Childcare Centre Tops Plans for Annerley Site

A busy corner block in a southside Brisbane suburb would be transformed into a four-storey block including a childcare centre under plans filed this week.

Urbis submitted the plans to the Brisbane City Council on behalf of Eight Mile Property Group for the 2362sq m site in Annerley last week, seeking permits and change of use for an office, food and drink outlet, and childcare centre. 

The site is on the corner of 303 and 313 Ipswich Road, and 36 and 38 Palmerston Street, Annerley.

The proposed four-storey project would include a childcare centre for up to 153 children on levels one and two, with the upper and lower ground floors given over to 58 carparking spaces.

Urbis said in the planning documents that architectural designs demonstrate “lightweight sub-tropical design principles” integrating landscaping features with a variety of roof forms.

Proposed tenancies and occupants have not yet been identified, but it is seeking two large retail tenancies and a small office space for the inner-city southside suburb.

The current structures on the site, a car wash, adult store and car park, would be demolished to make way for the development.

Urbis adapted its initial plans after the council warned that an originally proposed fifth storey would exceed the residential area’s height restrictions.

In pre-lodgement documents, the council also suggested other amendments in the initial meeting with Urbis last year, including increasing the setback to ensure a “high-quality streetscape outcome”. 

Annerley is a smaller southside Brisbane suburb, about 6kn south of the CBD, that is undergoing extensive urban regeneration ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.

Surrounding suburbs such as Dutton Park, where the Boggo Road Cross River Rail station will be, and Woolloongabba have recorded increased development activity, including a major mixed-use precinct announced for Buranda Village Shopping Centre this year.