The old thread for GC1 has dissapeared!!! does anyone have any renders and/or updates of construction... i remeber it being a huge hole in the ground back in about april... so should have cranes there at least by now... or maybe someone can find the old thread!! haha. cause i sure as hell cant.

cheers.

danubis.

I'll try and help to get some maybe. :)

The old thread for GC1 has dissapeared!!! does anyone have any renders and/or updates of construction... i remeber it being a huge hole in the ground back in about april... so should have cranes there at least by now... or maybe someone can find the old thread!! haha. cause i sure as hell cant.

cheers.

danubis.

Look in the Small stuff in Brisbane thread - you will find some pics of it there.

jt

How ironic...I was just about to post about this in the news thread.

It is still a hole in the ground but finally work is set to begin - "We have people on standby ready to star work on the site as soon as next week, " Mr Cowly said (Property Direct project sales manager quoted in the Independant 4:11). But, about 4 months ago Mr Cowly also said that construction would start by September. Hopefully though it will get started. It has been just been a whole for just over a year and was originally planned to be complete by April 2005...

http://www.invest.dcc.net.au/GC1/gc1perspective.jpg

http://www.invest.dcc.net.au/GC1/gc1location2.jpg

Any reasons for the delay in construction?

"Since state one was released 18 months ago," Mr Cowley said "building prices have increased by over 20% and although people might ask why we hadn't moved quicker to lock in a builder, the builders have stalled as much as possible." or at least that is the exuse.

In further news, the Sunday Mail reported today that the developer has locked in a builder and that construction will begin within a month. They are also expecting the project to be completed by the end of 2006.

On the bus the other day I noticed a ute with some guys down in that hole (still fill with water)... Still the site remains untouched.

I'm wondering if this project is ever going to happen....Maybe their building fell through again? Supposedly they've sold almost all the apartments - I would hate to be one of the ownere with such a wait.

I'm wondering if this project is ever going to happen....Maybe their building fell through again? Supposedly they've sold almost all the apartments - I would hate to be one of the ownere with such a wait.
This morning while on the bus I also noticed work guys walking down the huge ramp into the pit. There seems to be some sought of activity in the last few days albeit small........

I stopped there today when I was driving through Woolloongabba. There were 3 vehicles and a cherrypicker. The guy in the cherrypicker looked like he was inspecting the steel rods that are protruding out of the high retaining wall on the west side of the site. There was another guy taking down some notes on a clipboard. Other then that it would appear that they are preparing to kick off again on that site.

I saw that too, I'd say work is still a month off - atleast.

Is this even called GC1 anymore??, Haven't they changed the name of this to "Pavillions" now or is it just my imagination??

The name was changed some time ago, i think the entire project is still GC1 (ie complex and retail.) I think the units have been rebranded.

^
You're right the entire development is called GC1, but Pavillions is just the name of the second stage, the first being Piaza which is sold out. A map of the retail area -

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=ysiuh1&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

So you can see Piaza in the foreground and Pavillions in the background.

http://www.gc1.com.au/gc1/images/building.jpg

Surely Coles Myer would be putting some pressure on the developers to get this site started? Or should this be added to the 'Never Built' archives?

lol it would be funny if it goes to never built, cause woolongabba will be left with a dirty big hole in the ground for the next few years. such a waste, i loved all those cheap nasty furniture shops that used to be there b4 they knocked them all down.

How ironic...I was just about to post about this in the news thread.

It is still a hole in the ground but finally work is set to begin - "We have people on standby ready to star work on the site as soon as next week, " Mr Cowly said (Property Direct project sales manager quoted in the Independant 4:11). But, about 4 months ago Mr Cowly also said that construction would start by September. Hopefully though it will get started. It has been just been a whole for just over a year and was originally planned to be complete by April 2005...

http://www.invest.dcc.net.au/GC1/gc1perspective.jpg

http://www.invest.dcc.net.au/GC1/gc1location2.jpg

actually, on second thoughts, it would be great if it didnt go ahead, cause the area in the red box would be ideal for the north/south tunnel entrance, instead of the complicated version of the entrance they've got now, they could just make a little turn off the main road there in the gc1 space and make the entrance there. no need for on and off ramps weaving everywhere up the main road.

