“The proposed design celebrates the heritage value of the site, recognising that two of the existing buildings are identified on the Brisbane City Council Local Heritage Register, and seeks to preserve these buildings into the future,” she says.
“The proposed development provides a high-quality, considered architectural design that responds to the site, particularly its heritage value, and the surrounding context.”
A crash outside the buildings in 1952.Credit: John Oxley Library
Forno says the existing buildings’ heritage value and the site’s potential community benefit were “at the forefront of the applicant’s vision for this development”.
According to the Brisbane Heritage Register, last updated in June 2022, the old corner shop at 105 James Street had operated continuously as a butchers’ shop since 1901.
That 123-year run ended early last year.
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“In 1918, this shop became the New Farm State Butchery,” the registry notes.
“State butcher shops were established by the Queensland Labor Government as a means of influencing prices of household staples such as meat and sugar.
“From 1915 to 1925, the state government established or acquired a number of business enterprises in order to provide competition against possible business monopolies as well as a means offering products at cheaper rates.”
The application noted local zoning allowed for a number of land uses.
“However it is anticipated that the proposed development will support office and shop land uses,” Forno says in the assessment report.
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