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Filed Under: BUSINESS, INVEST Tagged With: co-working, Cohort, innovation hub, start-ups

Cohort a new hub for co-working and innovation

Cohort will be the place to be for start-ups and innovators

Calling innovative start-ups and emerging innovators – the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct has a new space for you!

The vibrant buildings that housed the the hair salon, convenience store, media space and police station of the GC2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village are being converted into a flexible coworking space and startup incubator to be known as Cohort.

From April 2019 the space will be abuzz with meetings and events, collaboration and innovation, as professional co-working operators CoSpace establish community management, following a deal with the Queensland Palaszczuk Government.

Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, infrastructure and Planning Cameron Dick says the buildings were undergoing a fitout to support around 200 desks for health and knowledge startups, coworking and entrepreneurial businesses. The facility will also be used as a landing space for global companies looking to establish local partnerships and eventually move into separate leases in the Precinct.

“It’s the perfect addition to the Health and Knowledge Precinct and will help reduce overheads for small businesses who would otherwise have to lease their own space,” Mr Dick says.

Cohort will feature meeting rooms, collaboration and event spaces and private pods, and when open in April 2019 will allow like-minded businesses to grow by promoting networking, mentoring, innovation and collaboration.”

Minister for Innovation and the Commonwealth Games Kate Jones says the launch of Cohort would be another major milestone in the development of the Precinct.

“Startups are crucial to creating jobs on the Gold Coast. That’s why we’re committed to making this precinct a world-leading hub for new ideas.

“We’re investing in projects like this to diversify the Gold Coast’s economy, and to ensure our investment in the Games continues to pay off for locals.”

CoSpaces CEO Ben Howe is excited about the opportunity to be part of the unique Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.

“The formation of dedicated areas for technology and innovation is crucial to the Gold Coast’s coming of age,” Mr Howe says.

Filed Under: LIVE

Introducing Smith Collective – Australia’s first renters community

Residential transformation reinvents renting

At the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct we have innovation in our DNA and the launch of the Precinct’s Smith Collective – Australia’s first build-to-rent community – is all about innovation in the way people live.

Smith Collective, the transformed Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, will be a vibrant residential and retail village and an ideal place to live, work, study and play, with rentals commencing from January 2019.

Bringing the emerging trend in the US and Europe of long-term, stable renting to Australia for the first time, global real estate innovators JLL are promising renters both security and a value-add lifestyle, with Smith Collective billed as much more than a place to live for the 2,500 residents who will call the community home.

Under the model, all 1252 units and townhouses will be tenanted and residents will have access to a range of community health and lifestyle amenities, including a unique retail and dining precinct that will enliven the main streets and help create a 24/7 environment for collaboration, inspiration and recreation.

Seven hectares of parkland with walking paths and public art surround the residences and the vibrant village heart is flanked by the 9.5 hectares that are being developed for health and knowledge commercial investment.

The new community offers residents exclusive access to a community centre, rooftop terrace, BBQ’s, four pools, gym and fitness areas and there’s even a running track.

A program of events will create a real community atmosphere and celebrate the enviable Gold Coast lifestyle.

To find out more and register for upcoming free events – Friday Night Bites and Saturday Family Fun Days visit Smith Collective.

The Facts

18 apartment towers
532 one-bedroom apartments, including 172 fully-accessible apartments
637 two-bedroom, two bathroom apartments
82 two-storey, three bedroom, two bathroom townhouses
6280-sqm retail hub
Four swimming pools
2500 residents
Woolworths + specialty food, dining and services

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Singapore a sweet opportunity for medtech

Austrade Medtech Delegation with Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology (centre), September 2018

GCHKP joins Minister-led delegation to Singapore

Singapore is a global economic hub and one of Australia’s closest trading partners, the largest in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).

GCHKP Project Director Di Dixon joined a high-level Austrade delegation, led by the Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in late September to advance opportunities for commercial partnerships in science and technology, with a focus on Medtech and 3D printing technologies.

The delegation, which also included promising Australian medtech start-ups looking to tap into Singapore and ASEAN nation markets took part in the Good Science – Great Business Festival to promote commercialisation opportunities.

The Austrade Medtech delegation, Singapore 2018

Singapore is ranked 6th overall as a source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Australia.

A hub for electronics, chemical and engineering industries, Singapore is investing in its R&D and manufacturing capacity in Life Sciences, as a fourth pillar of its manufacturing expertise, with the Singaporean government investing $750 million in biotechnology research institutes.

The $80 million Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), housed in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is the region’s largest R&D facility in additive manufacturing in terms of faculty and equipment and has established long-term research partnerships with companies in the aerospace, marine & offshore, building construction and process management industries.

Project Director Di Dixon toured the state-of-the-art facility to consider synergies and partnership opportunities for the Precinct’s planned Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Centre (ADaPT) and discovered the sweet opportunities – among its many advanced capabilities the SC3DP also prints chocolate!