Suburban Futures

Matt Collins is Chief Executive of the Planning Institute of Australia. The Queensland judges of PIA recently awarded our book "The Next Australian City" their overall Queensland award for Planning Excellence, which we are still pinching ourselves about. So very humbling. Matt is already mostly through reading his copy but we couldn't resist the opportunity to very derservedly add him to our gallery of notable readers with this pic. Thank you Matt and PIA! Order your copy through Amazon, Booktopia or most leading online retailers, or order direct from the publisher Anthony Cappello at Connor Court (based in Redlands, Queensland) via this link: https://lnkd.in/erXy7wc7

Must watch! How suburban shopping malls are converting some or all of their space to housing in the USA. Interesting insights in this CNBC video. Curated updates like this are free to Suburban Futures subscribers, and subscribing is free. Just sign up on our website. No spam policy in place. Here's the link to this story: https://lnkd.in/gx_x9jPH

No, it's not a miniature version of The Next Australian City that Ineke McMahon GAICD is happy about, but one of our promo cards. Ineke has bought a copy of the book already and we look forward to her review after her Christmas read. Get your Christmas reading orders in now. Amazon, Booktopia or direct from Anthony Cappello at Connor Court publishing here https://lnkd.in/erXy7wc7

Suburban Futrures subscribers are invited to a FREE site tour of the Rivermakers mixed use suburban renewal project, led by developer Michael Irvine of BMI - followed by Christmas drinks on site, on the 18th December from 3pm. We are doing this in conjunction with ULI Australia's Brisbane chapter. Subscribers of Suburban Futures PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOX for the code and link so you can register for free. All others welcome but if you are not a member of either Suburban Futures or the ULI, it's a modest $55 to be part of it. https://lnkd.in/gZ3Xty-4

Mike Zorbas is CEO of Property Council of Australia. Here's what he had to say about "The Next Australian City" by Suburban Futures: “Packed with insights, this is an unashamed love letter to Australian suburbia. Equally, it is clear eyed about the trends that will shape our suburban future. …. this book (is) a healthy challenge to what the authors call the ‘authorised version of urbanism’. Many terrific Australian authors and a giant or two, including the great Joel Kotkin, allow this collection to cleverly combine global and local perspectives with policy lessons for all Australia’s great cities and civic leaders.” He's not wrong. Got your copy yet? Publisher Anthony Cappello has plenty left. Order direct from him here https://lnkd.in/erXy7wc7

What do we mean when we say we want better suburbs? This Suburban Futures video clip features our directors Riye Arai-Coupe Bruce Harper and Todd Pepper as they explain. Better Suburbs = Better Cities!

Adam Allan is Brisbane City Council Chair of Planning and Suburban Renewal. He joined Directors and Corporate Members of Suburban Futures for a board lunch recently, kindly hosted by Rhonan OBrien at MODE. We couldn't let the chance go by without adding Adam to our list of readers of The Next Australian City. (He had one of the first copies, hot off the press. But we forgot to get the photo at the time). Here he is renewing the reader adventure as Suburban Futures Directors Simon Horne and Kerrianne Meulman look on. See what the fuss is all about. Get your copy direct from local Redlands based publisher Anthony Cappello at Connor Court via this link https://lnkd.in/erXy7wc7

Romilly Madew AO FTSE HonFIEAust EngExec looks pretty pleased to be presented with a copy of The Next Australian City by Suburban Futures in Sydney recently. Romilly heads up Engineers Australia and prior to that was CEO of Infrastructure Australia and also CEO of Green Building Council of Australia among many other things. Lovely woman into the bargain. We look forward to her feedback on the book. Get your copy direct from the publisher https://lnkd.in/erXy7wc7

Infill populations and more density will mean the need for more social infrastructure to support the additional population. That includes new schools. Download our free research piece which explores the costs and funding options for four different independent school scenarios of P-12 with 1000 students. Link here https://lnkd.in/gztn9j-S Alceon Group MODE GRC Plenary Group Independent Schools Queensland Todd Pepper Rhonan OBrien Christopher Mountford Guy Gibson Steve de Nys Simon Horne Bruce Harper Kerrianne Meulman Lisa Nixon Riye Arai-Coupe

The adaptive reuse of a former brewery site in San Antonio (Texas) into a world class mixed use suburban renewal project is inspiring. Read about it here: https://lnkd.in/gA5QHUt2