Another commercial building will be added to Milton Green precinct, located by the Brisbane River, as part of the four-hectare inner-city re-development of the former Coronation Drive Office Park.
Building 7 was part of the approved development plans, submitted in 2012, on Little Crib Street in Milton and it will feature a subtropical and contemporary facade as designed by Hassell and Richards & Spence.
The commercial space will have campus-style facilities, multi-level parking spaces, as well as a tennis court and childcare centre for the employees’ use. Tenants who have pre-committed to this development have asked for these facilities from AMP Capital Funds Management and Sunsuper, which jointly owns Milton Green.
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Milton Green’s commercial spaces are on 6, 12 and 18 Little Cribb Street but the precinct has plenty of spaces for outdoor events and socialisation, play, fitness and recreation. The precinct is also a dining venue with heaps of choices.
The developers aim to make Milton Green a “truly integrated community” of the most inclusive commercial hub in Brisbane.
“From weekly farmers’ markets held on-site, to pop up food trucks, Brisbane’s trendiest café and restaurant operators, customer-facing networking events and public-facing markets – Milton Green’s rich events and retail mix provides an evolving experience for those who live, work or play here,” the developers said.
How good are you at running and chugging a lot of beer at the same time? Prove your skills at the upcoming beer run, which will cover five locations across Milton and the nearby suburbs.
You’ve got more than a whole month to get ready and “train” for this beer run as it’s happening on Sunday, 2 8 March 2021.
If this is your first time though — no pressure! You don’t have to bust your chops and do a lot of legwork as a beer run is simply another exciting pub crawl. All you need to do is run (or walk, or hop!) to five pre-selected pit stops and drink with your buds!
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This event will kick off at the Newstead Brewing Co and then moving to the Milton Common. The rest of the pit stops are at Fritzenberger in Petrie Terrace, Brisbane Brewery Co. in West End and the Charming Squire in South Bank.
There will be running leaders to guide participants at the routes. The event is expected to last for three hours but if the runners want to stay at the last brewery for a party, then it’s all well and good!
To score tickets for this event, register online for $55, which covers five beers and a Beer Run bib.
Participants also get a novelty Beer Run bottle opener medal when they “cross” the “finish line,” whether sober or drunk! Runners in their wackiest costumes will also win a prize. Good luck!
A major sports event that’s usually held in the U.S. is coming to Australia for the first time. Nitro World Games, an Elite action BMX, skate and scooter competition, will be staged at the Suncorp Stadium in Milton.
Ticket sales for this event, with more than 60 competitors around the world, will go up on Sunday, 7 Feb 2021 via the official site. The exclusive two-day passes will be released until 11 Feb 2021.
Spectators can expect exciting matches and exhibitions from world-class athletes in Freestyle Motocross, BMX, Skateboarding and Scooter.
“Nitro World Games at Suncorp Stadium is predicted to deliver more that $20 million to Queensland’s tourism economy, attracting up to 76,000 visitor nights,” Tourism and Sports Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said. “That’s a spectacular and welcome boost for accommodation and transport providers, cafes, restaurants and local tourism businesses.”
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The State Government said that this is a major coup for Australia’s sporting capital, validating the effective COVID-19 measures adopted in Queensland.
“Nitro world Games is a destination event that will bring visitors to South East Queensland and support local jobs for Queensland’s economic recovery,” Mr Hinchcliffe added.
“The hard work of Queenslanders on COVID-19 means we’re able to enjoy safe, elite action events like the World Nitro Games. “
Andy Edwards, the President of Asia Pacific for Thrill One Sports & Entertainment, said that it feels good to have this anticipation for the first-ever Nitro World Games outside of its usual venue, the United States, following the games’ cancellation in 2020.
Mr Edwards said that they’ve been receiving an unprecedented pre-sale ticket demand in the last week.
“[It] just makes the prospect of staging this unique event in front of a packed Suncorp Stadium of screaming fans all the more exciting.”
Construction of the new three-level Junior Learning Centre at Milton State School is on track to finish by mid-2021 and once opened, it’s expected to accommodate an additional 150 local students.
