SENSATIONAL Southport CBD Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia www.sensationalsouthport.com.au 1 John Howe Committee for Southport CBD Gold Coast is a significant The nomination of Southport Access to the Light Rail and the long term economic initiative by in 2013 as a Priority Development affordability of new residential the Queensland Government and Area under the Economic products on offer allows for a new the Gold Coast City Council. This Development Queensland Act generation of residents to help initiative will deliver economic has allowed certainty and clarity shape the future fabric of this prosperity to the entire Gold Coast to the development process. historic Gold Coast suburb. and South East Queensland region. This has prompted significant Chinatown and the redevelopment new investment in Southport. Significantly, CBD Gold Coast is of Australia Fair East and West JOHN HOWE centered on Southport, which The amenity of Southport has been are also contributing to the future Committee for Southport celebrates the 100 year anniversary greatly improved by the completion diversity of entertainment and of being proclaimed a town in 2018, of the first stage of the Light Rail the food and beverage product and plays host to key events of the and the ongoing development of in Southport. 2018 Commonwealth Games. the highly popular Broadwater Southport is the greatest long term Parklands. In the past 5 years, Southport has development strategy that the city seen the completion of over 5 We all look forward to the future will undertake. Projects come and billion dollars of instrastructure stages of the Light Rail both north go, however a strong CBD designed within its immediate region. and south and to Stages 2,3 and and implemented properly will 4 of the Broadwater Parklands. maintain economic growth for the city for the future. 2 Southport -- CBDCBD GoldGold Coast, Coast, Queensland, Queensland, A ustraliaAustralia Rob Molhoek MP Member for Southport The last few years have been industry is calling for a second opportunity to reinvigorate Almost 50,000 copies of the book fundamental in our development PDA in the city to harness the true Southport and develop the Health have been distributed and sent as a CBD and as a city. potential of the light rail and take & Knowledge precinct as a world-class to friends, family and business advantage of increased interest from destination for health, business associates far and wide. The Gold Coast has reclaimed domestic and international investors. and education services. Southport as the traditional Central We live in an amazing part of Business District and already we’re For Southport, as we prepare for It is clear that we are well on our the world and Southport has seeing more interest in Southport as the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth way to achieving these goals, something truly unique to offer. a significant hub for business, retail Games and our centenary year, as the light rail provides the We all know this – let’s make sure and residential development. there will be endless opportunities infrastructure needed to service the rest of the world knows too! to take advantage of in this new our growing Health & Knowledge As the State Member of Parliament, and exciting era. precinct, to fuel investment in the I fought hard for the declaration of CBD, and to provide new employment Southport as a Priority Development As a born and bred Southport local, and business opportunities. Area and the reinvigoration of it is especially humbling for me to our CBD. represent this great electorate and The first edition of Southport: be a part of its growth. Towards Twenty18 was an outstanding The benefits of the Southport PDA success, thanks to the passion and (officially adopted September 2014) When I was elected in 2012, my support of the Southport community. are so great that the development vision was to provide the tools and ROB MOLHOEK MP State Member for Southport Gold sponsors www.sensationalsouthport.com.auwww.sensationalsouthport.com.au 3 Contents 39 High Country Legends 64 Century 21 Broadwater Realty 40 Cav’s Steakhouse 65 Top One Chinese Restaurant 42 Southport today 66 Future Gold Coast 43 Eximm 67 Zakazukha, TMD Online 2 John Howe, Committee for Southport. This is our decade. Southport 44 His Path... the Greatest Frontier 68 Rob Molhoek MP, Member for A time when the Gold Coast’s 45 St Hilda’s School - Blazing trails Southport 3 Rob Molhoek MP, Member for CBD moves confidently forward. in girls’ education 69 Headline Creative – Southport We’re moving towards Twenty 46 Did you know?… Building brands for business 4 Contents 18, when we’ll not only celebrate 70 The Twenty 18 Challenge – About Southport 47 Southport’s coffee culture Southport’s Centenary, but also 5 Your Invitation A.B. Paterson College celebrates 6 City of Gold Coast 48 host a large portion of the 2018 25 exceptional years Commonwealth Games, the 8 All roads lead to Griffith ©Copyright 2015 49 Know More in 60 Seconds largest sporting event ever staged 12 Sunland Group Headline Creative on the Gold Coast. 