An indoor entertainment precinct featuring ten pin bowling lanes will soon be built at Orion Springfield Central should a development application be approved.
The proposal is seeking to include a laser tag arena, a party room and arcade gaming area. It will also include an office space and a prize collection area.
To facilitate the construction, the applicant will remove 78 car parking spaces adjacent to the new building and will temporarily pull out existing shade sails in the car park near Target.
Lodged by Mirvac in May 2019, the 1232-sqm indoor entertainment area will serve as an extension to the current centre and will be constructed in three stages.
The first stage will involve closing the southern car park and demolition works, whilst Stage 2 will be for construction of a reconfigured car park and tenancy structures.
The final stage will be dedicated for reopening of the southern car park and tenancy fit-outs. Mirvac also lodged an application with the Ipswich City Council for 126 additional car parking spaces off Sirius Drive.
If given the green light, this entertainment area will greatly please a number of locals who missed tenpin bowling since the Ipswich Tenpin at Bundamba was destroyed in the floods of January 2011.
The new entertainment precinct will be built near the existing Target loading dock in the centre’s southern carpark.
For more information about this proposed development, see ADP – 3674 / 2019.
Springfield is currently one of the best Ipswich suburbs for property investment. A well-planned area with great community spirit, the central part of Springfield is expected to to be the work, study and services hub of a catchment of 350,000 people by 2036.
As early as now, developers are working on a number of developments in this thriving suburb. Here are some of the approved Springfield developments to look forward to in 2019:
The Ipswich City Council has approved the development application for Lakeside Vista, a 118-dwelling at 17 Springfield Lakes Boulevard, 15 and 17 View Point Drive, and 13 Spring Ave, Springfield Lakes.
Located within the heart of Springfield Lakes, My MG Homes described it as a “very unique community” that will be highly sort after. Close to schools, health and tertiary education facilities, the site is less than two kilometres away from the Springfield Central Railway Station and Orion Shopping Centre.
Springfield’s Health City will have a living lab and more public hospital places, as well as another university. The 52-ha site will be designed by Broadway Malyan, who will be working in Australia for the first time following 10 years working in the Asia Pacific region.
The masterplan includes medical office buildings, and facilities dedicated to aged care, hospitality and wellness, education, research and business, startups and incubators. Residential space is incorporated throughout the development as well as complementary retail and leisure. Broadway Malyan said in their website that it will be delivered between now and 2030.
The state government has committed $6.9 million in funding for the new multi-purpose hall, which will have retractable basketball backboards, a scoreboard, and sprung sports floors. The hall will also have various amenities, an office, and meeting rooms.
The 3,566 sqm hall, which will be be built by HUTCHINSON Builder would be built on campus in partnership with Education Queensland. It is expected to be finished by 2020.
The Springfield City Group is now working on the second stage of the Parkside Apartments after the Ipswich City Council approved the development application.
The 74-unit structure will include an apartment building, commercial spaces, medical centre, general store and real estate office as well as restaurants.
A new childcare centre will be built along 22 Magnolia Drive, Brookwater. The plan is to accommodate up to 105 children. Once completed, the centre will be operating from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm weekdays.
This will address the growing demands for childcare facilities in Brookwater, because there is only one operating childcare facility in the suburb as of writing.
Stockland has been working on building Kalina Springfields since September 2018. The $121-million development will feature a scenic network of walking and cycling trails winding past bushland and a 5000-sqm central park.
Aside from the beautiful natural surrounds, Kalina has easy access to established schools, medical facilities, parks and public transport.
The Council recently approved the plans for a three-level flexible learning space at St Peters Lutheran College, designed by the McLellan Bush Architects. The college, located at 42 Wellness Way, Springfield Central, will undergo two stages of development.
Veris said the planned development will utilise existing on-site services such as car parking, pedestrian pathways and basic utilities. The existing demountable building will be removed once the new building is constructed.
Lendlease received an approval from the Ipswich City Council for an additional 350 lots across Sunset Ridge and The Boulevard for Springfield Rise.
The estate is expected to home about 12,000 people in 4,000 homes across 12 addresses. Besides the Sunset Ridge and The Boulevard, the company will also be developing across Creekwood, Park Lane, Forest Ridge and The Highlands. The other six will be announced in the days to come.
