As part of its $90m, decade-long program, Council have purchased three new properties to set aside for parkland. The sites include a 1.1ha site in Robina, 12.6ha site in Ormeau and 21ha site in Upper Coomera.  The latter sites are slated for sporting fields and non-motorised watersports.

4 years into the program, nearly 45ha of parkland have already been purchased.

New valuations of unimproved land value on the Gold Coast has shown a 5% (on average) decline.  Prestige and waterfront suburbs were hit hardest with Mermaid Beach, Surfers Paradise and Paradise point down 29%, 18% and 15% respectively.

It was not doom and gloom however, Coomera and Ormeau – outer land-rich suburbs recorded gains of 20% and 15% each.  Ten other, similarly categorised suburbs recorded single-digit growth, with the remainder of the Gold Coast static or falling in the last two years.