10c says nothing happens and they put this site up for sale. I'd be pi$$ed off if I bought a unit and still nothing. What about the investors, surely they would be waving fists at Property Direct.

it's the owner occupiers that would be really pissed.. their plans to move are being shelved.
the investors havnt had to put in any more cash beyond their deposit, all the meanwhile apartment prices in brisbane continue to rise so they're making a higher capital gain upon settlement.

all of this is assuming that construction goes ahead with the original contracts tho..

to add to the scepticism.. i hear it's going down too

all of this is assuming that construction goes ahead with the original contracts tho..

new contracts....the original ones fell through ages ago.

So new contracts = new start date??

10c says it will be a new icon, similar to the Brisbane Central / Muzinno Tower site... A hole in the ground with nothing going on. (ie now Mincom after all the years of nothing)

Prime Site in the Courier Mail today reports that work on GC1 is due to recommence next Wednesday.

Prime Site in the Courier Mail today reports that work on GC1 is due to recommence next Wednesday.

Sweet.

Signage for "pavillions" is up, but they we're cheap with the website and kept http://www.gc1.com.au

Anyway, the site's literally a massive lake at the moment, will they need to drain it before work commences?

^
Why is the website cheap....? That is the name of the development...

^
Why is the website cheap....? That is the name of the development...


becuase instead of re-registering they kept gc1.com.au although the name of the development has changed to pavillions(or that is what is posted on the sign)

^
There name hasn't changed. The entire development is GC1, the first stage is Piazza and the second Pavillions.

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=ysiuh1&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

The Riveredge people, with 5 stages, have done exactly the same thing even though each has a name (eg. one website for all stages)

Oh, ok.

Thanks for clearing that up, I presumed they had changed the name as I didn't see any signage for the whole project but that of pavillions, therefore my assumption that the name of the development had changed.

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It's all happening ... still

PATIENT investors in the $127 million Gabba Central development are about to see some action, or so a representative of the developer has promised for the second time in three months. Builder Covecorp was to have started work in November, according to David Barratt of Barron Developments, but only this week was the contract being signed. He said "not one" off-the-plan buhyer had terminated a contract despite the completion date being put back to the end of next year. "Would you (terminate) if you were sitting on about $80,000 profit?" Mr Barratt asked. With any luck the residents of Gabba Central will have only been ensconsed for a year or two when the north-south bypass tunnel under the Brisbane River alleviates the traffic flow along Ipswich Rd, along which it has its major boundary.

This has been a really long time coming....he may say '2nd time in 3 months' how many times before that has he said it will start "in a fortnight"... I think i'm up to 5 or 6. The thing about this project is that it is really a test case - no one else wants to build arround there until this is complete, and with a realitively decent retail section (including a Coles) it will make quite a difference to the locals.

South-East Advertiser - "Work set to begin at Gabba"

Local businesses were notified by GC marketeers last week that work was to commence. This was supposed to happen last Wednesday, but apparently it rained.

We will see

...yet again.

If we all had just $1 for every time work was going to start, we would have more than enough money all combined to buy that stupid site.

Saw some action at this site on Saturday - they had a couple of mobile cranes in the pit. I'm not sure what they what they were doing, could have been maintaining the status quo

I think there is more chance of man landing on mars before 2020 than ever seeing this project coming to life

^
I've also seen people doing work in the whole more recently....and the display centre still seems to be open, so the developers don't seem to be giving up.

Huge crane erected - last week i think, drive past it all the time, (nice hole) nice to see some activity on this site.

^ Can confirm this. Looks now like a full scale worksite with a temporary elevator and other usual suspects on site. Phew...what a wait...

At last - now they just need to start on the vacant lot diagonally across from the Mazda site at SB, which has been sitting dormant for just as long - it seems

I'll get a couple of pics later this week, I live near the Gabba

Second crane went in this afternoon.

Looks like its finally getting underway.

Couple of pictures of the site taken this morning

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/Gabbacentraluc1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/Gabbacentraluc2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/Gabbacentraluc3.jpg

I drive past it a few times a week and i was shocked last week when i saw how much progress has been made.

whoa. last time i was around there, it was still a hole. quick progress!

