ResidentialLindsay SaundersMon 13 Jul 26
SKF Plots 100 Townhouse Community for South Ripley Growth Corridor
SKF Developments has unveiled plans for a townhouse community at South Ripley, adding to the wave of medium-density housing planned across one of South-East Queensland's fastest-growing urban corridors.
The developer has filed a development application with Economic Development Queensland for the project on Lot 6003 Barrams Road within the Ripley Valley Priority Development Area.
The proposal comprises 103 two-storey townhouses with a net residential density of 27 homes per hectare, reflecting the shift towards higher-density housing forms as the Ripley Valley continues to transition from greenfield land to an established suburban community.
Twenty-seven parking spaces are detailed in the application, which was prepared by Urbis on behalf of SKF Development South Ripley.
SKF Development is a Brisbane-based real estate investment and development company that specialises in sustainable residential, commercial, and industrial projects across South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
They are also the co-owners and developers of the Area 51 Indoor Entertainment Centre at Logan.
The Ripley proposal has been designed by architecture practice Cottee Parker with a landscape concept by Saunders Havill.
The Ripley Valley Priority Development Area is a masterplanned growth precinct identified by the Queensland Government to accommodate substantial population growth over coming decades.
About 40km south-west of the Brisbane CBD and adjoining the rapidly expanding suburbs of Ripley and South Ripley, the area has become one of the state's most active residential development fronts.
Development across the precinct has accelerated over the past decade as major developers have delivered new communities supported by schools, parks, retail centres and transport infrastructure.
Increasingly, townhouse projects are complementing traditional detached housing as developers respond to affordability pressures, changing household preferences and state housing supply targets.
The proposed density is consistent with this transition, offering a more compact housing product while remaining well below apartment densities typically found in established urban centres.
No estimated project value has been disclosed in the application.
On 10 July, Economic Development Queensland signed four infrastructure agreements across the Ripley Valley Priority Development Area to support roads, water, sewer and community infrastructure, unlocking more than 15,600 new homes.
The agreements cover the Ripley Road Corridor, South Ripley trunk infrastructure, the Montague Road precinct and Ripley Town Centre through partnerships between government, Ipswich City Council and developers.
