WORK has started on Ipswich Central to make way for a redeveloped city centre.
Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli, Ipswich City Properties (ICP) Chair Councillor Paul Tully and Ipswich City Council Division 7 Councillor David Martin were on hand for the event.
“Ipswich Central is officially underway,” Mayor Antoniolli said. “We are building a brand new city centre with dining and retail precincts, vibrant public spaces, an entertainment stage and a fresh range of retail outlets,”
Councillor Tully said Ipswich Central would deliver a significant investment injection into the region and marked the start of a new era for the city.
“Our new logo symbolises the end of the Ipswich Mall and the start of the new Ipswich Central. This new brand reflects our vision and fresh direction for the future.”
Cr Tully also said the new city centre would improve nearby property values, attract new businesses, retailers and visitors and give locals a city centre they could be proud of.
The $150 million redevelopment is the biggest transformation of inner-city Ipswich in 30 years.
Ipswich is Queensland’s fastest growing city and Mayor Antoniolli said Ipswich’s population was projected to more than double over the next 12 years.
“We need a central district to meet growing and changing demands,” he said. “The city’s average age is only 32 so a successful central district needs to provide employment but it also needs to offer young people and families a place to go for entertainment, education, shopping and dining.”
“Hutchinson’s are certainly excited to be part of such a momentous project. It’s not often there’s an opportunity to re-think and redesign much of a city’s centre,” Hutchinson Builders managing director Greg Quinn said.
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