Posted by admin on 13 July 2010
If you’ve ever driven along Logan Road in Woolloongabba you would probably have seen the signs and advertising promoting the Phoenix Development. With a land area of 21,436m2 (over 5 acres) and plans for retail, commercial and residential spaces this was going to be a huge construction site that was supposed to kick off in 2009 and be a major part of the future development in the area.
It was even included in the Council plans for the urban renewal of Woolloongabba and would presumably have gone ahead were it not for the tougher financial times. This is one of Brisbane’s largest development opportunities – certainly the largest inner Brisbane has seen for some years.
The receivers have now moved in and the land is to be separated into 6 individual parcels ranging from the extremely small 387m2 up to 11,837m2. It’s a wonder that the receivers don’t think that the land is worth more as a single entity. The likely explanation being that it will be far easier to sell quickly to various buyers than over a longer period of time to one.

Artist's impression of the failed Phoenix development
Tags: apartments in Woolloongabba, Brisbane City Council Urban Renewal Precinct, Deshon Street Woolloongabba, Logan Road Revitalisation Precinct, Logan Road Woolloongabba, Phoenix at the Gabba, Phoenix Development
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Posted by admin on 29 June 2010
If you’re out and about on a Saturday morning and you need a nice convenient way to shop for your fruit and veg, you might like to try the growers market next to the Broadway Hotel. It’s very much a case of blink and you might miss it, as it’s quite small (approximately 60 stalls) and it really is tucked in behind the hotel. The market offers some organic stalls, seasonal fruit and veges, flowers, meat, seafood and bread. However if it’s convenience you want then it’s ideal as there’s plenty of free parking and you could theoretically be in and out with everything you need in about ten minutes. Last week I was there and had a bacon and egg roll from one of the stalls that was not only the largest bacon and egg role made in the history of the universe…ever, it also cost me the very princely sum of $3.50. Admittedly I did end up wearing half of the roll on my shirt front but that I guess is sometimes the price you pay for eating a magnificent specimen of manfood that rises above bacon and egg roll mediocrity.
The Bees Nees solicitor said that I had to add a disclaimer that if your egg roll does not measure up as “the biggest roll in the universe…ever” then Bees Nees Pty Ltd and it’s associated companies take no responsibilitty for this. That said burger may have been the result of warm conversation and extreme shameless flattery rendered by the Bees Nees salesperson upon stall holder.
Tags: Broadway Hotel, Broadway Hotel Growers Market, Logan Road Woolloongabba, Walker Street Woolloongabba, Woolloongabba
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