The Gallery by GRAYA: Construction to commence on Racecourse Road

Queensland developer GRAYA is commencing construction at The Gallery later this week, on Racecourse Road, Hamilton, with demolition now complete, and the sales campaign officially underway with WHITEFOX Real Estate.

The milestone follows the project’s official launch, celebrated last night before more than 150 buyers, media and industry partners. The Gallery is GRAYA’s first precinct-scale project on an established Brisbane high street. 

Occupying a 3,614 sqm site with 150 metres of frontage to Racecourse Road, it will deliver 48 residences across six levels above eight ground-floor retail and dining tenancies, with rooftop amenity. 

The project is designed by Bureau^Proberts, with GRAYA acting as both developer and builder.

The launch comes as Hamilton draws sustained investment. Positioned at the centre of Brisbane’s inner-north renewal and with the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, the suburb is entering a period of growth. 

Racecourse Road, one of the city’s longest-running retail and dining strips, sits at the centre of it. 

The Gallery is conceived to be part of that street, contributing to its next phase.

The site assembly itself was substantial. Bringing the precinct together required consolidating 17 separate retail tenancies, a process GRAYA acknowledges carried weight for the businesses and the wider community. 

All 17 leases have since been released and the tenants have vacated, with the site now cleared for construction. 

What follows is 150 metres of active street frontage returned to Racecourse Road. 

This includes hospitality, and retail at ground level, and residences above.

GRAYA CEO & co-founder Rob Gray said the company’s commitment to Hamilton reflected a longer view of the suburb and the city.

“Racecourse Road deserves to be revitalised, and the timing is right,” Rob said.

“We know consolidating a site like this is not easy for everyone involved, and we don’t take that lightly. 

"Brisbane is our home and we are invested in its long-term future. 

"The Gallery is how we contribute to that. 

"We set out to deliver something the suburb can be proud of, a precinct that genuinely adds to the high street.”

Managing director and co-founder Andrew Gray said Hamilton had met GRAYA’s site criteria on every measure. 

"The connectivity, the profile of the existing high street and the suburb’s demographic trajectory all pointed to a precinct in formation, with the gap sitting between what Racecourse Road is today and what it can support over the next decade," said Andrew.

Development director Shaun Mets, who led the acquisition, said the consolidation reflected the strength of the GRAYA brand. 

"Existing owners backed the process because they understood what the company delivers, and the buyer response since launch has confirmed the demand for luxury multi-residential in Brisbane," said Shaun.

The launch follows sustained buyer engagement across GRAYA’s recent projects, reinforcing continued demand for residences delivered by an integrated developer and builder. 

WHITEFOX Real Estate’s Phillip Rand said a GRAYA precinct of this scale comes to Hamilton only occasionally, and the combination of a Racecourse Road address, Bureau^Proberts architecture and the response already seen tells the market what the site represents.

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