Riverside land at South Brisbane will be bought by Brisbane City Council and the state government for the 2032 Olympic Games International Broadcasting Centre site, lord mayor Adrian Schrinner confirmed on Monday night.
After the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics, the seven hectares of land on Montague Road will be transformed into parkland, Cr Schrinner confirmed back in Brisbane after representing the 2032 Games bid and attending the Opening Ceremony at the Tokyo Games.
It is expected to lead a major redevelopment of one of the last remaining riverside portions of land in central Brisbane.
“The mayors of south-east Queensland began the journey to pursue these Games because they realised the incredible legacy this would create for Brisbane and the rest of the region,” Cr Schrinner said.
“This new area on the banks of the Brisbane River is precisely the type of legacy they envisaged; great new assets that would benefit all residents and make our wonderful city even better.”
Cr Schrinner said the new South Brisbane riverside park would be the 2032 equivalent to the South Bank Parklands contribution to World Expo ’88.
“For a decade and more, people have talked about South Bank being extended along this part of our river and I am so pleased we’re now moving forward to make those dreams become a reality,” he said.
“World Expo ’88 was the catalyst for the creation of South Bank and now Brisbane 2032 will facilitate the next phase of this evolution.”
Negotiations with the owner of the industrial business on the site have already begun.
The South Brisbane site is identified in the International Olympic Commission’s Future Host Commission report released earlier this year.
The IOC’s International Host Commission’s report shows the 2032 International Broadcasting Centre on Montague Road at South Brisbane.CREDIT:IOC HOST COMMISSION REPORT.
This largely industrial land at South Brisbane was earmarked in Brisbane City Council planning in 2014 for future urban and cultural development.
The IOC Future Host Commission report says the Queensland government would provide money to remediate the industrial land.
“It includes demolition of industrial buildings, site remediation, and construction of permanent utilities, including a new substation,” the report says.
It identifies a temporary 57,000-square-metre International Broadcasting Centre for the world’s media during the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.
The Main Press Centre for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be nearby at South Bank’s Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
After the Games the new International Broadcasting Centre buildings on Montague Road will be removed and the site would become parkland, Cr Schrinner confirmed.
“Obviously, the Games are some years away, but we’re eager to get on with the job of delivering this and other amazing new assets for the people of Brisbane,” he said.
“This will give us plenty of time to work with the state to secure the land and for council to masterplan this area for all Brisbane residents in the future.”
The seven-hectare parcel of land is within 25 hectares of land identified in 2014 in the council’s draft Kurilpa Master Plan, which planned the future of the riverside land at West End opposite Milton.
At that stage it was earmarked for residential and commercial properties.
The Queensland government also proposed extending to South Bank Parklands around the river in 2012.
That proposal involved a mix of public and commercial use along the riverbank, including entertainment, retail and dining precinct and parkland.
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