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ExclusivePhil BartschSun 24 Aug 25

Missing Heart: Why The Gold Coast Needs a CBD

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It is the missing piece of the Gold Coast’s urban puzzle.

Somewhere along the way to becoming Australia’s sixth largest city—with a population forecast to reach 1 million within 15 years—it has been left without a definitive CBD.

Or, at least, nowhere truly identifiable as downtown Gold Coast.

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