to happen here," he said.
"There is a train station that cost about $9 million sitting in the
very heart of the town centre and it has always been our understanding
that this was going to be there."
He hopped that the rezoning approval would allow the landowners to
move forward with their plans for the area. "We would like to see them
assessed and approved so we can see the direction of the area in terms
of design and perhaps start thinking about a timeframe," he said.
Greg Shaw, CEO of Omni Leisure Operations, which operates the
Macquarie Leisure Trust, yesterday said he had been working on gaining
the rezoning approval and had no concrete plans for the site yet.
He said there would be a significant, regional shopping centre on the
35 hectare parcel owned by Macquarie, along with other town centre
facilities such as a library and community centre.
The rezoning was a huge win for Macquarie, taking the land the value
of the land from $12 million to $21 million.
He said that the area was the fastest growing in Australia and the
city council would need to find funding to deliver the infrastructure
needed by new residents.
"We need to be able to create the facilities that an area like that
needs," he said. It will mean building libraries, community centres,
additional schools and certainly improving public transport, these are
the challenges council is facing."
"There are some initiatives we are planning at this time to bring
forward the infrastructure that is required and have it in place
before the development takes place."
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Jacqui Thompson
Telephone - 0413 189 735
International - +61-413-189-735
Greater Coomera Real Estate
PO Box 1276
Oxenford, Queensland, 4210
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