Plans are underway for a café, miniature eat street market, and an art gallery at the former national post headquarters in Springwood.
Since taking over the site in August last year, House Property Agents have thought hard about re-activating the former Australia Post office into not only their office but a community space for food, music, and art.
“One of the directors of House purchased the building in August last year, conducted a major scale renovation on it, and we’re currently in the process of finalising plans to build a café into the front of the building,” agency representative Lee Knutsen said.
“While we were brainstorming that idea, the idea dawned on me it would be the perfect location for a laneway style alley, so we were thinking of having a couple of food vendors there, a PA system installed for live music, eat street styled markets, street art installed, and even an art gallery that will be tied into the concept.”
The premise of 10 Fitzgerald Avenue was important infrastructure in the 1980s, when it was earmarked as the hub of postal services in Logan City.
The original Australia Post flyer from 1985 stated the premise was designed “to cater for the huge growth in population occurring in Logan City.” It called Logan “one of the fastest expanding urban regions of Australia”.
“The new facility will service a huge suburban area of Logan City with deliveries and offer a wide range of postal, courier and specialist services for private business customers,” the flyer read.
Australia Post vacated the premise in the early 2000s. Since then, it has not had a consistent tenant or purpose.
Mr Knutsen said House Property Agents wanted to change that.
“To try and activate that precinct, that’s what we wanted to do with the building because that part of Springwood has huge potential, and the building itself is plugged into everything else,” Mr Knutsen said.
In March, House Property Agents trialled the market idea at their official opening. The success of that encouraged them to make it a permanent arrangement.
Wedged between Springwood’s two major shopping centres, the site would be transformed into a community hub. People could easily access the site and park there because of its centrality, Mr Knutsen said.
They hope to deliver the food market component of their vision next year, which would involve resurfacing the carpark at the rear of the block, running parallel to Cinderella Drive, for the food trucks.
The design would include spaces for permanent and temporary vendors.
They are aiming to finalise plans for a cafe at the front of the premises by the end of this year.
