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Gladstone has in recent times experienced an explosion of commercial interest mainly as a result of announcements regarding massive expansion programs in the mineral resources, gas and coal industries.
The recently announced multi billion dollar Santos liquefied natural gas project at Curtis Island along with the Rio Tinto alumina plant expansion, are just two of many projects in the pipeline.
These announcements along with the many other factors effecting and influencing growth has flowed through to both the residential, retail and commercial sectors of the community putting huge demands on services, spread across all sectors of the market.
Our resource rich region is recognised as a strategic and logical choice for industrial, commercial, retail and residential investment.
- Natural deepwater harbour.
- Availability of industrial land.
- Close proximity to domestic and international significant market places.
- Rich, natural resource deposits including: cooking and steaming coal, limestone, magnesite and mineral sands.
- Internationally recognised Central Queensland University and Central Queensland Institute of TAFE.
- Community support for responsible industrial development.
- A highly multi-skilled workforce.
- Quality lifestyle.
- Gladstone has been awarded the Queensland Tidy Towns Award on numerous occasions.
- Gladstone is also gaining momentum as a tourism destination. The city has become a set off point for popular Great Barrier Reef diving locations including Heron Island.
It is currently an exciting time for the Gladstone Region with in excess of $20 billion worth of projects under construction, recently completed, or under investigation.
