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Why was Robina train station not connected to Robina Town Centre shopping mall or better still, built within it?
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Easy, CBD-Robina is about way more than Robina Town Centre.  Robina Town Centre is a very large leisure shopping and entertainment centre at the heart of CBD-Robina.  However, given the population distribution within the shopping centre’s all-important 5, 10 and 15 minute drive times it is evident that people will generally not use the train to go shopping.  The Station was never intended principally for shoppers.  It was intended to help move a large future workforce.

Nowadays, we hear a lot about transport oriented developments - high density developments near, around and even above stations and other transport hubs that are designed to maximize use of public transport and minimize use of private vehicles.  Transport-oriented developments (TODs as they are generally called) are a very good idea, and now recognized as a key element in the creation of walkable, safe, human scale sustainable cities.

What good urban planners aim to do is create maximum building densities within a 500 to 600 metre walk of major transport hubs such as Robina Station.  Now, if Robina Station had been incorporated within Robina Town Centre, the precincts that would have benefited from the Station are the shopping centre and the area immediately surrounding it.  Not such a great result, really.

When considering CBD-Robina you have to think on a larger scale than most urban planners are used to.  Robina Station is definitely at the heart of a TOD, but CBD-Robina is not ‘big buildings around a station’ type TOD that tend to become the focus at urban planning conferences.

Located where it is, Robina Station is at the centre of ELEVEN major precincts.  It is within 600 metres of all of these precincts and so serves an urban centre far greater than the Robina Town Centre shopping mall.

If the Station had been built within Robina Town Centre it would certainly be nearer to the CBD-Robina precincts to the south of the Centre.  But these are retail precincts - principally Robina Automall - and market research still shows that the number of people who shop for a new or used car by train is virtually zero.

The big, big, bigger picture

CBD-Robina has always been positioned to be as much a satellite of Brisbane as it has a central business district for Gold Coast City, and as Gold Coast City, Logan and Brisbane start to merge into one giant conurbation CBD-Robina’s potential and original intent become clear.

Robina Station was designed to carry commuters to both CBD-Robina and Brisbane.  In its early years the commuters were headed mainly for Brisbane.  As CBD-Robina grows and all the new office accommodation in CBD-Robina comes on stream the flow will change. 

The location of Robina Station is all about employment opportunities and convenient travel for the overall workforce.  

 
 
 
PRECINCTS

Terminus Place (1)
  • Right next to the station, designed to accommodate over 100,000 square metres of space.  Apart from a service station  the first major development in Terminus Place is expected to be a nine-level brand name serviced-apartment hotel.
    The Wharf, Promenade Village and Maximes  (2)
    • A connected series of medium to high density waterfront communities accommodating over 350 homes. 

    Stadium Village  (3)
    • A vibrant seven-days-a-week precinct surrounding the brand new 'Skilled Park' Robina Stadium, capable of accommodating over 200,000 square metres of space in addition to the Stadium itself. 

    Skilled Park Robina Stadium  (4)
    • Just think!  It would be a one kilometer walk from the Station to the Stadium if the Station had been built within Robina Town Centre.  That’s one reason why the Robina Masterplan of 1993 clearly shows a stadium where Skilled Park has now been built.

    Campus Crescent  (5)
    • A commercial precinct designed to accommodate approximately 80,000 square metres of space.

    Robina State High School  (6)
    • With over 1800 students, one of the largest state high schools in Queensland.

    Riverwalk  (7)
    An urban village community of over 400 homes and 2000 square metres of business spaces.

    Robina Medical Precinct  (8)
    • A series of neighbouring sites that are now or shortly to be home to Robina Hospital, the $50 million Accident and Emergency wing, a Queensland Health medical hub, outpatient services, a private hospital and the full range of ancillary medical services.  

    Peninsular  (9)
    • A mixed use village by Robina Town Centre’s lakefront to be developed on land owned by Queenland Investment Corporation, owners of Robina Town Centre.

    Robina Town Centre Drive  (10)
    • The high density corridor that connects Robina Station and Robina Town Centre.  Designed so that pedestrians will be able to walk undercover for virtually the entire 600 metre distance, Robina Town Centre Drive already has two major office buildings and will shortly have two more – one of which will be the most significant office building developed in the Gold Coast City for over 20 years.

    Robina Town Centre  (11)
    • The shopping centre itself.  Approximately 85,000 square metres of retail, services, office and dining space, which will very soon be expanded with a $250 million extension development by its owners the Queensland Investment Corporation.

    GREENHEART
    • And in addition to the 10 precincts let’s not forget the City’s fabulous new Greenheart, an enormous greenspace at the heart of the city that begins just up the road from Robina Station.  You can easily visit the Greenheart by taking the train to Robina Station.
 
     
 
 
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