Springfield mums and dads, give your kids that well-deserved school holiday by taking them to the nearby Event Cinemas. Tickets for family-friendly entertainment are now available. Letting your kids watch their favourite flick on a paid widescreen, along with other kids, is an effective way to reward them for school efforts. Let them relax and laugh their heart out. There’s a line-up of five good movies perfect for the school holidays this year starting 15 June to 6 July. Check them out below.
Despicable Me 3 (15 June)
This third instalment to the hit “Despicable Me” movie franchise stars the voices of Steve Carell (as Gru), Kristen Wiig (Lucy, Gru’s wife), and Trey Parker (Balthazar Bratt, the villain). Follow the adventures of Gru and Lucy as they try anything to stop the world domination plans of Balthazar, a former 1980s child star.
Starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, and Armie Hammer, Pixar and Walt Disney’s “Cars” is an animated story that focuses on the life of Lightning McQueen. In “Cars 3”, McQueen is set out to prove to a new generation fast cars that he’s still the one and only legendary racer in the world.
The Heffley family is going on a road trip to attend a relative’s 90th birthday celebration. Witness Greg (played by Jason Drucker) as he hilariously schemes his way off the family trip just so he could get to a nearby video game convention.
The multi-awarded Transformers movie franchise is now on its fifth installment. “Transformers: The Last Knight” stars Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Mark Wahlberg (as Cade Yeager), Isabela Moner (Izabella), Josh Duhamel (Lt. Colonel William Lennox), Anthony Hopkins (Sir Edmund Burton, the English Lord), and Laura Haddock (Vivian Wembley, the Oxford professor). With Optimus Prime gone, it’s now up to the “unlikely alliance” of Cade, Bumblebee, Sir Edmund, and Vivian to save planet Earth. How are they going to do it when the key to everything lies hidden in history?
Thrilled now that he’s no longer the same old friendly neighbourhood superhero, Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland) returns home to live his normal daily life. He is now mentored by Tony Stark, the Avengers’ Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr). His boosted identity and increased fighting powers will be put to the test when the evil Vulture appears with a plan to destroy all that Spider-Man holds dear.
Event Cinemas Springfield is located in 1 Main Street, Springfield Central. They’re open 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Buy your tickets now! Seats are limited but a few are still available. Special promos and discounted prices on select movies are also available for Cinebuzz members. For inquiries, tickets, and reservations, you may visit their website or call them on 07 3470 6600.
Last year, longtime-Springfield resident Colonel Michael Batiste emceed the 2016 ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the foot of the Springfield Light Tower memorial. This year, he will reportedly be leading the same service straight from his Afghanistan base.
For 27 years, Colonel Batiste had served under the Royal Australian Ordinance Corps. In 2010, he left the corps so he could manage a supply chain although still serving in the Army Reserve. Just recently, he got called back to active service in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, being out of the country and away from home does not stop him from performing a significant role for Springfield’s ANZAC Day ceremony.
According to Damian Gillett, president of the Springfield Light Tower Association, Colonel Batiste’s video from Afghanistan will be streamed on a big screen at the 5:15 a.m. dawn service in Greater Springfield’s Robelle Domain Parklands. Thousands are expected to join the ceremony and pay their respects to the brave World War heroes.
Mr Gillet said that Colonel Batiste’s overseas address during the ceremony “will bring everything” that they “remember and give thanks for on ANZAC DAY closer to home.” Mr Gillet served under the 6RAR for almost a decade. He left the military to raise a family.
Last year’s dawn service was purportedly expected to take approximately 30 minutes followed with a gunfire breakfast in the Orion Hotel. About 4,000 people, more or less, arrived before the Springfield Light Tower. Countless poppies were placed at the memorial at that time.
For this year’s ANZAC Day dawn service, possible attendees are encouraged by the association to “bring floral tributes” once again. After the service, everyone is invited at the Orion Hotel for the gunfire breakfast and the traditional game of Two-Up, which will commence at 1:00 p.m.
Photo Credit: ANZAC 2016 Dawn Service from Springfield Light Tower/Facebook
