If adopted,the Kurilpa Precinct Master Plan would allow developers to build up to 274 metres – close to 90 storeys – in the area bounded by yellow in the map above,forever changing the low cityscape of South Brisbane.
“We as a city need to consider carefully the type of housing packages that we introduce,” University of Queensland urban planning expert associate professor Dorina Pojani said.
“Overall,the city can stand to increase its density by a whole lot and there are a whole lot of neighbourhoods that could take more density.
“But residents need to let go of their NIMBY attitudes because this is a growing city and this NIMBYism is just very,very selfish,in my view.”
The plan would remodel older industrial land at South Brisbane similar to the transformation of Newstead and Teneriffe,lord mayor Adrian Schrinner said.
“Just like Teneriffe and Newstead have been turned from industrial and commercial areas into some of Brisbane’s most popular places to live and visit,I’m confident our changes will do similar for the Kurilpa precinct,” Schrinner said.