Yeah, Making up for lost time

Some more pics taken today 18th Jan 2006

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3456/p11800042dk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/6846/p11800053es.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

i've fallen in love, had a 3 year violent relationship, broke up, got back together, got bashed up and broke up again, and found another partner now for 6 months in the time this fucking building has taken to get to street level. poor form.

i've fallen in love, had a 3 year violent relationship, broke up, got back together, got bashed up and broke up again, and found another partner now for 6 months in the time this fucking building has taken to get to street level. poor form.
I can relate to that - yes bout time this building started to rise.

I can relate to that - yes bout time this building started to rise.
Hmmm, strangely enough, me too.

Well at least it IS going up. Should boost the look of the local area quite alot. Woolloongabba has so much potential me thinks, i would like to see the suburb rejuvinated.

This is now starting to rise out of the ground.

few update pictures from Friday
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3315/p22400038ri.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/3455/p22400058ya.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5928/p22400101fp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hopefully a speedier rise now that its past ground level.

I wish we had more dodgy old building signage like the 'Moreton Rubber' building. Its historic!

I wish we had more dodgy old building signage like the 'Moreton Rubber' building. Its historic!

From the Gabba

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8317/p32600164yu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Taken today
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2174/p50700017ye.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Taken this morning
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150045.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150052.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150053.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150055.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150057.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150058.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/UC/P5150061.jpg

any recent updates to this building?

It has to be about 7 or 8 stories high now. I drove past the other day.

So how many stories is it supposed to be? Its going to be so much better than what was there previously!

Both GC1 and Pavillions are 8 levels (1 retail, 7 residential above)

A few update pics

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h318/cj_81_/GC1a.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h318/cj_81_/GC1c.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h318/cj_81_/GC1b.jpg

Taken yesterday
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/1956/p7310001sv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I think its up to level 5 or 6 now. So another 2 to go. This is taking so long though, hopefully should be open around December?

I was hoping that it might be opened in time for the Ashes cricket test in late November - assuming there will be some bars downstairs. Am I being too optimistic?

Some more pictures taken this morning. It is taking a while, but it is a hell of a big site.
(there are plans for a sports bar, but I can't see them being ready by the ashes)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8885/p9250004wu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/230/p9250006sa5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8640/p9250007rd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

thats a huge bitch!

^^Yeah...massive project, and I'm glad it is finally getting close to completion.

Looks like the first building (closest to Stanley St) has topped out. Cooling towers are being installed on the roof. The first few floors on the corner have also been exposed. IMO they look nothing special atm so will wait until closer to finish.

I was thinking the same, nothing special.

But I think it will be the density and the retail that is the best thing for the area, and not necessarily the architecural quality.

^^The lower floors are now exposed in the corner building. It looks like a tweaked version of Cathedral Place.

Taken today
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4203/pb130003ln7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Wow!! Looking good. I like it.

Vomit!

My thoughts exactly......very dissapointing really, its like they just rebuilt Cathdral Square 10 years later and painted it a different colour.

Yeah it is pretty average. There are a lot of better apartments around the city. This will date very quickly...in fact it already looks dated. The architects need to be more creative with their use of materials and rely less on painted concrete.

Great for density but my gosh are they cheaply built upfront. Feel sorry for the off the plan buyers or maybe they were smart and relist them on the market and make a profit? i feel sorry for the new buyers.

Yeah it is pretty average. There are a lot of better apartments around the city. This will date very quickly...in fact it already looks dated. The architects need to be more creative with their use of materials and rely less on painted concrete.


Maybe the massive time it took to start the building had an impact to how quickly it has dated lol

Maybe the massive time it took to start the building had an impact to how quickly it has dated lol
That's exactly what I was thinking, I mean this thing was designed about 5-6 yrs ago. The worst part is, it's on such a busy intersection. It wouldnt be so bad if it was tucked away down some tiny lane.

Hopefully it will have a really busy and vibrant public area underneath, otherwise we'll just have to hope for a good development over the busway which has been designated the TOD precinct!!

I think it will have a supermarket and some shops, and most importantly for a local like me, a bar to replace the one that was knocked down to make way for it. Stanley Street pub crawl has been dragged out since the Gabba hotel is missing (as well as the old Lions social club) between the Aussie Nash and the Railway (now Chalk).

I noticed this development while I was in Brisbane over the past 2 days. I would have to say from what I could see it looks very cheap and lacks quality.