The new school will stand at the old tennis courts facing a Haig Road entrance. It will feature six classrooms for prep students on the top level, whilst eight classrooms for general use and two outdoor learning areas with associated amenities will be set in the lower levels.
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An elevated walkway will be built to connect the new building to the heritage-listed building. The first Milton State School block, which faces Bayswater Street, was built in 1923.
In addition to the new vertical learning site, major service upgrades will also be undertaken as a flood mitigation strategy, given that the school has had significant flooding and was under three metres of water during the 2011 floods in Brisbane.
The tennis courts will also be transferred to the Baroona Road section, where an existing building will be taken down.
In October, Principal Paul Zernike said that the new building’s construction will run for 12 months. Once completed, the school will still follow its existing enrolment management plan, where only students from the local area will be accepted.
Construction has been underway for The Ambrose, a new $150 million residential luxury tower set to rise with 19 storeys on McDougall Street in Milton.
The building is the second Brisbane project for Kokoda Property after Chester & Ella apartments in Newstead. Kokoda re-hired Hutchinson Builders to build The Ambrose, which has an expected completion in 2022.
“The selection of Hutchinson Builders, being Australia’s second-largest residential builder, means that purchasers at The Ambrose can not only have every confidence that the project will be delivered reliably on schedule, but to a standard of workmanship that they can be truly proud of,” Kokoda’s founder Mark Stevens said.
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“The Brisbane property market has faired comparatively well amidst the headwinds of 2020, and with falling residential supply over the last four years we are optimistic that The Ambrose is launching at an opportune time to take advantage of what we anticipate to be a strong market rebound.”
The Ambrose has been designed by Cottee Parker with 181 units, its own cinema centre, a gym and rooftop pool. The site will also have 14 units eligible for disability housing, in compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act of Australia.
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The price range per unit is expected to fall between $400,000 to $2 million, depending on the number of rooms.
Brisbane’s inner west opens its doors to its newest gin and vodka distillery, casual bar, and kitchen — Warehouse 25 in Milton.
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Perched between XXXX brewery and Suncorp Stadium, Warehouse 25 is every gin and vodka lover’s haven. The 436sqm venue boasts of 100 litre vodka still and a 50 litre gin still for both indoor and outdoor dining.
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Apart from the classic cocktails, Warehouse 25 will feature its signature spirits such as Lavender Martini, Ginger & Rhubarb Spritz, Spiced Iced Tea, and Grapefruit and Rosemary Sour.
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Warehouse 25 will also be bottling and selling their very own spirits under the Calm Spirits Co label. The spirits are infused with calming botanical extracts including juniper, lavender, rose and lemon. A number of Australian wines are also on offer, by the glass for $9 and by the bottle for $40 whilst the distillery’s cocktails will be $16 each.
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Being the former home to secret underground electronica parties, the venue’s indoor/outdoor split-level area is keeping its musical roots alive with the mezzanine level offering guests plenty of dancefloor space to party the night away whilst the basement area is an ideal spot for exhibitions, product launches, and other special events.
Meanwhile, the kitchen serves up red- and white-based pizzas including margherita (sugo, fior di latte and fresh basil); capricciosa (sugo, mozzarella, olives, artichoke, mushroom and ham); pistachio and pumpkin; and quattro formaggi (ricotta, fior di latte, gorgonzola, and mozzarella). There is also a variety of snack and share plates caprese (tomato, basil, and fior di latte), pumpkin and pistachio insalada (rocket salad with roast pumpkin, toasted pistachio, and red onion), burnt broccoli (charred florets with toasted almonds and lime), warm olives, chips, and arancini (mushroom arancini balls with capsicum and fennel salsa)
Warehouse 25 gin and vodka distillery, bar and restaurantis located at 25 Finchley Street, Milton. They are open Monday to Wednesday from 11a.m.–2p.m., Thursday 11a.m.–10p.m., Friday to Sunday 11a.m.–1a.m.
The $3.6 billion Queen’s Wharf transformation will reportedly include a premier event centre and sports bar that will become the ultimate party venue in the city.
Plans are underway for the QWB Sports Bar to host events featuring the best sports games in the world, such as the FL, NRL and English Premier League soccer, FIFA, Super Bowl, World Cup and every major tennis championship.
