Attachment 7- Economic Impact Statement

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                   Another 660 or so jobs would be generated indirectly through production linkages and
                   consumption of wages income, much of which would be likely to involve local
                   employment generation within Noosa Shire.

                   Overall, around 1,045 FTE jobs would be generated as a result of the proposed
                   development on the VMU precinct.

                   The proposed Stage 2 Retail precinct would generate a further 140 positions, or around
                   100 jobs in FTE terms, with another 125 jobs created indirectly in the wider economy.

                   When combined, the two applications represent a potentially significant employment
                   uplift involving 640 new employed persons within the NBC, or nearly 480 jobs in FTE
                   terms. With another 785 jobs created indirectly, the total potential uplift could be 1,270
                   jobs, noting that a sizeable share of the indirect employment effect would be felt outside
                   the local region.
                   This level of job creation should be viewed in the context of its contribution to the
                   baseline workforce projections set out in the draft ShapingSEQ 2023 Update, which
                   anticipates total additional employment of +8,450 jobs over the next 25 years.

Table 18—Ongoing   Use                                    GFA (sqm)               Positions Direct FTE Jobs Indirect FTE Jobs Total FTE jobs
employment         Noosa Civic Village
generation
                       Supermarket                              3,500                   130                  98          120              220
                       Retail specialties                       4,000                   125                  90          110              200
Source: Deep End
Services; ABS      Total retail                                 7,500                   255                188           230              420
                   Bar/dining                                   1,100                    45                  30           55                85
                   Cinema                                       3,000                    30                  14           20                35
                   Recreation/entertainment                     1,500                    15                      8        10                20
                   Gym                                          1,200                    12                      6        15                20
                   Business premises                            3,070                   125                113           265              380
                   Arts and innovation                            445                    15                  14           35                50
                   Residential                                                            5                      4        10                15
                   Total Noosa Civic Village                   17,815                   500                377           660            1,045
                   Stage 2 Retail
                   Non-food retail                              5,925                   100                  75           95              170
                   Food and drink                                 575                    40                  25           30                55
                   Total Stage 2 Retail                         6,500                   140                100           125              225
                   Combined effects                            24,315                   640                477           785            1,270


                   Consumer benefits

                   Delivery of the proposed Noosa Civic Village, along with the Stage 2 Retail application,
                   has potential to generate consumer benefits associated with the following factors:
                   •     An improvement in the choice and availability of retail, entertainment and other
                         proposed uses on offer to the local residential base and visitors to the region. The
                         added choice would be across a range of sectors including supermarkets and grocery
                         shopping, the lifestyle retail expected to be delivered in the Stage 2 Retail
                         development, and in the entertainment and dining sector with the introduction of a
                         cinema centre and the inclusion of food and drink tenancies around a village green.
                   •     Added convenience for people wishing to obtain goods that might otherwise only be
                         available with more distant trips to Maroochydore, or for those wishing to shop at the

                   Noosa Village Mixed Use Development – Economic Impact Statement for Development Application                 Deep End Services