The Northshore Hamilton riverfront is set to be redeveloped with restaurants, bars, retail space and thousands of new homes under a new plan for the area.
More than $100 million is being spent on infrastructure, including new roads for the public land, which takes in the once-touted site of the Olympic athletes’ village.
The state government announced on Tuesday six hectares of the riverfront would be opened for development, with five parcels going up for sale this week.
A statement released by Deputy Premier and Development Minister Jarrod Bleijie said the precinct would comprise “3000 homes, as well [as] mixed-use options, like restaurants, bars and retail”.
The land, which is part of the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area, is owned by Economic Development Queensland.
“Transforming Northshore Hamilton will deliver more homes, more infrastructure, more investment, and more jobs in the area,” state minister and member for Clayfield Tim Nicholls said.
The former Labor government had planned to transform the area into the athletes’ village for the 2032 Olympic Games.
Accommodation for about 10,000 beds had been planned for the largely industrial site about six kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD.
At the time, premier Steven Miles said the development would “do for Northshore Hamilton what Expo ’88 did for South Bank”.
After the Games, the village would have become residential, with aged care, retirement living, and social and affordable housing.
But the LNP was scathing of the proposal, and on Tuesday Bleijie called it a “con job”.
“With the Games now back on track after Labor’s 1200 days of chaos, we’re putting the land earmarked for its unfunded and forgotten Brisbane athletes’ village to good use,” he said.
“Queensland is now open for business, and we are getting on with the job – cutting red tape, accelerating approvals, and bringing development-ready land to market.”
The athletes’ village will now be built at the Brisbane showgrounds.