In this upcoming leisure space, guests may enjoy the sights, sounds, as well as the bar food and drinks, as if they are in an actual stadium. If sports fans in Brisbane can’t attend the events in person, then being at the QWB Sports Bar would be their next best option.
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The Star Entertainment Group head Matt Bekier is excited for what would be a 24/7 bar once construction is finished. The QWB Sports Bar will feature 50 LCD screens and a centrepiece 34 sqm LED screen.
Elevating the experience for every sports fan in Brisbane, this new bar is expected to open sometime in late 2022.
The Queen’s Wharf lifestyle precinct has been carefully planned to transform Brisbane CBD into the ultimate hub for entertainment, leisure and attractions. Spanning 26 hectares, this area is expected to generate an additional 1.39 million tourists, who will enjoy a variety of dining, retail and cultural spaces just as much as the locals.
If you’re in Milton and you fancy a scenic, historic walk to get some exercise without venturing too far from home, the Petrie Terrace Heritage Trail takes you through the historic portion of this neighbouring inner-city suburb. A 2.7 kilometre trail just a short distance from Milton Rd, it has 18 points of interest, the Petrie Terrace Heritage Trail may take a two-hour walk to explore.
First Stops on Caxton Street
Start your journey on Lang Park, formerly the North Brisbane Burial Ground. The burial ground, also known as the Paddington Cemetery was in use from 1843 to 1875, during which time up to 10,000 people may have been buried.
By 1910 the cemetery fell into disrepair and it was proposed the grounds be turned into a recreation reserve. When the Paddington Cemetery Act was passed a year later, the government relocated the remains to another cemetery.
The creation of a parkland began in 1914. It was named Lang Park in honour of John Dunmore Lang’s contribution to the Brisbane area. Fast-forward to present day, the burial ground is now part of Suncorp Stadium.
Walk further to Caxton Street and visit the Ithaca Playground, now called the Neal Macrossan Playground. The Playground Association of Queensland established the playground in 1918 to provide recreational and educational facilities in disadvantaged areas.
Turn to Wellington Street and you will see Stombuco’s terrace houses, the fine examples of Brisbane’s 19th-century terrace houses. The terraces were designed by Andrea Stombuco, who also designed some of Brisbane’s most beautiful buildings like the “Rhyndarra” in Yeronga and All Hallows Convent School in Fortitude Valley.
Crossing Musgrave Road
Before heading to Petrie Terrace, you will find the Normanby Hotel,
one of the city’s landmarks. The heritage-listed hotel demonstrates an
early Brisbane use of Queen Anne stylistic elements in commercial
design.
A four-minute walk from the hotel will take you to a ridge along Petrie Terrace that used to be an important place for many Aboriginal people. The Ipswich, Rosewood, and Wivenhoe tribes camped in the vicinity until the Europeans settled and developed the inner-city suburb.
Stroll Countess Street then turn left to Princess Street and you will find the Hardgrave Park. Named after Petrie Terrace resident and local politician John Hardgrave, the 1.08ha park is the earliest gazetted park reserve in Brisbane.
More on Petrie Terrace
Explore Petrie Terrace and you will soon end up at Princess Row where
you will see some of the oldest surviving terrace houses in Brisbane.
Head south and you will reach the “Shawn” Flats, characterized by Old
English and Mediterranean sets of flats built in 1936 for widow Margaret
Murphy.
Walk down Cricket Street and you will reach the Petrie Terrace gullies. In the 19th Century, parts of it experienced overcrowded conditions. It was believed that the base of the hill’s close proximity to the cemetery contributed to the locals’ unhealthy conditions. The closure of the cemetery at the bottom of the hill and the establishment of a new cemetery in Toowong addressed the community’s concern.
Head west Toward Menzies Street and you will see an example of Petrie Terrace modest timber cottages. The cottages along the street were built on small proportions of land, a reflection of the crowded conditions on the hill in the lates 1800s.
Go northeast and you will reach Victoria Barracks. This has been an important military facility since the 1860s. A minute walk leads to the Brisbane Gaol that used to be the site of Queensland’s second purpose-built prison before the establishment of the police barracks.
