IF you thought last year was big for developments in Toowoomba, just wait until you see what this year has in store. But it isn't only the big ticket projects driving Toowoomba forward, the city's new food precincts are also contributing to the change.

Pradella Property Ventures has submitted plans to Toowoomba Regional Council for a home lifestyle resort at Hampton St. The resort will have facilities including an indoor and outdoor pool, tennis court, library, workshop and bowls green.

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Wippells Autos was on March 1 granted approval by Toowoomba Regional Council to construct a showroom on land at Clifford St. The showroom will have provisions for two car dealerships, a reception, offices, sales and services areas, amenities and a delivery bay. Planning documents show Jaguar and Land Rover displays are the two brands planned for the showroom. A slew of retailers new to Toowoomba is coming to fill the old Masters Hardware site on Hume St.

The Toowoomba Masters site was among 82 acquired by Home Consortium in the wake of the hardware chain's collapse in December last year. The sites were bought with the plan of converting them into retail malls featuring businesses such as Spotlight, JB Hi-Fi, Super A-Mart and The GoodGuys.

But with a Spotlight store and The Good Guys in the immediate neighbourhood, and many of the other retail names listed already existing in various Toowoomba locations, many are left wondering what would eventually go in there. A new housing estate being developed in Highfields will bring another blocks of land to the second fastest growth centre in Queensland. The subdivision covers an area of Earth moving equipment is already on-site and the development will be carried out over eight stages.

The second stage of the massive town centre proposal at Plainland Crossing was unveiled by developers Maddison Ridge, with the supermarket giants among the names dropped by agent LJ Hooker Toowoomba in the latest update. Another travel centre, which will mirror the current Caltex service station and fast food shops, is also in the works but is not being developed by Maddison Ridge.

Toowoomba Sports Club has released plans for an expansion in the CBD which involves the demolition of the Metropole Hotel. Developer Canberra District Rugby League Football Club submitted a development application to the Toowoomba Regional Council proposing an expansion. The proposed extensions result in a total increase of the gross floor area of about sq m over two storeys.

Under the plans the ground level will retain the existing gaming area while redeveloping the balance of the area to include a pokie lounge, reception, cafe, bar and amenities. A Toowoomba street is set to be transformed with the construction of a massive glass-clad office building. Developer Janflow Pty Ltd intends to construct a four-storey office building on the corner of Kitchener and Phillip Sts.

Multi-storey apartments could soon tower over McDonalds in Margaret St if a developer can be found. An aged building at 8 Station St is set to be transformed, with zoning allowing the construction of multi-storey residential units. The owner of the m sq block near Grand Central is divesting his interests from Toowoomba after renting the offices for years.

The idea is a multi-storey unit complex could be constructed, with commercial businesses on the ground floor. The Gladstone Hotel will undergo a multi-million dollar rebuild, with plans submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council. Plans lodged with the council proposed building a laneway retail precinct on the ground floor, fronting Kwong Sang Walk and tapping into the walkway, however they were rejected by the council with new plans submitted last month.

Construction was slated to begin in July with the hotel's re-opening planned for August next year. The Westpac Bank building on the corner of Ruthven and Margaret Sts is set to be transformed into a unique space with high-quality tenants. The vision for The Bank development is to have two retail stores on the ground floor and offices on the second floor. An Australian culinary trailblazer has revealed his plans for a new concept restaurant right here in Toowoomba.

The town will soon be home to Pyro BBQ, a restaurant concept that's been dreamed up by Australian chef Braden White. Mr White is launching the restaurant under his new role with Worldwide Hospitality Group directors Tony Kelly and Scott Hoskins, the masterminds behind three thriving restaurants at urban food precinct Walton Stores. Owners of Kingfisher Cafe, Rob and Bridget McGrath, recently took over the management of Preston Manor and Village Chapel.

They are working with owners Colin and Merrilyn Middleton to bring more attention to what Mr McGrath calls "one of Toowoomba's hidden gems. They have plans to install a gazebo, create bridges across the dams to make a second ceremony site and build a bridal retreat. Stage one of the project will include environmentally controlled glasshouses, laboratories, outdoor trial sites and a centre for the study of biopesticides.

Stage two will incorporate new road access, lighting and the construction of an artificial lake to help with water retention and long-term irrigation supply. The project includes the refurbishment of existing Republic of Singapore Air Force helicopter training facilities which are housed at the base. New support logistics and maintenance facilities will also be constructed as will airfield infrastructure. The Ruthven St North Streetscape Project plan involves changes to the design layout including a keep clear zone at Scholefield, Piper and Hodgson Sts.

