As Queensland grows, more homes are needed, but successful communities require more than housing alone. They need jobs, investment and infrastructure delivered together.
At the Maroochydore City Centre Priority Development Area (PDA), EDQ has provided the planning certainty and coordinated infrastructure pathway needed to deliver the Sunshine Coast’s first purpose-built city centre. With the early foundations now in place, the project has entered its next phase, bringing forward new homes alongside commercial development, infrastructure and public spaces.
Delivering homes alongside jobs
Homes and jobs are taking shape side by side in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. Infrastructure works are helping unlock more than 1,800 homes in Maroochydore City Centre, while the recent opening of 50 First Avenue is reinforcing the city centre’s role as a place where people can live and work closer to home.
SOL by Walker is one example of this progress, delivering 251 homes within the city centre and helping meet growing housing demand close to jobs, services and public spaces.
Bringing forward infrastructure creates the opportunity to deliver housing sooner. At Maroochydore City Centre, we’ve been able to provide a range of housing options, which is critical as South East Queensland continues to grow.
Peter Saba
Group Executive, Development
Walker Corporation
By bringing homes, workplaces and economic activity together, the project is responding to two connected challenges: accommodating population growth and creating the opportunities needed to sustain it.
Unlocking investment through certainty
City-shaping projects require long-term commitment from government and industry. Within the PDA, EDQ provides a clear and flexible planning pathway that coordinates land use, infrastructure and development assessment. This gives industry greater certainty to commit capital and move projects forward.
At Maroochydore City Centre, EDQ, Sunshine Coast Council and Walker Corporation each play a distinct role in bringing the city centre vision to life. EDQ provides the streamlined planning and development assessment pathway. Sunshine Coast Council brings regional insight and long-term infrastructure planning, while Walker Corporation brings private-sector investment and delivery capability.
As Queensland’s growth delivery partner, EDQ works with government and industry to unlock housing opportunities, coordinate infrastructure and create the certainty needed to attract investment and support long-term community growth.
The PDA has provided a clear vision for development and a flexible planning pathway, helping projects move forward and deliver outcomes on the ground.
Amanda Dryden
Group Director, Established Growth
Economic Development Queensland
This coordinated approach is converting long-term plans into new homes, commercial development, infrastructure and economic activity.
Strengthening regional prosperity
The development agreement underpinning Maroochydore City Centre is expected to attract up to $2.5 billion in private-sector investment and create more than 15,000 jobs over the life of the project.
That investment is supporting a growing mix of residential, commercial, retail, health, civic and community uses, strengthening Maroochydore’s role as the Sunshine Coast’s principal centre for employment and economic activity.
Together, these outcomes are strengthening the Sunshine Coast’s long-term competitiveness and creating more opportunities closer to home.
Delivering Queensland’s growth
Maroochydore City Centre demonstrates what becomes possible when EDQ brings government and industry together around a clear pathway for planning, infrastructure and investment.
Through the PDA, EDQ is accelerating housing supply, enabling private investment and creating the conditions for jobs, infrastructure and community benefits to be delivered together.
This is more than housing. It is Queensland growth in action, creating a connected city centre where people can live, work, invest and access new opportunities closer to home.
