Parkside Yeronga Community Centre Proposed

Did you know that a two-storey community centre has been proposed as part of ‘Parkside Yeronga,’ a new mixed-use community development that will be completed in four stages?

Read: Parkside Yeronga Mixed-Use Community Development Proposed

A project of the Economic Development Queensland (EDQ), the new centre designed by Archipelago will provide a range of community-based uses and activities, meeting rooms, associated amenities, storage space and a lobby space. 

The lower ground storey will include a meeting room, associated amenities, storage space and the lobby space whilst the upper ground storey will provide a mix of multipurpose, meeting and staff rooms, as well as an outdoor space. 

The upper ground storey will also serve as a ‘welcome hub’ to the community centre, accessed directly from the Public Plaza via an open and identifiable pedestrian entrance.

It will feature 16 car parking spaces and a pedestrian link between Villa Street and the proposed Green Spine that will adjoin East Road. It will have a maximum building height (approximately 8.75 AHD high) and will front the adjoining Public Plaza between the Yerong Commercial Building.

The subject site is on a part of land at 70 Park Road, Yeronga, which is within the Yeronga Priority Development Area (Yeronga PDA). The site was formerly the Queensland TAFE campus and has been vacant for over a decade.

The vision for Yeronga PDA is to transform the land on the corner of Park Road and Villa Street, Yeronga into an inviting, sustainable, connected and integrated place. Yeronga PDA was approved by the Queensland Government and came into effect on 9 August 2019.

“The proposal provides an integrated, multi-purpose community centre, capable of facilitating an array of community activities that will directly benefit the Yeronga and Brisbane community, providing enhanced facilitates accessible to an array of established community originations and groups, as well as the future Parkside Yeronga residents,” the planning document reads.

Further details can be viewed at the Queensland Government’s State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning website, with the reference number DEV2021/1221.