50 About Granny Graham 16 Meriton 360o 17 Short Street, Southport 4215 51 Young Leaders Ph: 5532 4378 The Commonwealth Games and 18 Friends of Southport Future edition editorial enquiries: 52 Southport Priority Development associated activity will inject 20 Maylake Email: [email protected] Area ISBN: 978-0-646-94142-4 an estimated $2 billion into our 22 FSG Australia local economy, create significant 53 Taylor Willis Town Planners Design: Headline Creative 23 TAFE Queensland’s Southport Written by: Zakazukha demand in local construction and 54 Bell Legal Group campus anchors CBD education hub Printed by: Nova Press generate up to 30,000 full-time 55 Asia Pacific Language and Cover Photography: Southport Broadwater equivalent jobs. Yachting with the community 24 Business Institute Parklands at Dawn by Wes Palmer; Additional since 1946 photography courtesy of Gold Coast Tourism As home to the 29.4ha Athletes 55 Future Gold Coast 26 G:link p4-5, p28. Village at Parklands and the 56 Glasgow to Gold Coast – a Disclaimer: This is a production by Headline Southport at a glance $50m Gold Coast Aquatic Centre 28 Commonwealth Games ‘what if...’ Creative supported by local business and the 29 Southport’s arts and cultural scene Member for Southport Rob Molhoek. Headline Southport Chamber of Commerce 57 Creative would like to thank all sponsors and Southport’s sporting culture 30 and Industry contributors to this book. Statistics quoted are 31 Parkwood International 58 Gold Coast Hospital Foundation sourced from Queensland Treasury and Trade, 32 Bartercard opens a world of Government Statistician, Coyne Property 59 Southport’s billion-dollar health Research and Australian Bureau of Statistics. business opportunities industry 33 Lutz & Associates - Chartered 60 Southport timeline Accountants 62 Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Gold Coast CBD 36 – Southport creative 38 Visit Australia’s favourite Theme 63 Burchills Engineering Solutions Parks & Attractions Image: Courtesy of Gold Coast Tourism 4 Southport - CBD Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia About Southport within the Broadwater Parklands, Under the PDA, the City of Gold to create. Southport has come a evident by the number of very Southport is a Games epicentre. Coast last year alone approved long way since declaration as a fine up-to-date buildings, such nearly 40 new projects worth town on April 12, 1918. as The Southport School, Star Alongside the exciting preparation almost $2bn, 7,000 new apartments of the Sea Convent, St Hilda’s, for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Southport is no longer a coastal and an increase of total commercial the Southport State School, Australia’s largest event this decade, summer resort; it’s a thriving centre office space of more than 30%. Post Office, Ambulance Centre, Southport is striding forwards as the for business, education, health Regent Picture Place and Gold Coast’s centre for business. The vibrant Chinatown precinct has and government, serviced by many fine up-to-date hotels delivered a splash of international Queensland’s first light rail project. Southport today is the engine room and business premises.” flair to the suburb, while also of the Gold Coast’s white-collar Our first Mayor, Edward Hicks, proving a touchpoint of familiarity The progress of 2015 is just as economy – home to the Health and presided over the separation from for the thousands of overseas remarkable: the new Gold Coast Knowledge Precinct around Griffith Nerang Shire and Southport’s students living and studying in University Hospital, the G:link University, Southport Courthouse attainment of its own identity. Southport. connecting Southport with and more commercial office space Just seven years later, in 1925, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, than any other suburb in the city. The City of Gold Coast’s new then Mayor Washington Waters Chinatown, the world-class masterplan ensures Southport is The Queensland Government has spoke of rapid change, words that Broadwater Parklands and best positioned to leverage each also recently gazetted Southport as ring as true today as they must Aquatic Centre. opportunity the coming years will a Priority Development Area (PDA), have then: present towards its growth as CBD. It’s up to us to leverage opportunity a move that’s already stimulated “The progress of Southport has and build sustainable long-term a new generation of construction As we look towards Twenty 18, been phenomenal, especially businesses, permanent jobs and including the 55-storey Sundale there’s time too to reflect on the during the last decade. That is opportunities for our families and mixed-use project. kind of future and legacy we hope the generations that follow. www.sensationalsouthport.com.au 5 City of Gold Coast MAYOR TOM TATE, City of Gold Coast The time is now for Southport.