A unanimous thumbs down then, but its better than a black hole. I suspect these units are pretty cheap so perhaps this reflects the quality. Get what you pay for eh?

whoa. harsh comments. i dont think it is too bad. yeah it does look like cathedral sq Mach II but i dont think its hideous

I noticed this development while I was in Brisbane over the past 2 days. I would have to say from what I could see it looks very cheap and lacks quality.

Like much of Brisbane!:horse:

The Stanley Street crane is coming down today

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A unanimous thumbs down then, but its better than a black hole. I suspect these units are pretty cheap so perhaps this reflects the quality. Get what you pay for eh?

From what I could ascertain 1 bedroom from 390,500???!!!
Does not seem very cheap to me!

The GC1 Coles Supermarket is potentially the first store in Queensland to have the new Coles logo, unless they opt the the soon to be scrapped tick logo.

drove past this yesterday, i reckon that unless they do a heap of facade work before completion these apartments are going to make cathedral square look good!!! ugly ugly building.

incidently, apparently the developer sold them very cheaply and very quickly just as the property boom was beginning.. then it took them ages to lock in a builder, so they effectively got pre-boom sale prices for apartments that they have to pay post-boom construction costs for. so i suspect that it's been built as cheaply as possible to salvage as much profit as they can. the people who bought in early should make a tidy profit, but im not too sure that it'll be a nice place to live..

Is this project completed now?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o2/jackb05/04-02-07/gc-1.jpg
Here it is! Thats ruined my view at to Mt Gravatt!!!!!!

Pretty poor performance. I was hoping this would set some standards for Wooloongabba.

Pretty poor performance. I was hoping this would set some standards for Wooloongabba.

lol how quickly we forget what used to be there...

its an improvment to those awful secondhand stores that took up the entire block there... and the pub wasnt much either.

i think any major developments in woolloongabba will come from the airspace above the busway station and the strip along and behind logan rd.

The gabba has so much potential for a heritage precinct... I love the old grungy pubs and buildings around there, along Logan rd, through to Stanley St. Shame there is so much traffic, or it could be something similar to Swan St in Richmond.

The gabba has so much potential for a heritage precinct... I love the old grungy pubs and buildings around there, along Logan rd, through to Stanley St. Shame there is so much traffic, or it could be something similar to Swan St in Richmond.

What grungy pubs? The Lord Stanley was renovated a few years back (though admittedly, it ain't that flash), the ANH was finished off just before the Ashes, Broadway has been 'renovated' (and I use that term loosely, it was a real poor quality job), and the only other old grungy pub was demolished to make way for GC1.

FYI the locksmith opposite the gabba on Stanley St finally sold off his property to whoever owns the rest of that block. It's currently car parks/light industrial, so expect something to grow there in the next few years.

^^ The Broadway still has fairly 'loose' patrons also. By grungy, I guess I meant old pubs, not completely torn up to shreds with renovations. Pubs that have potential to be restored.

lol how quickly we forget what used to be there...

its an improvment to those awful secondhand stores that took up the entire block there... and the pub wasnt much either.

You are right, Gabba 1987
http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/research/067000/67799r.jpg

^^ All of those old buildings and untapped potential for heritage streetscape. Love it!

The area around the Moreton Rubber building has great potential IMO. If I had my way I'd pedestrianize the dead end street that's full of car parks at the moment. Could become a nice little cafe/retail zone servicing both GC1 and whatever pops up in the disused area a block back up Stanley St.

^^Exactly, It'd be like the Caxton Street (But pedestrianised) of the east side. It'd be good!

^^ why pedestrianize it? it's got a small amount of calm traffic at the moment and nice wide footpaths. i struggle to think of any street that's been pedestrianised that's worked very well.

What a great pic, love old shots of Brissy...

^^ why pedestrianize it? it's got a small amount of calm traffic at the moment and nice wide footpaths. i struggle to think of any street that's been pedestrianised that's worked very well.

Queen St?

I'm open to suggestions, but as it stands it needs a bit of a sprucing up.

^^Exactly what I was thinking!

I think it is a good idea to pedestrianise that street, get back to the original "Broadway" feel of the Gabba (before the Story Bridge the Gabba was the CBD for the cities south). Especially with the large numbers of units appearing in the area, getting rid of the old antique stores and putting in some cafes, maybe a bar and a cinema could really suit the area.

