Townsville - Map of Development Sites

[Oriolus]

I've been working on a map of all Townsville development sites in the CBD & South Townsville (and anywhere else that happens to fall within this aerial)

Here's what I've got so far. Tsv people please tell me about any ommisions or errors you spot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Oriolus/DevSites.jpg

pinky - future development sites
yellow - proposed (DA submitted)
blue - approved
light blue - UC
green - completed

1. Urban Quarter Apartments
Consists of 136 apartments in 3 buildings (9st, 9st & 7st) developed by the Honeycombes Group. Stage 1 completed June 2004, Stage 2 completed October 2004
2. Mint Apartments
Developed by Honeycombes and currently under construction – completion due December 2005. To be 55 apartments up to 10 storeys.
3. Queensland Rail South Yards
Available for development after abandonment of the rail loop that serves the old railway station. Most recent plans for medium density residential parkland – not expected to be developed in near future
4. Queensland Rail North Yards
To be developed by Honeycombes & the Chapman Group into 520 apartments in buildings up to 9 storeys as well as a variety of commericial and retail uses. Also incorporating heritage listed railway workshops.
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,11539873%255E14790,00.html
5. Sanctuary on Flinders
Hedley Group project of 55 apartments with 7 storey building on Flinders St and 5 storey building on Sturt St – currently UC
6. Mansfield Hotel
Old, run down pub, said to be planned site of a unit redevelopment
7. 300 Walker Street
A 22 apartment development approved in July
8. Highpoint Apartments
Developed by Honeycombes – 92 apartments in 3 buildings (8st, 5st, 5st) completed 2003
9. Wintergarden Site
Rumoured in August 2004 to be the site of a 20 storey apartment development
10. Great Northern Hotel
Heritage listed pub subject to rumours of unit development – now appears to have been scrapped.
11. T&G Building
Was planned to be demolished for Clock Tower Apartments (56 ap) by Honeycombes but court case followed its proposed heritage listing. Heritage listing is now overturned by Honeycombes understood to have pulled out.
12. Urban Quarter Shopping Centre
Shopping centre of 1 storey plus basement parking with Coles and several specialty stores, built as part of Urban Quarter Apartments – opened November 2004
13. Metro Quays
Previously Ogden Street carpark, the upper storeys were redeveloped into 92 apartments with ground floor retail and restaurant by Honeycombes in 2000 (still leaving majority public parking) – the first major project of Townsville’s current boom.
14. Victoria Bridge
Former swing bridge used for vehicles until 1977, when replaced by George Roberts Bridge – site of a failed retail venture. Redeveloped into a pedestrian bridge in 2001.
15. Dimmey’s Plaza
For sale to developers – currently 2 level retail centre with both major tenants moving out (Dimmey’s closed, Woolworths building across the road)
16. Sturt Street Towers
A Hedley project consisting of 142 apartments in 2 towers – 20s/65m on Walker St and 18s/59m on Sturt St.
17. Woolworths Shopping Centre
New 2 storey shopping centre with Woolworths (moving out of Dimmey’s) as main tenant plus several specialty stores
18. Stanton Rise
A 7 storey development of 29 apartments on site of Coral Lodge, currently being marketed
19. Portsea Apartments
A development of 18 apartments, completed in 2004
20. GPD Tower
YWCA/North Queensland Club to be developed into apartments of up to 23 storeys by Gordon Property Development
21. Sunskill House
Heritage listed building rumoured to be developed into apartments – possibly scrapped
22. Gateway on Palmer
A 12 storey serviced apartment complex of 112 units plus restaurant and conference facilities currently being marketed
23. Ramada Hotel
Australian Hotel rumoured to be the site of a development by Ramada – no further details known
24. Ibis Hotel
A 7 storey, 108 room, Ibis Hotel approved for site of Poultney Building
25. Empty site in Palmer St
Recently sold – potential development site
26. Riviera Apartments
Two buildings of 7 & 6 storeys with 39 apartments, completed 2003
27. Nautica Apartments
Redevelopment of Townsville Motor Boat & Yatch Club with 61 apartments up to 8 storeys from Gordon Property Development – current DA with council after long delays
28. 37 Palmer Street
A 9 storey, 32 apartment complex now approved
29. 33 McIlwraith Street
Several 3 storey apartment buildings continuing to be developed in stages on block
30. Crown Hotel
Redevelopment of Crown Hotel into 56 apartments up to 9 storeys now approved after long court battle
31. 54 Perkins St
Complex of 26 townhouses proposed
32. Southside Hardware
A 6 storey, 25 apartment development from the Hedley Group
33. Bullwinkles
Additions to Bullwinkles nightclub approved
34. Flinders Street East
Street developed by Townsville City Council – considered by many to be ugly and inappropriate to heritage buildings
35. Hyatt Hotel
Disused carpark said to be targeted for redevelopment by Hyatt Hotels
36. No 1 The Strand
Consists of 26 apartment up to 4 storeys built alongside Ross Creek
37. Portofino
A 10 storey/10 apartment luxury (“presidential”) development – advertising and fencing up on site but no action for some time
38. Breakwater Quays
Complex of 3 storey apartments, totalling 50 in all, from Hedley Group
39. Cleveland on The Strand
Small Hedley apartment development
40. Melton Crest
Consists of 30 apartments up to 3 storeys on Melton Hill, from Hedley Group
41. Cleveland Views
Small Hedley development for 10 apartments almost completed
42. Strand Central
The old Townsville General Hospital bought for development by Strand Central but consortium has shown themselves to be incapable of developing site, which includes 3 buildings up to 8 storeys (1 heritage listed)
43. Community Health Facility
Community Health Facility redeveloped on part of the old TGH site
44. 183 & 185 Denham St
A 3 storey/8 apartment proposal on site of existing house resurrected from several years ago – public opposition from selfish neighbours strong.

