We’ve provided some comments to the Urban Developer this week regarding Brisbane City Council’s plan to increase the height limit and upzone a bunch of land around Mt Gravatt and Chermside (with more to come!). Take a read here: https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/chermside-mount-gravatt-brisbane-city-council-height-rezoning-apartment-uplift
Alex’s comments:
“Having these little precincts around the areas they are proposing makes total sense,” Steffan said.
“However, I can’t see that it will make an impact immediately, because anecdotally, developers can find it difficult to make feasibility stack up on medium-rise buildings. “There are a lot of changes being pitched by councils that look great on paper, and ‘tick the box for doing something to help the housing crisis’ but in reality aren’t doing much.
“And the simple changes that have been made that actually are viable, such as rooming accommodation and renting out granny flats, are being challenged at council level.”