1955 (note the old Broadway Theatre)
http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/research/065000/65782r.jpg

2006 Logan Rd towards the Fiveways (opposite direction from above)
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1488/pb130005yr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2006 Logan Rd towards the Fiveways (opposite direction from above)
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1488/pb130005yr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Also of note is that one of the NSBT chimneys is going to be located at the end of this street - near the roundabout and almost directly behind where this photo was taken from.

There was a sketch of it on the official website but it seems to have been pulled? Either way expect some tidying up of the far end of the street with new landscaping, etc.

The gabba has so much potential for a heritage precinct... I love the old grungy pubs and buildings around there, along Logan rd, through to Stanley St. Shame there is so much traffic, or it could be something similar to Swan St in Richmond.

ha, have you been to the Chalk Bar(aka Railway Hotel) it is probabaly the most yuppi pub/club in Brisbane.

Though you are right, too much traffic, hopefull in the future the traffic might be able to be diverted and this will turn into a really pleasant nice area.

^^The NSBT should initially alleviate that! I kinda wish they could reduce the width of Ipswich Road after they open the tunnel.

Yeah but the NSBT is probably just enough to cope with additional traffic, not divert the existing volumes of traffic. Anyway, apparently the Gabba hotel is opening really soon at GC1, and should be big and fancy, probably like Chalk.

Pictures from this morning

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7025/p2070018nr2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4585/p2070020qs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2149/p2070021hq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

yep, gc1 makes cathedral place look great

I don't like the looks of the building. But it's up now and I can only hope that the shops will lift and revitalise that area.........

Yeah.. it does look like a mid 90's cheap apartment complex on the coast but, at least it's not cream and it is better than what was there before. Can't expect too much for the 1st step for the Gabba, the quality can't be like many blocks in the valley.

yep, gc1 makes cathedral place look great

i like catheral place, i just wish they would pull down the 16 exciting new specialty stores sign on the main corner. im pretty sure theyre not new anymore

The more i see this out my window the more i hate it. What a waste of a great site.:drool:

Looks like QE2 could be upgraded to seat 50,000 people! I wonder if they will add any extra Public Transport or not?

Let's hope the village to be built on the GoPrint and government site in the Gabba will be a true TOD with dense residential large areas at ground level are pedestrian based, large plaza's cafe's restraunts etc. Even design it so that the people in the Gabba would barely have to go to the CBD for anything.

Bid team's Gabba plan (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21266901-3102,00.html)

THE State Government plans to build a village for 3200 athletes and officials at Woolloongabba if Brisbane is awarded the 2011 World Athletics Championships.

And the Brisbane 2011 bid team has promised it still has another "ace" to play before the March 27 vote by International Association of Athletics Federations council members which will decide between Brisbane, Moscow and the South Korean city of Daegu.

The intended championships venue is the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre at Nathan, where Matilda the giant winking Kangaroo was the "ace" up the organisers' sleeve when the stadium was christened at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

The plans for the 2011 bid are only for a new athletics track to be installed for the venue, which also hosted the 2001 Goodwill Games athletics meet.

The IAAF requires a 50,000-seat minimum capacity for its world championships, which QSAC meets without additional expenditure to extend existing seating.

Plans for the athletes' village were unveiled yesterday to a visiting eight-member IAAF evaluation committee. Premier Peter Beattie is expected to announce today that the preferred site for the "green" village for 3200 athletes and officials from about 200 nations is the 4ha currently occupied by Goprint, the State Government's printer, and the Department of Natural Resources.

At least 530 apartments would be constructed as a lasting legacy of the championships.

IAAF communications director Nick Davies said Daegu – Brisbane's main rival to win the March 27 vote – had also planned a village, but Moscow had not.

"The Daegu people have been keeping a close eye for two years on what we've been doing, but this will have caught them on the hop," bid team chairman Des Power said last night.

"We showed the evaluation team the site and they were very impressed that it was seven minutes from the stadium and five minutes from the city centre.

"We have an ace up our sleeve and we haven't played that card."

The State Government, has agreed to underwrite the cost of the championships. Mr Power said the championships would leave "no residual debt" to Queensland taxpayers.

