Woolloongabba Doubt

Plans to sell and redevelop 10 hectares of prime Brisbane government-owned real estate have stalled in anticipation of a firm announcement about the Cross River Rail project. The Newman government has rejected the previous Labor government's plan to sell the valuable Goprint site at Woolloongabba to make way for a massive inner-suburb development. The site's future is now in limbo, with no decision on its redevelopment expected until the viability of Brisbane's proposed underground rail project is determined. See Brisbane Times

Albert Street Railway

Royal on the Park (the old Park Royal Hotel) owned by the Sultan of Brunei is to be resumed to build an underground train station. How will this impact Sunland's proposed development on Alice Street at Albert Street?

"ONE of Brisbane's major inner-city hotels will be resumed with 38 other properties for the city's first underground rail line, it has been revealed. ...

Under the plans the Royal on the Park hotel will need to be resumed, alongside 38 other commercial and industrial properties in Salisbury, Rocklea, the CBD and Bowen Hills."

Source: Courier Mail and see also Brisbane Times

At least you will be able to get free WiFi here.

Light Rail for Brisbane

Brisbane's inner-city rail study has got the green light in the federal budget with a $20 million investment to work out an underground route and a preferred way of funding the ambitious $14.2 billion project.

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