The changes are designed to ensure right turning motorists exiting and entering the intersections are not obstructed by through traffic queued across the intersection. The development of the Wellcamp Business Park is set to ramp up with Wagners announcing plans for a major new industrial complex.

Interlink SQ is an intermodal terminal and industrial precinct to transform transportation and logistics in Southern Queensland. It will maximise freight and supply chain cost efficiencies offering opportunities of business in the region. Inland Rail will complete the backbone of the national rail freight network between Melbourne and Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Trains travelling on this new, more direct route will travel at up to kmh and use significantly less fuel. The new rail route will be up to 10 hours faster than the existing coastal rail network via Sydney. The hospital won approval from Toowoomba Regional Council for its expansion plans on October The project involves the construction of six new operating theatres and six new pre-operative holding areas in a move that will increase the hospital's capacity for day operations.

The top of the Toowoomba Range is being transformed, with two housing developments set to change the entrance to the Garden City. Construction work is already under way for the Three Burnage St development, an exclusive housing estate that includes six lots located on Burnage St. Easily visible to east-bound motorists nearing the top of the Toowoomba Range, the development will ultimately also include the refurbishment of the historic Burnage Homestead.

The Vantage development will be a little community including 16 duplex-style town houses and the jewel in the centre, a stand alone villa. The Eastville development on the corner of Cohoe and Herries Sts is one of the city's newest food precincts. McDonald's and KFC opened in and Cafe 63 and the Burrito Bar opened its doors last year. There is still room at the site for other food outlets to operate with the site expected to be filled this year.

Trucks and machinery are on site at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre, helping to transform and reshape the city's northern boundary. Toowoomba Regional Council's Bedford St landfill site is being transformed thanks to two council projects. The council's water and waste committee chair Cr Nancy Sommerfield said the council was undertaking a number of strategic projects at the site involving vertical expansion and a study into the quantity and quality of landfill gas.

The landfill gas project will guide the council's decisions on future opportunities to use the gas from the landfill cells. The QIC Grand Central redevelopment on the corner of Margaret and Dent Sts is the talk of the town.

Once completed the centre will host new discount department stores about about speciality retailers. The first set of shops in the redevelopment opened in September and the second stage, which included a number of food precincts as well as Woolworths, Big W and Kmart opened in March.

Highfields is continuing to grow and now residents are being introduced to a new style of living. A secure, gated residential complex called Highfields Mews is scheduled to start construction in the new financial year. The Walton Stores urban renewal project, located on Ruthven St, has been described as a daily food and wine festival. The multi-million-dollar development is an initiative of Toowoomba companies Aspect Architects and Newlands Commercial Construction. Full of Life Juice Bar, Westpac Bank, Hello Harry, Junk, Nitrogenie and 2Birds have already opened in the development with more stores to come this year.

Five rectangular fields, four multi-purpose courts, clubhouse infrastructure and amenities at Highfields will be built with the funding to complete the project. Developers are looking to transform a former ambulance station into a laundromat and unit project. Stower Developments has submitted plans to Toowoomba Regional Council to construct the project in Pittsworth.

Throughout construction of the seven stages the resort in Hogg and Tor Sts will double in size, adding new homes to the current homes. Features of the resort include a pin bowling alley, a lawn bowls green, golf simulator, tennis court, gymnasium and activity centre, heated indoor pool, infinity edge outdoor pool and a movie cinema within a new luxury country club. Residents travelling along South St will notice the changes to the new Living Gems over 50s resort. The building will be predominantly three storeys and will generally have a height of about The communal open space will be comprised of a number of communal recreation areas including courtyards and an active sport area which includes a putt putt-style golf facility.

Located in the Toowoomba CBD, The Mills Precinct will showcase one of the city's unique pieces of history - the Allied Mills site.

The development of the property, which incorporates a total of sq m, will occur over a number of stages. The former mill silos will be converted into towering apartment blocks to be located above office suites, cafes, restaurants and retail outlets. The construction of a hardware superstore in the heart of the Lockyer Valley is yet to begin, but planning is going ahead. Bunnings Warehouse announced last year it was coming to Gatton after it was approved by Lockyer Valley Regional Council.

A council spokesperson said planning approval was given to Bunnings in December at Option button computer keyboard Dr, Gatton.

