Brisbane suburbs set to become ‘mini CBDs’ as city prepares for population surge
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Brisbane suburbs set to become ‘mini CBDs’ as city prepares for population surge
Posted by Combat–Wombat27
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Never mind in the render that these buildings appear to be on top of existing apartment buildings, houses, and public parks.
I don’t have a problem with this – I’d much rather tall over more urban sprawl.
BUT, there will need to also be a shitload more investment in public transport otherwise the traffic will only get worse.
“Dr Limb said he was also concerned about the cost of new housing as it came onto the market.
“These plans do not guarantee affordability. The only way affordability comes from something like this is through the idea of increased supply and that somehow that supply is going to trickle down into the market and reduce prices.”
Wait so who is this housing for? I’m muddled is it gonna be like rich person tall apartments? I thought the big problem was nobody could afford a decent place to live. Sorry would someone be so kind as to explain /gen
Why are 100k people a year moving to Brisbane?
Natural increase in Australia overall is low. The federal government are saying that overseas migration at a national level will go to less than 200k a year – historic averages. So Brisbane is expecting 50% of that migration? Or are we assuming that politics will continue to grow Australia at well above the historic rate.
I doubt that projection – seems very optimistic.
In the past 15 years Brisbane added 1M people – which included a lot of ppl moving from Victoria for lower cost of living – Brisbane is now more expensive than Melbourne, so I expect this will slow.
You also have boomer retirees moving up – but 10-15 years from now the youngest boomers will be 75-80, no I expect death rate will overly effect the natural growth rate in qld.
North lakes is already a mini CBD in terms of light industrial, medical, shopping (except high end) and food (although a little lacking, there are lots of options). It’s 20 mins to the Redcliffe beaches and on a main highway (that sometimes isn’t even blocked!). If they had an easier or more frequent bus from the train station at mango hill to the North lakes Westfield (monorail anyone?) it would be just about perfect for public transport as well.
It’s pretty well set up as the logistical hub for building projects as they start building out and filling in the corridor between north Brisbane and south Caboolture.
Once the roadworks are finished (2036 maybe?) it should be perfect ;p
Supply. Does not. Increase. Affordability.
It is *physically impossible* to build so much supply that it makes even the slightest dent on investors’ demand.
We need to get investors out and replaced by owner occupiers.
I HATE the term mini cbd. A cbd, by definition, has to be a central district of the city in which business primarily occurs! It does NOT mean that there are a few high rise apartment blocks in a decidedly non-central suburb like *Carindale*. Get it together abc
Highly bold assumption that infrastructure will not lag this population growth by like a decade or more.
Build out for the Olympics is ramping up, and somehow an already stretched construction labour force in SE QLD will *also* have to build for this growth.
More housing is good. It should eventually bring the rental price of apartments down. In Melbourne there is always decently priced apartments in te cbd and suburbs.
none of the rezoned areas other than Indro are near train stations btw
“Cities do change.” We have the option of making that change wonderful. It’s an exciting time for Brisbane but I agree we should lean into our strengths like incorporating green spaces into our infrastructure. I’m not sure how much longer the LNP is going to try to ignore public and active transport upgrades.
This all sounds amazing, but worry not, Brisbane City Council is massively overpromising and underdelivering again. The most likely outcome of this policy once it’s implemented at the time of the next ice age is no change, it’s too complicated, geographically narrow and overregulated to be usable
15 minute city conspiracy theorists about to have a field day.
I’m cool with this as a Nundah resident. I hope as density increases they run less express trains through the station.
This is a good article.
I support building upwards instead of outwards. Multi purpose buildings with residential at the top, then commercial/medical, then retail partially shifts commutes from horizontal to vertical.
But Michael and Dr. Limb are correct in highlighting that any developments need to be done in such a way that people can afford to live in them (or at least cause a correction in existing stock so people can buy and renovate). And they need to be integrated into public transport so we don’t have a corresponding basement filled with cars.
I would love to see a large tower built on the top of Mount Kynoch in Toowoomba. The views would be spectacular. On a clear day you’d see the Bunyas to the North, Main Range to the South and watch the storms break as they roll off the range towards Brisbane.
In winter it would potentially snow at the top if it was 100m tall.
Are these those 15min cities that I’m told will lock me in my suburb? That I’ll need to check with Gestapo before I can leave?
This is great, but surely along train lines aswell? I can think of so many stations in addition to indro that need upzoning.
Most places around the world develop like this , it’s not necessarily a bad or good thing it just how cities develop
How about we have a density tax, the closer you are to the city the more density is expected, and if you fall shot of that density you get taxed proportionally to how far short you are of the density. You can still have your retired Boomers in their Paddington Palace but it’ll cost you… But that six-pack at Kedron you’re good for density tax.
High density housing is all good and well but unsure whether or not strata laws & strata management is good enough
They really should cap Brisbane , Sunshine Coast and Goldcoast population to what it is and be forced to build out west. There’s so much land not even used for anything .
Ewwww. Bris sucks these days.
The more affordable (lol) housing isn’t in the BCC boundaries though, it’s outside of it.
So building mini cbds, (that there is no way they wouldn’t build the metro systems that people want in them) within the BCC council limits seems like another case of poor long term planning waiting to happen.
this is so much better than building suburbs all the way out like Ripley (1hr drive to city, some houses priced at 1mil).
but please fix the public transport. everyday is turning into gridlock in brisbane.
Hopefully Springwood will become another Chatswood, with office buildings, sky rises, ultra expensive real estate and reliable public transport direct to the CBD or the GC.
Lots of green space is getting eaten up. Once a quaint walk in a flood prone area, now listed as suitable for heavy industry and warehouses…
Just a further decline in Australia’s living standards….why does our population need to grow at 500,000 ppl a year forcing our nice suburbs to become apartment towers?
Great Australian way of life turning into living in shoeboxes.