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
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Lakelands Medical Centre
- Name: Lakelands Medical Centre
- Client: Chatham Property Projects
- Builder: Ray White Constructions
- Category: Healthcare
Located on a 4644m2 corner site, Lakelands Medical Centre is a 1600m2 healthcare facility designed for a 12 consulting room general practice, pharmacy, radiology, pathology, dental, audiology and allied health tenancies.
As part of a medical precinct linked to North Lakes Day Hospital, this project is a great example of complementary healthcare hub that caters for a variety of healthcare needs.
Lakelands Medical Practice
- Name: Lakelands Medical Practice
- Client: Chatham Property Projects
- Builder: Ray White Construction
- Category: Healthcare
Located within Lakelands Medical Centre, this 12 consulting room general practice was part of an expansion and relocation of a long established local practice. The existing practice was a small 4 consulting facility located in an nearby suburb.
The client was initally apprehensive about building a practice that was significantly larger than their existing tenancy. By creating a new modern facility with a dedicated treatment area and procedure room, the client was able to attract 8 new doctors to join the practice within 12 months of opening. Instead of recruitment, many of the new doctors contacted the practice directly requesting to join the practice based on the design of the facility.
The ongoing success of the practice was such that Australia’s largest operator of medical centres acquired the practice a few years after opening.
This is a great case study of how good healthcare design can support signficant business growth of a general practice.
Margate Medical Centre
- Name: Margate Medical Centre
- Client: Chatham Property Projects
- Builder: Ray White Construction
- Category: Healthcare
Margate Medical Centre is a medical centre that consists of a new purpose built medical centre (600m2) and a refurbishment of an existing showroom into a purpose built radiology facility (620m2).
Located on a 3235m2 site with 3 street frontages, the 1,220m2 medical centre contains a radiology facility, pathology, dental and Medicare.
East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital
- Name: East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital
- Client: East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital (Virtus Health)
- Builder: Arete
- Category: Healthcare
This project supports patients who undergo fertility treatment and other day surgery procedures. A refurbishment of an existing Day Hospital within the health precinct of East Melbourne.
8i Architects was engaged by East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital to design the refurbishment of the Reception and Administration area and the Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) of the hospital, owned by Virtus Health – the largest provider of assisted reproductive services in Australia and one of the top 5 in the world.
8i Architects had previously assisted Virtus Health-owned fertility clinic, Melbourne IVF over a number of years, which was based on the latest international research and aimed to set a new benchmark in the delivery of assisted reproductive services. As a Day Hospital that is linked to Melbourne IVF, East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital provides services to fertility, IVF and gynaecological patients as well as other procedures.
This project was designed to be delivered over the Christmas closedown period to minimise disruptions to the Day Hospital operations. The CSSD upgrade was designed with quality and safety front of mind, meeting new infection control standards and the reception and administration offices were reimagined to create an open and welcoming space for patients and their families.
A close working relationship was established with the day hospital teams and builders to ensure the quality of the project, and meet the very tight timeframe set for completion.
8i Architects was very pleased to deliver this project for East Melbourne Specialist Day Hospital and Virtus Health.
Monash IVF
- Name: Monash IVF
- Client: Monash IVF
- Builder: Steve Boevink
- Category: Healthcare
A new IVF Laboratory and Clinic Fitout for Monash IVF in North Lakes Day Hospital a built for purpose specialist Day Hospital Facility.
The nature of the IVF 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 impacted 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
Queensland Fertility Group IVF Laboratory
- Name: Queensland Fertility Group IVF Laboratory
- Client: Queensland Fertility Group
- Builder: Shape Australia
- Category: Healthcare
Recognised as a shortlisted project in the 2025 INDE Asia Pacific design awards. 8i Architects was engaged by Queensland Fertility Group (QFG) to design a world class IVF Laboratory. QFG is owned by Virtus Health – the largest IVF provider in Australia and the top 5 in the world.
8i Architects had previously assisted in developing Virtus Health’s ‘One Lab’ design principles, which are based on the latest international research and aim to set a new benchmark in the delivery of assisted reproductive services. Elements of the ‘One Lab’ design have been applied to this project.
8i Architects was very pleased to deliver this flagship project for Queensland Fertility Group and Virtus Health.
Queensland Fertility Group IVF Clinic
- Name: Queensland Fertility Group IVF Clinic
- Client: Queensland Fertility Group
- Builder: Shape Australia
- Category: Healthcare
This IVF Clinic in Spring Hill caters for the increasing need for fertility specialists and IVF treatment in Brisbane.
The 1100m2 clinic has personalised consultation rooms for some of Australia’s leading fertility specialists, pathology, andrology and scanning support services.
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 encompasses world’s best research and practice by Virtus Health while providing affordable fertility treatment.
The design is the collaborative result of 8i Architects working with internationally recognised IVF Scientists Professor David Gardner, Dr Petra Wale and Dr Simon Cooke.
Virtus Diagnostics Queensland
- Name: Virtus Diagnostics Queensland
- Client: Virtus Diagnostics
- Builder: Shape Australia
- Category: Healthcare
This new 1,025m2 Diagnostic Laboratory for Virtus Health Specialist Diagnostics provides a complete range of pathology services and genetic testing to complement the fertility services provided by Virtus Health.
As part of the largest Assisted Reproductive Services providers in Australia, Virtus Genetics provide patients with access to not only leading genetic testing but also a wide range of fertility expertise and resources.
IVF Clinics that sit within the Virtus Health umbrella in Australia include IVF Australia, Melbourne IVF, Queensland Fertility Group, and Tas IVF.
This project improves the workflow of the endocrinology, cytogenetics and microarray laboratories to increase the quality of diagnostic outcomes for patients.
