Townsville City, Queensland

Townsville City is the name of a suburb of the city of Townsville, Queensland, and essentially represents the Central Business District. Townsville CBD is in close proximity to The Strand and Castle Hill

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Townsville City is home to many regional offices of various government organisations as well as many private companies, serving as a hub for northern Queensland. There has been extensive construction in the city centre over the last 20 years. These include a major redevelopment on Flinders Street Mall by Jarrod McCracken's construction company and the construction of the North Queensland Cowboys Leagues Club.

Townsville's skyline will change dramatically in as little as 5 years with many projects planned and under construction for the Central Business District (CBD) and Palmer Street. Planning and property experts are now predicting Townsville will have the largest city by size and skyscraper numbers in northern Australia by 2012. The need for office towers in the city outstrips supply, and as a direct result the CBD is being expanded over the Ross River into the old railway yards decommissioned by the Townsville Port. The vision includes 22 skyscrapers which in itself will change the face of Townsville forever. As the population nears the crucial 200,000 mark, Townsville is widely available to many businesses because of its large population and being northern Australia's largest city.

The current retail focus is the pedestrian Flinders Mall, which is currently in the planning stages of a multi-million-dollar upgrade. In 2008 council concluded it will spend approximately $60 million on upgrading the mall and the CBD. A major development of the plan is the addition of a 6-storey shopping centre known as Flinders Plaza Shopping Centre, Townsville.

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