{"id":579694,"date":"2026-02-10T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/579694\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:07:16","slug":"brisbane-city-council-proposes-high-density-zones-near-mount-gravatt-and-chermside-shopping-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/579694\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane City Council proposes high-density zones near Mount Gravatt and Chermside shopping centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apartment buildings would be built next to two major shopping centres under new proposals passed by Brisbane City Council tonight.<\/p>\n

New high density zones have been chosen near Upper Mount Gravatt and Chermside’s Westfield shopping centres.<\/p>\n

The precinct plans were voted through the LNP-dominated council with bipartisan support from Labor, Greens, and the independent.<\/p>\n

However, the LNP shot down proposals by the Labor opposition to include affordable housing targets in the precinct plans.<\/p>\n

Councillor Adam Allan said affordable housing targets would make development less financially viable for developers.<\/p>\n

“We need to recognise that housing in this city, 96 per cent of it, is delivered by the private sector,” Cr Allan said.<\/p>\n

“If you choose to layer on condition after condition to developments, it just doesn’t get built.”<\/p>\n

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Adam Allan says developers cannot afford to build low-end housing. (Supplied: Adam Allan)<\/p>\n

Labor Opposition Leader Jared Cassidy said he supported higher density housing in these areas, but said they would now come with an unaffordable price tag.<\/p>\n

He said these plans would enrich developers and price working families out of Mount Gravatt and Chermside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What about the ordinary people? $2 million units don’t really help them, and $900 per week rent doesn’t help them either,” Cr Cassidy said.<\/p>\n

“It’s radio silence from the LNP because they don’t care about housing affordability.”<\/p>\n

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Jared Cassidy says the future of Mt Gravatt will be unaffordable luxury apartments. (ABC Radio Brisbane: Kenji Sato)<\/p>\n

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said these two precincts were chosen because of their proximity to public transport.<\/p>\n

He said Mount Gravatt’s shopping centre is next to the new Brisbane Metro line, and Chermside’s was next to a proposed future Metro line.<\/p>\n

Cr Schrinner said he did not support affordable housing targets, saying that “supply, supply, supply” was the solution to Brisbane’s housing woes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The precinct plans are part of the council’s bipartisan urban densification agenda, intended to build taller apartments near public transport to reduce car dependency.<\/p>\n

Within the current term, the council radically slashed the minimum size of blocks to just 120 square metres and cut car parking requirements for new buildings.<\/p>\n

Other precinct plans include Stones Corner, Wynnum Central, Salisbury, Moorooka, and Alderley.<\/p>\n

The Upper Mount Gravatt and Chermside precinct plans will now go to the Queensland government for approval, before returning to council.<\/p>\n

The council will then finalise details including exactly what areas will be rezoned, and how tall apartments will be allowed to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apartment buildings would be built next to two major shopping centres under new proposals passed by Brisbane City…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":579695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[251554,11096,4740,112334,251553,251555,50,135211,251552],"class_list":{"0":"post-579694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-adam-allan","9":"tag-apartments","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-brisbane-city-council","12":"tag-chermside","13":"tag-jared-cassidy","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-shopping-centres","16":"tag-upper-mount-gravatt"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116046020440559503","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}