The new Bunnings location sits just outside of the town, just a couple of minutes from the CBD. Construction work on The Intersection, Toowoomba's latest fast-food precinct, is already under way. Diggers are onsite to prepare the ground on the intersection of Ruthven and Alderley Sts in South Toowoomba for building structures to support six new foot outlets, including Subway and Burger Urge. The development will make that intersection one of the busiest in the city in terms of construction, and will turn the four corners into a fast-food central.

Guzman y Gomez, Forex box australia Rock, Super Rooster, Hungry Jack's and Pump are already either confirmed or established on three of the four corners, while the Intersection brings the total number of outlets up to The data centre will comprise three separate buildings, each with independent mechanical and electrical aldi opening hours anzac day sydney. Energy efficiency will be a priority of the build, taking advantage of the local climatic conditions with cooling costs minimised through natural airflow and heat dissipation.

The Darling Downs Rifle Club has gained planning permission from Toowoomba Regional Council to build a new rifle range. The club, which has been in Toowoomba for more than years, was forced to find a new home after Defence Housing Australia bought land formerly used by shooters at Mt Lofty. Nearby graziers had raised issues with the new development, arguing the noise from shooting would affect cattle.

It is a bypass north of Toowoomba which addresses a recognised constraint in the National Land Transport Network, designed by Nexus Infrastructure. Plans for the year-old hotel include an expanded gaming room, a new lick of dow jones us small cap total stock market index, new glazed windows and a prominent new logo. The first step in construction has begun on a much-anticipated multiple-storey high-rise in Toowoomba.

The heritage-listed Toowoomba Rail Goods Shed will be redeveloped, with the State Government throwing its money into the council-driven project. The Toowoomba Integrated Milk Project is a joint venture zmh call options Au Lait Australia and Nature One Dairy. Canadian Solar wants to build an 80 MW solar photovoltaic project 6. US solar giant SunEdison agreed to be a co-developer or the region's mega Solar Choice's Bulli Creek farm.

When completed in eight years the site will be capable of producing two gigawatts of electricity. The project will have the potential to generate about MW of electricity, powering 32, homes and contributing to the Australian government's historical prices stock option policy.

Wagners hopes the centre will house a variety of homemaker stores including electronics, toys, furniture, tiles and bedding retailers. The plan to transport cattle via rail to the abattoir has been in the works for several years, after general manager Pat Gleeson flagged the method as a way to increase the number of cattle processed. The expansion will involve improving the storage capacity and carcass chambers for cattle as well as the robotic computer systems.

Plans to build an Aldi supermarket at Highfields were submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council on November 29 by Aldi Stores. The proposed development will be located at 73 Highfields Rd, opposite Highfields Village Shopping Centre. The subject site is premier livestock frome market to be subdivided into two allotments with Aldi to to be located on sq m block of land and the store to have a gross floor area of sq m.

Changes are about to be made to one of Toowoomba's most historic and treasured CBD buildings. Initial work will see upgrades to toilets and lower service sections would be installed in bar areas and the ticket office to provide more convenient access.

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This will be followed at a later date by a major refurbishment of the Empire Theatre auditorium involving painting and re-covering the cloth seats. The renewal program will ensure the Empire Theatres complex retains send money from paypal back to bank account unique character and its reputation as the leading regional performance centre in the country.

Bmo stock trading canada Property, which is behind the development, will also keep the fuel station open 24 hours absa stockbrokers careers day, seven days once it re-opens. A popular if run-down servo on the Warrego Hwy is planning a major redevelopment that the owner hopes will put it back in the market with a new edge after stiff competition.

Zimms Corner owner Olga Marr said renovations would include a new cafe and electric car recharging stations. Stage one is already open with 45 house sites and stage two is titled and ready for residents to build. Essence Estate will boast parklands, children's playground, walking and riding vsepro binary options and covenant protected home sites and is described as the new standard for modern family living.

Leyden Rise is a beautiful new estate built in a key location, positioned to take advantage of Oakey's bright future. It also creates the opportunity for construction of a service station and takeaway food complex where Pittsworth Rd meets the Warrego Hwy.

The Avenues of Highfields will be the first full house and land package development of its kind for the Toowoomba region. Hutchinson Builders is the civil contractor for stage one of the development and it is expected more than lots will be sold across 10 stages over the next five years. The estate will be candle trading strategies finished in a location that has a country feel, only 10 minutes from Toowoomba.

It is within walking distance of parks and the general store and just up the road are the community hall and state primary school. It offers a quiet lifestyle in green parkland setting, the convenience of the Toowoomba city centre and the soon-to-be-realised potential of the dynamic and expanding suburb of Glenvale.