The southwest part will bring you to The Prince Alfred Hotel, named in the honour of Queen Victoria’s son, Alfred. It is currently owned by a private company and now known as The Lord Alfred Hotel.
Toward Weetman Street awaits the Oddfellows Wall built in 1891. It is now Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, a popular Brisbane night spot. The next trail, located in the Street Side Bar reminds of the groups of “larrikin” or the teenage male delinquents who caused havoc in Petrie Terrace in the late 19th Century.
Turn right onto Sheriff Street then turn left onto Hale Street, where you will find the La Boite Theatre. It was Australia’s first purpose-built arena theatre. In 2001, La Boite moved to a venue in Kelvin Grove. The Petrie Terrace theatre has been sensitively converted into offices.
Explore Sexton Street and you will reach the second to the last stop, the Jackson & Co’s Granary. In 1947, a terrible tragedy took place on this site. The use of carbon disulphide in an enclosed building caused a massive explosion and killed four people.
About 500 metres from the Jackson & Co’s Granary takes you to the last point of interest of the Petrie Terrace Heritage Trail. The Police Barracks back in the 1930s is now more popular to the locals as The Barracks, a landmark retail and commercial precinct.
Whilst some of the points of interests are private properties,
walking through this trail lets you discover the rich history of Petrie
Terrace.
The ginger and tourism assets of the Buderim Group, with its corporate offices in Milton, will be sold for $13 million to the Himstedt Family. The former owner of Queen Fine Foods outbids Global Foods Group’s $8.3 million offer last June.
The sale is expected to close in September, subject to regulatory approvals. Included in the deal are all of Buderim Group’s ginger brands: The Ginger Factory in Yandina, Ginger Head Quarters Pty Ltd, and Frespac Ginger (Fiji) Pte Ltd.
Buderim Group Chairman Guy Cowan said that the company is pleased to turn over its ginger assets to a “renowned family in the foods business.”
In 1978, the Himstedt family bought Queen Vanilla, Australia’s largest producer of baking aids, vanilla extracts and food colouring, and maintained its quality as a top-selling food brand in the supermarket in Australia and abroad. In 2015, Dr Oetker, a multinational German company acquired Queen Fine Foods from the Himstedt family with the sons holding key positions in the company.
Current workers and staff in the ginger division will be retained, including Buderim Ginger CEO Andrew Bond.
Meanwhile, the sale will enable Buderim Group to completely shift its focus to the macadamia business. Before selling the ginger assets, 60 percent of the company’s sales in recent years came from their macadamia brands, MacFarms and Royal Hawaiian Orchards. The company plans to tap health and plant-based markets following the sale’s completion.
A Milton start-up, which launched in 2017, is rapidly expanding amidst a boost in sales of its social distancing technology. OfficeMaps, founded by James Sowry and William Lee, is looking to hire more workers in the coming months to meet the demands of clients who want to keep their workspaces safe.
OfficeMaps chief experience officer Robert Wilkinson said that their software sales grew 2.5 times higher from March to June, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. They have been receiving heaps of inquiries from HR managers and workers, thus the need to hire more workers.
From a staff of five before the pandemic, the company has now grown with 12 workers. At least four more positions are expected to open in the next few months.
OfficeMaps provides a visual representation of the office space to help building administrators, HR and facilities managers, IT personnel, remote and agile workers easily find people and places within an interactive floor plan. It also helps with maximising use of shared floorspace or allocate desks or work areas to abide by social distancing measures.
In this COVID-19 new normal, OfficeMaps also introduced a new feature for contract tracing, which can be facilitated in a matter of minutes rather than going through the process manually. The software compiles a list of workers who were in the office at any given time.
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The software could also display occupancy statistics to ensure the safety of every worker in the building. It will notify the manager if the occupancy is nearing the threshold.
For remote workers, the OfficeMaps’ interactive tool may also inform of teleconferences facilities or if a team member or project manager is currently in the building.
The Milton start-up has raked 140,000 users around the world, with 50 percent of its subscribers in the U.S. The rest of its subscribers are from Australia and Europe.
Interested companies may book a demo from OfficeMaps to see if the interactive office map and visual directory will be able to help in your day-to-day operations.
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