IAAF evaluation commission leader Helmut Diegl, of Germany, said he "liked the idea" of the village, as opposed to housing athletes at hotels because it would permit friendly relations among athletes from other countries and with Brisbane citizens.

Looks like QE2 could be upgraded to seat 50,000 people!

I'm not sure where you got this idea from.....

The plans for the 2011 bid are only for a new athletics track to be installed for the venue, which also hosted the 2001 Goodwill Games athletics meet.

The IAAF requires a 50,000-seat minimum capacity for its world championships, which QSAC meets without additional expenditure to extend existing seating.

There's 50,000 seats at QEII????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Sport_and_Athletics_Centre

That's amazing! Although I would rather they build their super stadium and demolish this one!

we dont need another super stadium, between land park and the 'gabba we're doing pretty well already !!

Would be nice to get an olympic size stadium out of this somehow, something we can put towards attracting future big events.

what would it be used for tho??

we already have suncorp for football and the 'gabba for cricket/afl

what other sports could justify a $$$$$$$ stadium??

Maybe a stadium that could cater for concerts that can finish after 10pm. This would also mean that there could be more concerts a year. It would also help Pete in his bid to try and get the Olympics!

finish after 10pm would mean it would have to be accousticly enclosed.. for an olympic sized stadium that would be absolute megabucks

They were thinking about the airport as a possible site for an Olympic sized venue, so I don't think that would be an issue. (It was to have a station on the Airport line so PT wasn't an issue either.)

An Olympic sized venue would only be viable if we actually won the Olympics. Then you could justify building something 80,000+, otherwise it would be a huge white elephant.

they were thinking about the airport for a possible suncorp stadium replacement.. but instead they refurbished suncorp

An Olympic sized venue would only be viable if we actually won the Olympics. Then you could justify building something 80,000+, otherwise it would be a huge white elephant.

Dont you think that Sydney and Melbourne win many of the major events as they have the facilities already in place and if Brisbane built a major stadium it may win it's fair share of international sporting events?

We are also growing massively, and a third stadium, by the time it was built, could easily be needed to service a population of what could easily become close to 4 million (Wide Bay to Tweed Heads to Toowoomba)

We don't need another stadium. ANZ is already a 50,000 seat white elephant that is mostly unused. Why do we need another one?

It is unused because it is badly kept, lacks PT and was always built with temporary seating.

Well the scaffold is on is't way down on the last stage so the shit box is not long from being done:ohno:

Hopefully the street trees they will plant will grow and hide half of the building.

FArk - its not that bad

FArk - its not that bad

Yes it is.

No it isn't. It will blend in in a few years anyway. I'd much prefer a heap of these than a heap of Festival Towers etc. Plain, but not ugly in my books.

I don't know what all the bitching is about, it looks pretty much exactly like every other mid level apartment block to me. And once it is finished, with shops, a sports bar :), and landscaping in place it should look fine.

It is a prominent location, and as a local I hope this building will start the transformation of the whole area. 10 years ago it was tacky musty old shops and a beaten up pub.

I don't know what all the bitching is about, it looks pretty much exactly like every other mid level apartment block to me.

I think that is the problem, it is very mediocre and average when people expect things to be a bit higher in quality and ground breaking.

Maybe the upcoming development at the site currently occupied with the GoPrint offices might be something special, but that's years away.

As it stands GC1 is the best building at the Gabba besides Chalk. It's hardly an eyesore, but I agree that it's nothing special.

It is a prominent location, and as a local I hope this building will start the transformation of the whole area. 10 years ago it was tacky musty old shops and a beaten up pub.


This was proposed awhile ago on the site next door on Ipswich road.

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That looks good! It will be interesting to see how the Gabba performs over the coming decade!

They are kind of interesting in a predictable contemporary way.

The last crane is on it's way down today.:cheers:

Update pictures from today

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These unfortunatley remind me of Cathedral place - kind of cold and soul-less but transport will be good for them with the busway out the front.

GC1 will just fade into the background once the rest of the high density resi blocks kick in at the Gabba over the next five or more years. Will be interesting to see what they do with the GoPrint site, hopefully something like the Roma St Parklands.

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http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2413/p5270011at2.jpg (http://imageshack.us) Looks good! what's everyone whinging about? As someone above said, if this is the future of the gabba, then it is a good future:cheers:. btw, it's no longer UC so this should be changed right?
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oh well, at least it replaced 2+years of a hole in the ground - hope someone made money out of it (other than the developer crashing contracts that is)

Looks like some of the ground floor stores could be opening soon.