Initially the Eustondale Master Planned Community will option trading firm chicago built over two stages with a total of 56 lots at Euston Rd and, Boundary and McDougall St, Glenvale.

The first two stages are just the beginning, with developers planning future applications over a much larger area. Plans submitted to council show the development will be broken into six precincts including four low residential areas, a future residential area and an open space. Parklane Estate consists of only 20 lots ranging from to square metres at Harlaxton, beside Horn Park cabaret money makes the world go round download Downland College.

Two residential releases are separated by the tree-lined Pascoe Lane offering a range of lot sizes, housing choices and living options. Blocks of land on one side overlook Horn Park while lots on the other side are positioned to capture the afternoon breeze and twinkling lights of Toowoomba at night. The Parklane vision is to create a community that combines landscaped streets, parks and gardens.

Residential houses will be placed to the east and west, but the majority of the new housing lots will be in the northern section. There are three local parks listed on planning documents along with three open spaces and drainage corridors.

A huge housing development is planned for Harlaxton on a key feeder road from the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. Plans were submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council for a master planned residential community on Goombungee Rd, Bacon and Griffiths Sts and bordering Mort St, Harlaxton. The Northgate Vista Estate development will be made up of five precincts, including neighbourhood residential, hillside residential, mixed residential, local centre and open space precincts.

The land is mostly vacant and has been cleared in association with its previous use for agricultural grazing purposes. Glenview Estate is a new land development which creates a place that celebrates community and connectivity. It is designed and planned over four stages.

Stage one land sizes range from sq m to sq m. Mary Mackillop Catholic College in Highfields was granted approval by the State Minister of Education and Training to expand from a Prep to Year radio button checked jquery validation education facility.

In November last year the Queensland government announced a multi-million dollar funding boost for Catholic and independent schools in Toowoomba. The jewel in the crown of the expansion is a new performing arts centre that includes an auditorium with a raised stage that will seat about people. A visual arts block will also be constructed that will include two enclosed, outdoor spaces, two art studios and a graphic arts studio. An industrial technology and design centre is also under construction to add profit ndtv markets stock dashboard the metal and woodworking workshops already at the school.

Wilsonton State High School, formerly known as Toowoomba State High School Wilsonton Campus, is making major changes after the decision was made to make it a stand-alone school. A new uniform, principal and identity are all part of the changes, as well as a new multipurpose hall. Toowoomba Grammar School students will soon benefit from a new state-of-the-art sporting stadium. The new stadium will provide indoor sporting facilities including basketball courts, volleyball courts and an indoor cricket pitch and an indoor assembly area designed to accommodate the school's staff and student numbers.

It involves the removal of two existing school buildings - the industrial arts building and the physical education staff room and classrooms. The stadium will cover an area of sq m across two levels with a mezzanine attached to the upper level.

Development of the new stadium will allow refurbishment and repurposing of existing gymnasium facilities, prolonging the life of existing campus sporting facilities. The Views, stage four and five, in Sanctuary Rise offer spectacular north facing panoramic views of the Toowoomba ranges and Gowrie Mountain.

These two stages of this highly sought-after residential estate offer 44 lots which range in size from m2 to m2. Highfields Veterinary Surgery at 31 Kuhls Rd, Highfields has submitted plans to Toowoomba Regional Council which include employing a new veterinary surgeon on a full-time basis. The new vet will use the current veterinary clinic including a small waiting room, treatment room, surgery area, storeroom and amenities. The business also wants an extension to the front of the clinic building to incorporate a new waiting room.

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Here is a list of 72 new things opening this year, into and beyond. Developer Pradella Property Ventures is seeking approval to construct a retirement facility. Artist's impressions of 7 - 9 Kitchener St. The Ruthven St frontage concept of the Gladstone Hotel. Rob McGrath and his wife Bridget McGrath are the new lessees of Preston Manor.

April Bev Lacey. An artist's impression of the Ruthven Street North Streetscape Project. St Vincent's Hospital Bev Lacey. An artist's impression of the Three Burnage St development Contributed. An artist's impression of the new Grand Central. An outdoor cinema is coming to Walton Stores. Artist's impression of what Palm Lake Resort Toowoomba will look like. Progress on Bunnings site in Ruthven St Nev Madsen.

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Works begin on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing viaduct Nev Madsen. The Toowoomba Integrated Milk Project. An artist's impression of the solar farm Canadian Solar plans to build near Oakey. Oakey Beef Exports Kevin Farmer. An Aldi store is proposed to be built at Highfields.

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