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Developers unveil new vision for flooded Toombul centre

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Kruk, C. (2026, October 7). Developers unveil new vision for flooded Toombul centre. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/developers-unveil-new-vision-for-flooded-toombul-centre-20261008-p613p8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-10-07 · by Courtney Kruk

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Developers from Irvine Group have unveiled plans to transform the flood-damaged Toombul Shopping Centre into a mixed-use development featuring bars, restaurants, retail spaces, public green areas, and apartments. Located eight kilometers from Brisbane's CBD along Sandgate Road in Nundah, the site was previously owned by Mirvac before being sold at the end of 2025. The redevelopment aims to improve flood resilience while enhancing community engagement through better public transport connections and new active transport routes.
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Irvine Group, which acquired Toombul Shopping Centre from Mirvac at the end of 2025, has unveiled plans to transform the flood-ravaged site into a subtropical mixed-use development. The vision includes bars, restaurants, renewed retail spaces, public green areas, and apartments. Irvine emphasized exploring opportunities to improve flood resilience for the site, which is currently significantly affected by regional flooding during major rainfall events. Brisbane City Council received the plans on Tuesday, marking a step towards reviving Toombul, aiming to enhance its long-term flood performance and contribute to broader flood mitigation efforts in the area.

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Irvine Irvine Group Mirvac Rivermakers Toombul

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Irvine PERSON · 3× Mirvac ORG · 3× Toombul GPE · 3× Brisbane GPE · 1× Brisbane City Council ORG · 1× Irvine Group ORG · 1× Morningside GPE · 1× Nundah GPE · 1× Rivermakers ORG · 1× Teneriffe GPE · 1×

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Plans to revive the former flood-ravaged Toombul Shopping Centre, transforming it into a subtropical mixed-used shopping and housing destination with a raft of new bars, restaurants and retailers, have been released by the site’s developers.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 Irvine emphasised that its future Toombul vision would explore opportunities to improve flood resilience and “achieve an appropriate level of development immunity”.
2026-10-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Developers unveil new vision for flooded Toombul centre · assertive framing

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Plans to revive the former flood-ravaged Toombul Shopping Centre, transforming it into a subtropical mixed-used shopping and housing destination with a raft of new bars, restaurants and retailers, have been released by the site’s developers. asserted
Plans → revive → developers
Irvine Group, which owns the Rivermakers development in Morningside and headed the redevelopment of several woolstore buildings into apartments in Teneriffe, bought the site at the end of 2025 from former owners Mirvac. asserted
which → own → Mirvac
The development group unveiled its vision for the former shopping centre as “a thriving mixed-use” hub in plans lodged to Brisbane City Council on Tuesday. asserted
group → unveil → Tuesday
The vision includes bars, restaurants, a “renewed retail core”, public green spaces and apartments. asserted
vision → include → bars
Irvine emphasised that its future Toombul vision would explore opportunities to improve flood resilience and “achieve an appropriate level of development immunity”. asserted
vision → emphasise → immunity
“The site is currently significantly affected by regional flooding during major rainfall events,” Irvine wrote. asserted
Irvine → affect → events
“The master plan presents a significant opportunity to not only enhance the site’s long-term flood performance, but also contribute to broader flood storage and mitigation outcomes across the surrounding area.” asserted
plan → present → area
Flooding from the nearby brook damaged the site in 2022, with Mirvac deeming it too expensive to repair. asserted
it → damage → 2022
Mirvac demolished the centre two years later. asserted
Mirvac → demolish → centre
Irvine said it hoped to restore Toombul’s place in the community, leaning on established public transport, while carving out new active transport routes. asserted
it → say → routes
A central parkland inspired by the Kedron Brook to accommodate events and everyday use also features in the redevelopment plan, designed by urban consultancy group Urbis. asserted
parkland → inspire → Urbis
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