Profile for Brisbane City
Local Government Authority	Brisbane
Location	Central Business District.
Features	Commercial and retail heart of Queensland's capital city; Queens Plaza shopping complex; Queen Street Mall, Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane Botanical Gardens, access to the Brisbane River, Central and Roma St rail stations.
Commentary	Bordered largely by the Brisbane River, Brisbane city is the heart of retail and business activity in the Queensland capital. Popular with professionals and students looking to live as close to work or university as possible, the city's property market has experienced strong demand in recent years, mainly with investors. There are about 300 houses, typically built on small lots, located in the north-western precinct of the city suburb, known as Petrie Terrace. One of the first residential areas developed in Brisbane, properties here have undergone significant renovation and the price of property in the Petrie Terrace precinct has grown substantially. To ensure this neighbourhood loses none of its historic character, the Brisbane City Council has a special control plan to ensure future developments are in accordance with existing residential and historic built environments. While the older style housing is still attracting some buyers, it is the refurbishment of older buildings into apartments that has been attracting the most attention. Inner city residential high-rise complexes were first developed during the late 1970s in the area bounded by Alice and Margaret streets and included Club Lodge and The Gardens complex. The catalyst for Brisbane city's residential surge was the conversion of two previous commercial buildings into residential apartments during the mid 1990s. Newspaper House was transformed into the Manor Apartments and Perry House into the Royal Albert Apartments. Several other former commercial buildings have since been converted to residential use with most conversions taking place along Ann and Edwards streets. Living in Brisbane city means residents are in walking distance to major retailers, business offices, churches, parklands and gardens, QUT and all forms of public transport. Roma Street rail station also acts as a hub for intrastate and interstate coach and rail services. Residents also have easy access to the Riverside Expressway leading onto the Southeast Motorway and the Gold Coast, the Victoria Bridge and Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge leading into South Brisbane, the Story Bridge leading into Kangaroo Point, and the Inner-City Bypass. Source: REIQ
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