Changes planned to "complete centre"

Changes are being proposed for the “missing piece” of the Newport Marketplace development.

Plans, lodged with Moreton Bay City Council, show alterations to stages two and three on the vacant former sales office site.

“It represents the missing piece to complete the centre”, says the development application (DA) available on Council’s website.

The marketplace expansion seeks to remove “club” from the previous stage two approval and replace it with “hotel and retail/commercial uses”.

Searches for a “club” tenant were unsuccessful, says the DA report, but there appears to be interest in operating a “small tavern”, hence adding “hotel”.

The hotel/food and beverage/retail/office/function would have a floor area of 870sqm and with stage three including an increase from 49 to 54 parking spaces.

In stage three, “retail/commercial uses” would be removed and replaced with “childcare centre” – for which there is “significant demand” says the DA report.

The proposed 95-place childcare centre would be operated by Greenleaves, which has reached its capacity of 91 across the road in Cardinal Cres.

Greenleaves’ new centre would be a standalone building with 832sqm of floor area and outdoor play spaces.

Stage one of Newport Marketplace opened in 2022 and includes a supermarket, medical centre, pharmacy, gym, restaurants and food outlets.