One feature that really takes away from this building is those shade structures on the roof.
They look really bad.
Will the roof be set up as some sort of common access sky-garden for building residents?
It would be a good place to get Gabba photos from.

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Absolutely shocking, appalling, cheap hunk of tripe! Those shades on the roof are just horrible, and reek of the 'Devine factor'. What's worse, those units will be ovens in anything above 20 degree weather. Fucking pathetic development in this climate. I hope whoever designed and built these are never allowed to touch a peice of real estate in Brisbane again. Who is responsible for this obvously cheap as possible monstrosity?

And so much for the pub reopening.

Absolutely shocking, appalling, cheap hunk of tripe! Those shades on the roof are just horrible, and reek of the 'Devine factor'. What's worse, those units will be ovens in anything above 20 degree weather. Fucking pathetic development in this climate. I hope whoever designed and built these are never allowed to touch a peice of real estate in Brisbane again. Who is responsible for this obvously cheap as possible monstrosity?

Was it Covecorp?

Absolutely shocking, appalling, cheap hunk of tripe! Those shades on the roof are just horrible, and reek of the 'Devine factor'. What's worse, those units will be ovens in anything above 20 degree weather. Fucking pathetic development in this climate. I hope whoever designed and built these are never allowed to touch a peice of real estate in Brisbane again. Who is responsible for this obvously cheap as possible monstrosity?

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And so much for the pub reopening.

Eh? The pub will be open later this year, same management as the Fox on Merivale St.

Absolutely shocking, appalling, cheap hunk of tripe! Those shades on the roof are just horrible, and reek of the 'Devine factor'. What's worse, those units will be ovens in anything above 20 degree weather. Fucking pathetic development in this climate. I hope whoever designed and built these are never allowed to touch a peice of real estate in Brisbane again. Who is responsible for this obvously cheap as possible monstrosity?

Covecorp & Ferro Muller - Check out their web site (or dont - you'd be better off)

View from the back

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that shot is like looking at the back of a cat after it's taken a shit...

From far away it's just excusable... i am outraged every time i drive past at the bullshit cheapness that it presents at ground level. The steel fins and fly roofs are thin and cheap. There's a car park exhaust in front of the shops entry! theres cheap firbo finishes everywhere; the render was bubbling off and they had to replace it, the ducts for air conditioning and plumbing from upstairs are all afterthoughts and are framed cheaply and the list goes on. Even the balustrades look like something belonging on an 80's gold coast tower and they stick out like dogs balls.

Covecorp is the issue here not the architects. I know of other projects they have designed and have turned out excellent. Pearl @ Ellis St Kangaroo point for instance. its the newest one you see driving along the expressway.
This project copped a massive rise in building costs and the developer got caught out.

And so much for the pub reopening.

I think they are still going to be having a bar somewhere in the building. It may be opening in November, hopefully earlier, I'm a local so I have been taking a keen interest. The owners are the same people that have done such a wonderful job with the Fox in South Brisbane.

Fitting out the shops/bar seems to be taking ages. But the Coles is open, went down there for the first time today.
It was very empty, lots of bored looking staff outnumbering customers by about 3-1.

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Should be fine once word gets out!

Yeah I visited the new Coles at GC1 as well on Wednesday, I thought it was a pretty well laid out store and seemed to be full line or close enough which I wasn't expecting. Still during the opening periods of a new store, the departments tend to get "open" budgets, meaning they can put on as many staff as they want to get them all trained up and not what. Still when more people move in up above, and into the general area, the store will peak up. Speaking to one of management ladies, she seemed to know that on Event days ie like the cricket test match coming up, they are going to get hammered. Pity they won't really be able to be open for most Brissy Lions games with having to close at 5 or 5.30 on Saturdays, when most Brisbane Lions games are Saturday night at 7.

BCC must have got a special deal on those Bollards. They are everywhere.
J

BCC must have got a special deal on those Bollards. They are everywhere.
J

hahahah lol

but seriously, if anyone has seen the BCC urban design manual, they give a pretty limited set of options to developments. nice enough options but when they are everywhere they date pretty quickly