The highly-anticipated Gold Coast Rapid Transit project has taken a further step towards reality today with Premier Anna Bligh and Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese opening bids for $110 million worth of roadwork contracts. This is the largest package of early works contracts released so far, and will provide a shot in the arm for [...]

A new rail-bus package, which rolls out next week, is about to make the daily grind from the Gold Coast to Brisbane a whole lot easier for thousands of commuters. From next Tuesday, a new early morning train will run between Varsity Lakes and Brisbane Airport, adding an extra 2250 seats weekly between the two [...]

Property analysts have tipped the heart of Queensland’s glitter strip to be among the top performing suburbs in the property market this year. The latest quarterly report by Colliers International highlighted Surfers Paradise, Southport and Labrador as hot spots in 2010, with house and unit prices set to soar between seven and 10 per cent. [...]

Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel & Residences is already making its mark on the Gold Coast skyline, with construction past half way on the first tower. Workers have reached level 20 of Boulevard Tower, which will eventually stretch 32 storeys into the sky, and have completed four of the five basement levels. The core structure will [...]

After putting last year’s property review on hold, the Department of Environment and Resource Management will be proceeding with a city-wide valuation check for the Gold Coast – the very first since 2006. Even with the turbulent market of the past eighteen months, new valuations are expected to push the average land value in some [...]

June 17th, 2009 Private developers have proposed a $63 million sports and entertainment centre directly opposite Carrara Stadium. Brisbane-based Bramley Properties has proposed a complex of almost 35,000sqm on a 21ha site which will comprise a Southport Sharks-style sports club, shops, restaurants, offices and a Ferry Road-style boutique food and produce market. The proposal designed [...]

Queensland’s residential property market has shown its staying power over the June quarter with increasing sales and median house price growth in many areas. After an uncertain year, the latest Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) median sales data shows a return to form for the State’s property market. “We are cautiously optimistic that the [...]

The Gold Coast City Council has announced that it will spend approximately $180,000 refurbishing the iconic yet tired Broadbeach Mall merry-go-round. After the ride stopped working last year council did consider removing the attraction. Councillor Eddy Sarroff, who represents the Broadbeach area, says the community was overwhelmingly in favour of retaining the carousel. “We need to ensure [...]

Further to today’s interest rate announcement that rates will remain steady for another month at 3%, the State Government last week revealed that more than 60% of the Gold Coast will be protected from development under the long-term plan for the region. Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the South East Queensland Regional Plan [...]

Gold Coast Property News Coomera will move from back yards and double garages to high rises of up to 15 stories as council moves to create a Surfers Paradise in the ‘burbs. The Gold Coast City Council plan would make the ‘family belt’ at east Coomera one of the city’s most densely populated suburbs. The [...]