Providence Estate

Located close to Ipswich, and just 40 minutes’ drive from Brisbane, Providence is at the heart of Ripley Valley in South-East Queensland. Over the next twenty years we see Providence becoming home to more than 20,000 people, expanding to include four schools, a thriving town centre, a Health & Wellbeing hub and over 200 hectares of parkland and sporting facilities.

Ripley and the surrounding areas currently offer a range of retail, education, social/recreation and other attractions and amenities including:

• Splash’n’Play, Providence

• Ironbark Park’s Sports Fields - Providence

Parklands

• Forty West café, Providence

• Orion Shopping Centre

• Orion Lagoon

• Brookwater Golf & Country Club

• RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre

• Ipswich Art Gallery

• Ipswich Motorsports Precinct

• Willowbank Raceway

• White Rock – Spring Mountain

• Various parks and reserves

• Ripley Town Centre with Coles

• 2 New Schools – opening 2020

Over the last 10 years, government and private sector investment has laid the foundations for a massive economic and social boom in the Ipswich and Ripley Valley area, with current figures predicting as many as 18,200 new jobs created locally by 2023*. Located at the heart of Ripley Valley and surrounded by major infrastructure projects, Providence represents a ground floor opportunity like no other in Australia. Current and proposed projects nearby include:

Providence Town Centre - Offering retail, dining, health and education precincts, commercial, specialty services, entertainment and residential, works for an ‘Activation Stage’ of the town centre are proposed to start in 2020.

RAAF Base Amberley - A $1.3 billion expansion of RAAF Base Amberley is nearing completion. Amberley is the RAAF’s largest base and employs over 7,500 people.

Brisbane Lions Stadium - A development application has been lodged for a new stadium at Springfield Central that will have a capacity of 10,000. Building work is expected to commence in 2020 and almost 1,000 jobs will be created during construction.

Ripley Town Centre - Plans for the $1.5 billion Ripley Town Centre include a proposed state-of-the-art transit centre. Even better, the large-scale project will create in excess of 20,000 new jobs for the local area.

Ipswich Hospital Redevelopment - The $124 million Ipswich Hospital redevelopment, will include a major new mental health facility and new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Suite.

Ipswich CBD Redevelopment - Ipswich City Council recently announced a $140 million contract to construct a new council building, library and civic plaza in the CBD. The new library is expected to be open by mid-2020 and the council administration centre by 2021.

Coles Mega-center - Coles’ new centre at Redbank is part of a $950 million investment split between Redbank and Sydney. About 500 jobs will come with the centre in 2020.

Willowbank Industrial Development - Covering 560 hectares, the $73.7 million Willowbank Industrial Precinct will open up a massive area of land for industrial Precinct will open up a massive area of land for industrial and commercial development and deliver over 2,500 full time equivalent jobs by 2035.