the right place
“Mirvac has a proud history of large scale residential communities. This depth of experience provides opportunity to apply learnings from existing and past projects such as Everleigh, an emerging 3,300 home site community about 15 minutes’ drive north of Kindira, and Gainsborough Greens, a completed 2,200 homesite development an hour east, recipient of the prestigious Urban Development Institute of Australia Queensland Project of the Year.
“Planning for a project like this begins with deep consideration of the Mirvac pillars of legacy, customer, place and quality, looking at ways they can be applied in the local context. These pillars provide a solid foundation for decision making to ensure future residents are proud to call Kindira home.”
Mirvac has a wealth of place making experience in projects like Kindira that intersect with areas of environmental and cultural significance and sensitivity.
Project visioning, incrementally uncovered through stakeholder engagement and workshops, led to a deep understanding of the site and surrounds, reflected in four vision pillars of nature, community, character and engagement.
Nature recognises and celebrates the landform and environmental values of the site. Kindira will be nestled in nature with development sensitively interfacing with significant conservation areas to be retained on over 40 per cent of the site.
Picture a Queensland country town the size of Nambour, population around 20,000, and you’ll have some idea of the scope and scale of Mirvac’s future masterplanned community, Kindira in Monarch Glen, 50km south of Brisbane.
The schools, shopping centres, sporting fields and recreational spaces that form the heart of any small town are just as essential in new subdivisions such as Kindira, where approximately 7,300 home sites will be developed by Mirvac for around 20,000 people.
Monarch Glen falls within the Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area, between the major employment centres of North Maclean and Bromelton. It is envisaged as a major regional activity centre with employment clusters and a residential population of around 138,000 people.
Communities of the size envisaged at Kindira do not spring up overnight and Mirvac has set a development timeframe spanning close to 30 years. The criticality of the project places a huge responsibility upon the developer to do it right, a truth not lost on Mirvac’s General Manager – Residential Development NSW & QLD, Warwick Bible.
“The decisions you make today are going to have a bearing on the future; this is the magnitude of a project of this nature,” says Mr Bible.
‘The decisions you make today are going to have a bearing on the future; this is the magnitude of a project of this nature.’
WARWICK BIBLE
Mirvac General Manager
Residential Development NSW & QLD
Community will focus on genuine connections amongst residents and community pride, established and supported through a comprehensive community development program. Character will align with the pillar of nature and create an attractive and unique feeling when you arrive at Kindira - like living in a national park.
Engagement recognises the importance of stakeholder relationships across all segments of the community. Respectful engagement with Traditional Owners is of particular significance to Kindira given the Indigenous history of the land.
The next step is all about the detail, applying the vision pillars to landscape character development, community programming and the look and feel of streetscapes and housing.
It’s an approach that has served Mirvac well over the years; putting people and place first and drawing on the lessons of past projects.
“This tried and tested approach is evident at Everleigh with 3,300 homesites where we applied the learnings from Gainsborough Greens and delivered amenity such as sporting fields and parklands tailored to local community needs,” says Mr Bible. “Now we have an opportunity to do it again at Kindira.
“Major projects like this require significant planning for infrastructure such as roads, water, sewer and power. However, it is critical we also focus on community and social infrastructure, the schools, parks, shops and gathering places that produce a connected, active, and proud community.
“We can achieve this by adhering to the residential pillars and project vision, demonstrating excellence in everything we do.”
The suburb of Monarch Glen is just 50km from Brisbane City, the growing city of Springfield even closer, with the gaps between the major centres rapidly transforming into new towns and suburbs to service the growing population of South East Queensland.
Situated at the foothills of Mt Flinders and the wider Teviot Range, with its forest, majestic rock formations, creeks and gullies, biodiversity and conservation were critical to Mirvac’s goal to create a truly unique community, connected to nature while providing all the urban amenity essential for contemporary family life.
Strict environmental approvals and controls were in place prior to Mirvac’s involvement, with 40 per cent of the site set aside for open space and conservation.
Bushland habitat will be retained and Mirvac will support restoration of the ecosystem on over 40 per cent of the site within conservation areas protected from future logging and other impacts. The conservation areas connect to adjacent bushland and support biodiversity corridors in the broader landscape.
A 1,100 hectare off-site conservation landholding has already been revegetated near Lake Somerset. This conservation area will be protected from future clearing, and will be actively managed for 20 years to support restoration of the ecosystem in accordance with the projects’ Commonwealth (Federal) environmental approval.
‘The infrastructure and amenity will be delivered progressively as the population grows. The importance of parks, sports clubs and cafes as community activators is enormous.’
MARK CLANCY
Mirvac Development Director
“Around 20,000 people will live here; it’s a decent sized country town,” says Mr Clancy. “You need a lot of community infrastructure to support that, the parks, schools, health services, retail and employment.
“The infrastructure and amenity will be delivered progressively through the project as the population grows. The importance of parks, sports clubs and cafes as community activators is enormous.
“Adjacent to our site is a major shopping centre. This and industrial zones not far from us will support employment. There are two schools planned for Kindira and potential for two more.”
Mirvac’s record of delivering thriving communities and promised amenity at successful projects such as Everleigh is a good indicator of what can be expected at Kindira.
“We invested in the early delivery of amenity, the look and feel, and the journey of arriving. It is so important in building confidence within the community,” says Mr Bible.
“It’s critical to get that amenity early on, to set the tone for the development, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing at Kindira.”
“Nature is front and centre of how we approach this community,” says Mirvac Development Director Mark Clancy. “Many turn their back on nature whereas we are embracing it. The vegetation on the site has been impacted by historic land uses with many of the big older trees removed for logging and agriculture. We will improve that landscape through weed control and revegetation so the ecosystem can re-establish itself.”
Mirvac has committed to respectful engagement with Traditional Owners of the land, building on relationships formed at the nearby Everleigh project. Traditional Owner surveys and archaeological investigations have commenced to locate and recover artefacts, piece together the Aboriginal history of the land, and provide management recommendations to guide Mirvac’s activities.
“We know this area has been home to Traditional Owners, and we recognise the importance of engaging to better understand and celebrate the history and cultural significance of the land,” says Mr Clancy.
“We are excited to explore an opportunity to include Indigenous heritage in an interpretive centre proposed on the edge of Sandy Creek which traverses the site.” In addition to 7,300 land lots, neighbourhoods will be framed by conservation bushland and most homes will be within 400 metres of open green space. Multiple sports parks, three neighbourhood scale shopping centres and a district centre are proposed, with a future commuter train station proposed for the locality.
Greenfield developments require all manner of essential infrastructure but it is the community infrastructure that will set Kindira apart.
*The article is intended as a guide only to provide general information. Mirvac is not a provider of financial or investment advice and this information should not be relied on as such. Before acting on any information in this publication, purchasers should fully consider the appropriateness of the information, having regard to their objectives, and financial and tax situation and needs, and seek their own advice from appropriately qualified advisers. Mirvac has made all reasonable efforts and inquiries it believes necessary in preparing the publication but is not responsible for confirming the completeness or accuracy of such data and information. Purchasers must rely on their own continuing enquiries about purchasing decisions. Mirvac expressly excludes any and all liability relating to, or resulting from, the use of or reliance on, any information contained in this brochure by any person.
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