Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area Archives

Northshore Hamilton Precinct Unlocked: 3,000 Homes and New Lifestyle Hub Coming to Brisbane’s Riverfront

Five parcels of land along Northshore Hamilton’s riverfront were released to the market on 17 February, in a move set to deliver 3,000 new homes to the precinct.

Read: Northshore Hamilton River Hub Set for New Wave of Tourism and Transport

Six hectares of riverfront real estate are now in play, with plans for a mixed-use precinct that goes well beyond just housing. Alongside residential development, the precinct is planned to include restaurants, bars and retail options.

More than $100 million in critical infrastructure will be invested to support the release, covering new roads and essential services. The land sits within the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area, a zone specifically designated for fast-tracked urban renewal, and the release is expected to bring forward around a decade’s worth of housing supply for the area, according to state officials.

Among the parcels being opened up is the former site set aside for a Brisbane Athletes Village ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. That plan did not proceed, with the site now being redirected toward residential and mixed-use development. The inclusion of the former Athletes Village site adds to the total land now available for development within the precinct.

Restrictions previously described as stifling development within the Priority Development Area were wound back in the months prior to this release, helping to clear the path for the land to come to market.

Member for Clayfield Tim Nicholls pointed to the broader benefits the development is expected to generate, including new homes, infrastructure, investment and local jobs in the area ahead of the 2032 Games.

The Northshore Hamilton release is part of a broader push to address Queensland’s housing pressures, sitting under the state’s Securing Our Housing Foundations Plan — a target to deliver one million new homes across Queensland by 2044, including a pipeline of 53,500 social and community homes.

It follows the recently launched Land Activation Program, which put previously vacant state-owned land on the market and reportedly unlocked up to 800 homes in its first week.

Other measures running alongside the land release program include a $2 billion Residential Activation Fund, the removal of stamp duty on new builds for first home buyers, a $30,000 first home owner grant extended to June 2026, a shared equity scheme to help buyers close the deposit gap, and changes to subletting rules aimed at boosting rental availability.

Read: Consultation Opens on Northshore Hamilton Housing Plan

Developers and proponents keen to get involved in the Northshore Hamilton sites have until 4pm on 16 April 2026 to lodge proposals. Further information is available through Economic Development Queensland’s website.

Published 19-February-2026

Altis Buys Cullen Avenue West Property in the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area

Altis Property Partners has acquired its second large-form industrial investment for $32.25 million in the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area.

The site on Cullen Avenue West is part of the Trade Coast precinct, one of the largest employment sites and sought-after locations in Queensland. Spanning 12,032 square metres, the property’s tenants include Freedom Fuels, Scout Aerial Services and Plastral.

Altis intends to upgrade the business park in time for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and make it available for more tenants. This was the key reason for the company’s decision to secure the asset because of its benefits in the future.

“One of the key characteristics which attracted us to this asset is the benefit from the future infrastructure investment in the precinct,” Gareth Price, the Director Capital Transactions at Altis said. “The Northshore Hamilton Priority Development area will undergo a major transformation into a vibrant, mixed-use precinct. This new industrial acquisition fits within our strategy of buying in core markets, centrally and conveniently located to employment hubs, with access to key infrastructure.”

“We are thrilled to add this asset to Altis’ diversified AREEP4 fund due to its diversified income and near term positive rental reversion opportunity due to the short weighted average lease expiry (“WALE”),” James King, the Director Investment Management and Capital said. “This acquisition reflects the exact type of asset the fund is targeting with the ability to access value by increasing the net rental income and extending the WALE in a tightly held precinct with the lowest vacancy rate of c0.6% in the Brisbane industrial market. Despite the headwinds caused by the inflationary environment we find ourselves in, we feel strong supportive fundamentals remain for the industrial sector at the right entry prices.”

It comes a few months after Altis also acquired a 9.03-hectare industrial investment in Western Australia and a Build-to-Rent project in Melbourne.

Published 4 March 2023

Northshore Hamilton Transformation Accelerated, Development Scheme Amendment Approved

Photo credit: The State of Queensland / statedevelopment.qld.gov.au

Plans for a world-class riverfront precinct that will serve as a future home of the Brisbane Athlete Village for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been accelerated, with the approval of the expansion of the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area.

Announced in late October 2022, Deputy Premier and Planning Minister Steven Miles approved a development scheme amendment for the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area, adjoining the Brisbane River and suburb of Hamilton.

“An additional 1.2 kilometres of this prime waterfront location will be transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use precinct for the community,” Mr Miles said, adding that the project will be one of the biggest contributions of Brisbane riverfront parkland since South Bank was established.

“A new commercial heart will be located along Macarthur Avenue to take advantage of increased foot traffic and maximise the invaluable new riverside parkland.”

Northshore Hamilton Transformation Accelerated, Development Scheme Amendment Approved — Photo credit: The State of Queensland / statedevelopment.qld.gov.au

Northshore Hamilton is a 304-hectare precinct which makes it Queensland’s largest waterfront urban renewal project, supporting a mix of retail, residential, entertainment, cultural and commercial uses.

The amendment will enable Northshore to accommodate more than 10,000 athletes and team officials for the Olympic Games and more than 5,000 for the Paralympic Games. It will also deliver new roads, road upgrades and a new public realm.

The Athlete Village will be developed on the Economic Development Queensland-owned land within the Northshore Hamilton PDA.

The Deputy Premier added that the Athlete Village will be converted into a housing and commercial property once the Olympic and Paralympic Games conclude. This in turn will provide more than 1,750 apartments along with commercial and retail space.

Overall, the Northshore Hamilton is estimated to provide over 14,000 dwellings which will house more than 24,000 residents. The residential offering will include aged care, retirement living social and affordable housing, key worker, hotel, build-to-rent and market accommodation.

The amendment to the development scheme took effect on 28 October 2022 following the online publishing.

Hamilton to House Facility for Needle-Free Vaccines Production

Hamilton will become the homebase of a medical facility that will create needle-free vaccines for COVID-19. The proposed site at the Northshore Hamilton Priority Development Area is expected to bring 139 jobs and $497 million to the Queensland economy, with active production spanning 10 years.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the partnership with Vaxxas, the manufacturer of the High-Density Micro-projection Array Patch (MAP) vaccine. A building from the Economic Development Queensland will be prepared for the medical company before the vaccine manufacture of 300 million patches every year beginning in 2022.

“For every parent worried about the anxiousness that comes with the delivery of a vaccine to a child through a shot, this technology has the potential to eliminate that anxiety,” Treasurer and Infrastructure and Planning Minister Cameron Dick said in a press statement.

Mr Dick also said that this facility will be significant to the economic recovery of the state from the pandemic as Queensland will attract highly-skilled jobs and advanced technology manufacturers.

The advanced technology entails a dry-coated vaccine patch to be applied to the skin. The vaccine deposits into the skin’s immune cells, which will create an efficient immune response. A doctor or a nurse won’t have to administer the patch.

Clinical trials at Australia’s Translational Research Institute in Woolloongabba show that the needle-free vaccines produce six times more antibodies within a short period compared to vaccines administered through the needle.

Photo Credit: Translational Research Institute/Facebook

Vaxxas’ new vaccine has the support of the World Health Organisation, the pharmaceutical company Merck and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.