[Malt]

looks like theres quite a bit going on in tvill. nice map, gives perspective to the projects we see posted.

Maybe u could do one with a list of projects numbered and the correlating numbers on the map?

[Gertzy]

There's a couple there i'm not sure of ever seen or heard of before.

1. Blackwood and Walker Streets (Blue between Highpoint, Green, and Sanctuary, LB)
2. Ok, Its Dimmey's Plaza
3. The Yellow area next to Quest as far as I know is the Ibis Hotel and that has been Approved.

That's all.

[Wezza]

The CBD is gonna be a very different looking place in a few years!! :)
Gertzy, i haven't heard of anything planned for the site on Blackwood st either, but i sure hope there is, those old flats or whatever they are in that area look bloody terrible.

[Gertzy]

All I really know is that those flats are used by the Salvos, I've seen their signs up around that place. It might be like a new redevelopment or New set of Flats for the Salvation Army or Maybe It could be Pink but Oriolus probably made it Blue by Accident.
Possible Theories.

[Oriolus]

No, its blue all right - 22 apartments were approved for 300 Walker St in July - I'm pretty sure thats the location. There was some coverage of it in the media because TCC relaxed the number of carparks required. This website has a link to council minutes from July 13 - the approval is detailed starting on p27 (no talk of how high it is though):
http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/yourcouncil/meetings.asp?FilePath=/wwwdocs/committee/TPL_00%20Council%20and%20Committee%20Meetings/07%20July%202004/&RecDepth=1&ShowDate=False

[Oriolus]

New version of the map including start of a key. I changed Ibis Hotel to approved, and added a future development site between it and Quest (??). Also added the Australian Hotel as future what with Ramada going to build there - the Australian is heritage listed so they can't knock it down - either have to build behind the facade or on the vacant land fronting McIlwraith St.

[Gertzy]

That looks better. I reckon you should've put a Green Spot on the area between Newmarket Hotel and BCC Cinemas because that was a just completed Steakhouse.

[Wezza]

^ Probably wouldn't count that? It's just a small extension/renovation of the current building.

[ShayPlan]

Costs of projects??

[Gertzy]

True, Had Dinner there once, quite nice too.

[Oriolus]

Did the rest of the key - 44 sites in all but there's plenty of little developments around that I havn't got - all good for urban renewal.

[Gertzy]

Sothside Hardware development I thought was going to be at the old Southside Hardware on Boundary Street. But then nobody would want to buy an apartment there until the port access road is done.

[Oriolus]

No, its blue all right - 22 apartments were approved for 300 Walker St in July - I'm pretty sure thats the location. There was some coverage of it in the media because TCC relaxed the number of carparks required. This website has a link to council minutes from July 13 - the approval is detailed starting on p27 (no talk of how high it is though):
http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/yourcouncil/meetings.asp?FilePath=/wwwdocs/committee/TPL_00%20Council%20and%20Committee%20Meetings/07%20July%202004/&RecDepth=1&ShowDate=False

I had a look at the approval notice at TCC today and I had the wrong location - it's actually on the eastern side of the Walker/Blackwood intersection (other side of Blackwood from were it is now). There were plans with it and it will be 5/6 storeys. Did I get a copy of the plans? At $62 a pop, no, no I did not.

[Jesse24]

Bump. I don't know if this map is still relevant today but maybe someone could update it if they wanted too and had the time? I just found it deep in the Regional Queensland forum.

[Red Nut]

Yeah i'd love to see this too actually. Maybe a sticky thread catering for maps of all major regional centres in Queensland incl. Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton... Toowoomba if we can find a forumer prepared to do a map?

Happy to do one if requested (for Mackay of course)...

[Burden]

Iam more then happy to make one for Townsville ;), Probably use google maps.

[Jesse24]

Yes I used Google Maps and Fireworks to do Cairns' and it's real easy to do if you have the information.

[Burden]

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[Gertzy]

^^ It looks good Sean and good job but it needs to be a little bit more accurate, a couple of sites are larger than what they really are, and Verde needs to be fronting Flinders Street :).

[cool_dude69]

Yeah i'd love to see this too actually. Maybe a sticky thread catering for maps of all major regional centres in Queensland incl. Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton... Toowoomba if we can find a forumer prepared to do a map?

Happy to do one if requested (for Mackay of course)...



i have no problem making a map of developments in Rockvegas:)

[InfinitoGC]

Townsville is getting quite big!

[Burden]

Hmmmm indeed, the Dual of NQ.

[Gertzy]

^^ You mean the Jewel, right?

[Burden]

Oa fuk.