Kin Kora Homemaker Centre
A Tipalea Partners and Yaralla Sports Club project
Kin Kora, Gladstone
Everything for the home, right here in Gladstone.
A new $100 million+ homemaker and lifestyle precinct is planned for the Gladstone Golf Club site, with big box retailers, a mini major and a servo with two fast-food outlets . The golf club is moving to a bigger championship course at Byellee Waters, and a rezoning application is being prepared for Gladstone Regional Council.
What's going in?
Gladstone is growing, but locals still travel to Rockhampton for much of their home and lifestyle shopping. This precinct brings that choice back to town.
Big box retailers
Furniture, bedding, electrical, homewares, outdoor lifestyle, trade supplies and more!
Two fast-food outlets + servo
Grab something to eat or fill up the car while you're there!
Around 700 car parks
At ground level, close to the doors, with room to load big purchases.
What are we planning?
Designed by i2C Architects, the precinct includes around 26,000m² of big-box retail across the 8-hectare site.
These plans are still being developed and may change as we work through approvals.
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Artist's impression. Subject to council approval and final design.
What's the timing?
Yaralla Sports Club will be lodging the variation request (effectively a rezoning / masterplan) in December 2026 and we hope to have that approved in late 2027.
From there we will lodge individual development applications for the Homemaker Centre, fast food etc and hopefully be able to start construction some 18 months from when they are lodged.
Stay tuned for further updates as these dates will invariably change!
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Indicative timing, subject to council approval.
Built to the same standard as Spring Farm Village
The things people notice are rarely the shops – everything at New Norfolk Coles has been designed to improve your shopping experience. The best of the design features we have at Spring Farm Village that make it the best in Tasmania will be brought to New Norfolk Coles.
• Flat, kerbless car park to make trolley use easy and prevent falls
• "Extra wide” marked car parking bays
• Cloud based CCTV throughout
• All weather shade sails in the car park
• Public art by Tasmanian artists
• 4 x EV fast charging bays
• Bathrooms that are beautiful and regularly cleaned
• A full parents room — feeding room, change bays, family toilet
• Accessible bathroom with grab rails and level access throughout
• Over 170 free parking spaces, all at grade
• Covered walkways, landscaping and seating
Community engagement
This centre will be part of Gladstone for decades and at the end of the day, this is going to be YOUR centre so we want to know what YOU want.
Strong Community Engagement is a key component of how we create great retail centres. We are pretty much an open book and will keep you informed every step of the way. We are happy to share it all – the good, the bad and the ugly!
Our first task together will be to choose the name of the centre and then the logo; Kin Kora Homemaker is just a temporary name until YOU tell us what you want to call it! Stay tuned on our Facebook page for details on how to vote etc.
Now
Stay in the loop
Community updates as things happen — the Council decision, construction, jobs.Follow us on Facebook.
Coming soon
Community update meetingsA town hall–style evening in Gladstone. We'll walk through the plans, then open the floor so you can ask us anything, face to face.
Coming soon
Name the centre
We'll put a shortlist of names to a public vote on our Facebook and Instagram. The town picks the winner.
After the vote
Choose the logo
With a name chosen, we'll post the logo designs on Facebook and Instagram and you vote for the one on the building.
Before opening
Jobs forumMeet our retailers and our team, and find out about local jobs.
Leasing
Preliminary leasing discussions are underway with national brands and local operators with strong interest in most of the tenancies already. Large-format tenancies are available across home improvement, furniture, electrical, bedding, homewares, outdoor and trade.
Tenancies in various sizes from 400m² to 4,000m².
See what's available on the leasing plan, then talk to our leasing team.
Leasing agent
Lewis Torkington | ATD Property
Who's behind it?
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The Gladstone Golf Club site is owned by Yaralla Sports Club, a not-for-profit that reinvests its profits into the club and the local community. Yaralla is moving the golf club to a larger 18-hole championship course at Byellee Waters, which will include a clubhouse, resort, RV park, mini golf and community facilities. The current golf course site will become Gladstone's new homemaker precinct.
To deliver it, Yaralla has partnered with Tipalea Partners. Tipalea has more than 25 years of experience in retail development along Australia's east coast, with a focus on fast-growing regional markets. Its projects have included centres in Mackay, the Gold Coast, the Hunter Valley and Shellharbour, and most recently the most technologically advanced centres in Tasmania in Hobart and Devonport.
Stay in the loop!
Newsletter
An email when the rezoning application is lodged, when it's decided, when construction starts and when hiring opens. A few times a year, nothing more.
Socials
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Questions about the plans, timing or anything else? Email info@tipalea.com.au