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North Lakes Medical Precinct

Delivering exceptional, future-proofed healthcare facilities

Case Study

This project creates an essential community hub in Brisbane’s North Lakes.

8i Architects was engaged to design and deliver three healthcare projects for North Lakes, including the Lakelands Medical Centre, the Lakelands Medical Practice and the North Lakes Day Hospital.

The Lakelands Medical Centre is a 2000m2 facility made up of 10 tenancies of varying sizes, consisting of General Practice, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Pathology, X-Ray, Audiology, an Eye Clinic and Dentist. We were initially commissioned by the contractor, Constructions Group, to deliver the Centre, and were subsequently engaged by Lakelands Medical Practice, Gaitway Podiatry and Moreton Eye Clinic to deliver their fitouts.

The developer desired a high level of lettable area. 8i Architects successfully designed a facility that maximised the lettable area, while balancing carpark and utility requirements. The facility was a great success and was fully tenanted not long after construction was completed.

The second facility within the Precinct, Lakelands Medical Practice, consists of a large waiting area with children’s zone, reception, 12 consulting rooms, a procedure room, a four-bed treatment room, nurses’ station, public and staff amenities and staff room.

The new facility was necessitated by the relocation of the client’s long standing (40 year) busy suburban practice.

The Lakelands Medical Practice is an exemplar of how good design facilitates business growth. The client sought to update the practice’s image to grow from a five consulting room practice to 12 rooms. In 40 years of General Practice, they hadn’t been able to attract enough doctors to fill their five consulting rooms. Our design enabled our client to fill 10 consulting rooms in six months, and all 12 rooms within 12 months.

The final facility in this Precinct, The North Lakes Day Hospital, is a standalone extension to the Lakelands Medical Centre and includes a Day Hospital, consulting suites, My IVF (Monash IVF) and Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology facility. There were a number of challenges to this extension, including the need to meet the competing demands of the builder (our client), developer and anchor tenant. Our team worked hard to keep our client’s interests at the forefront, while understanding the developer’s priorities.

This Precinct has been a great success for our client, Constructions Group. There have been very few issues with the projects and the maintenance to the buildings has been minimal due to our selection of robust materials. Meanwhile, the developer has found the Precinct to be a solid long term income-producing asset. Importantly, the Precinct is a convenient and vital hub for families of all ages in the surrounding area.

We successfully designed a facility that maximised the lettable area, while balancing carpark and utility requirements.

8i Architects speak the language of the other professionals and gain their respect really quickly. Charmaine has in-depth understanding of the building regulations, town planning requirements and what is needed to get the appropriate licence to open.

Dr Adrianne Pope
Adrianne Pope Consulting

Our team worked hard to keep our client’s interests at the forefront, while understanding the developer’s priorities.

The developer has found the Precinct to be a solid long term income-producing asset.

The Precinct is a convenient and vital hub for families of all ages in the surrounding area.

8i Architects are efficient and lateral thinking when it comes to resolving design issues and without compromising the integrity of the design, are able to come up with cost effective solutions for our clients.

We would highly recommend 8i Architects to design and construct contractors and developers alike.

Murray Creevey
Director, Constructions Group

8i Architects provide a great sounding board, think outside the square, and get better results than other architects.

Bruce Woodroffe

Director, Chatham Property Projects - Medical Centre Specialists

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Projects
Year
Sector

Lakelands Medical Centre

  • Name: Lakelands Medical Centre
  • Client: Chatham Property Projects
  • Builder: Ray White Constructions
  • Category: Healthcare

Lakelands Medical Practice

  • Name: Lakelands Medical Practice
  • Client: Chatham Property Projects
  • Builder: Ray White Construction
  • Category: Healthcare

Margate Medical Centre

  • Name: Margate Medical Centre
  • Client: Chatham Property Projects
  • Builder: Ray White Construction
  • Category: Healthcare

Melbourne IVF

  • Name: Melbourne IVF
  • Client:
  • Builder:
  • Category: Healthcare

Monash IVF

  • Name: Monash IVF
  • Client: Monash IVF
  • Builder: Steve Boevink
  • Category: Healthcare

A new IVF Laboratory and Clinic Fitout for a national company in North Lakes Day Hospital a built for purpose specialist Day Hospital Facility.

The nature of the clinic required specific attention be paid to ensuring all matters related to workflow, acoustic privacy and sterilisation were thoroughly resolved.

Special requirements related to VOC levels also had to be addressed, this had impact upon the choice of all fitout materials including floor coverings, joinery, paint systems and the air conditioning system.

North Lakes Day Hospital

  • Name: North Lakes Day Hospital
  • Client: Chatham Property Projects
  • Builder: Ray White Construction
  • Category: Healthcare

QFG Day Hospital and IVF Facility

  • Name: QFG Day Hospital and IVF Facility
  • Client: Queensland Fertility Group
  • Builder: Shape Australia
  • Category: Healthcare

Queensland Fertility Group IVF Clinic

  • Name: Queensland Fertility Group IVF Clinic
  • Client: Queensland Fertility Group
  • Builder: Shape Australia
  • Category: Healthcare

This project meets an increasing need for fertility specialists and IVF treatment in Brisbane.

The Fertility Centre, Nepean (NSW)

  • Name: The Fertility Centre, Nepean (NSW)
  • Client: IVF Australia
  • Builder: Cornerstone Healthcare Properties
  • Category: Healthcare

A purpose designed IVF Lab and Clinic for The Fertility Centre which is part of IVF Australia.

A state of the art IVF facility that encompasses world’s best research and practice by Virtus Health.

Virtus Diagnostics Queensland

  • Name: Virtus Diagnostics Queensland
  • Client: Virtus Diagnostics
  • Builder: Shape Australia
  • Category: Healthcare

This project improves the workflow of a relocated laboratory to increase the quality of diagnostic outcomes for patients.