A builder has been appointed to construct a booming community’s new town centre, which will include supermarkets and more than 50 specialty shops.
FDC Construction and Fitout (FDC) will construct the first stage of the Aura Town Centre, a shopping hub in the heart of developer Stockland’s master-planned community.
The town centre will span about 16,300sqm and be anchored by leading supermarkets, two mini-majors, 55 specialty shops and kiosks, and three non-retail tenancies, which could be occupied by health and wellbeing services or other businesses.
There will also be a car park comprising 680 street-level and basement car parking spaces.
Stockland development director Josh Sondergeld said the appointment of FDC marked another step closer to creating a key retail destination for Aura.
“We know the importance of having shops, dining and services within easy reach for our residents,” he said.
“Aura Town Centre will be a high-quality retail, dining and entertainment precinct just a short drive, cycle or walk for the community.”
Construction is expected to start early next year with an anticipated opening of late 2027. Further details will be provided as works get underway.
Once complete, the town centre will connect with the 5.3-hectare Aura Parklands, a leisure destination including a swimming lagoon, barbecue and picnic areas, and event spaces, which started construction in June 2025.
It will also be close to the Comiskey Group’s Aura Hotel, which was first announced in 2022 and is set to include a live band room that can accommodate 2500 people.
The Aura Town Centre Plan of Development, approved by Economic Development Queensland in 2016, involves 90,000sqm of retail, 45,000sqm of commercial, a potential future university, a retirement living site for up to 250 dwellings, about 2700 standard residential dwellings, up to 10 storeys of permitted building heights in key areas and about 310 hectares of conservation land.
