Brisbane New World City – Queen’s Wharf

The multi-billion-dollar Queen’s Wharf integrated resort development is a vibrant and unique development in the heart of Brisbane delivering a new cultural and entertainment destination that will attract local, interstate and international visitors as it transforms and revitalises the south-western edge of the CBD. It will become the hub that connects some of the defining parts of the city: the Botanic Gardens, the Queen Street Mall, the Cultural Precinct, South Bank, the Parliamentary Precinct and the Brisbane River.

As well as providing new and reinvigorated areas of public open space which support recreation opportunities, Queen’s Wharf will include five new hotels (including premier brands like the Ritz Carlton), three residential towers, a new department store, a huge range of food and beverage outlets and a riverfront moonlight cinema.

In 2016, Destination Brisbane Consortium (DBC) finalised the detailed design of Queen’s Wharf Brisbane to enable the start of early works, with Probuild appointed in December as the demolition and enabling works contractor and work getting underway in 2017.

Artist’s impression of the New World City.

These initial works involved hoarding the site for safety, securing and protecting the heritage buildings within the site, demolishing three non-heritage former government buildings and performing services work.

September saw a significant change to the Brisbane city skyline as the Margaret Street overpass was completely demolished leaving only remnants of the Government offices on either side of the road. This significant milestone is a visual marker to the progress of the demolition works, with two more buildings scheduled to be demolished during October.

Destination Brisbane Consortium’s Plan of Development (PoD) has passed the Public Notification phase, with assessment of the masterplan for Queensland’s largest development now underway by Economic Development Queensland (EDQ) and an outcome expected before the end of year.

Once the PoD is approved, work will commence on the development of Waterline Park and Mangrove Walk between the Goodwill Bridge and behind 1 William Street.

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More information is available on the Department of State’s Development website.

Source: The Urban Developer

Originally published: 6th September 2016
Updated: 13th November 2017