Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner last night announced the sites,totalling more than 70 hectares of land,that have been identified as Suburban Renewal Precincts.
The Top Taste Bakery site at Kedron has been earmarked for urban renewal.Google Maps
The largest single site is 16.3 hectares at Bonemill Road,Runcorn,while the smallest,just 900 square metres,is at McIlwraith Avenue in Norman Park.
Both sides of Gympie Road at Kedron (11.7 hectares in total) make the list – including the Top Taste Bakery site – as does a 12-hectare site at Hyde Road,Yeronga.
Schrinner,who announced the scheme in the budget amid a debate over housing pressures,said the aim was to “remove tired old commercial sites that no longer stack up and replace them with vibrant developments”.
Suburban Renewal Precincts
“By utilising land within our existing urban footprint like this we will also deliver an environmental dividend by helping keep existing low-density areas,bushland and green space preserved,” he said.
“In the same way we are helping to transform Teneriffe,Howard Smith Wharves and West Village in West End,Suburban Renewal Precincts will ensure suburbs throughout Brisbane get even better.”
Other sites are at Alderley,Dutton Park,Moorooka,Nathan,Nundah,Stones Corner,Wilston,Wishart and Wynnum.
Some of the sites are dormant,while others have already begun the transition from commercial to residential.
Schrinner said the council had already identified 260 hectares of industrial land,including land in Bulimba,Moorooka and Toowong,that could be put to better use by business.
Another 120 hectares had been identified for new Urban Enterprise Areas capable of accommodating manufacturing businesses and services alongside residential developments. Those zones are in Albion/Newstead/Bowen Hills,Coorparoo,Woolloongabba/East Brisbane and Milton.