Toowong Village, Queensland

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Entry to Toowong Village from Toowong Station (near Coronation Drive)

Toowong Village is a building situated at the centre of the Brisbane suburb of Toowong, Queensland, Australia, on the block of land bounded by Coronation Drive, High Street and Sherwood Road. The blue glass office tower is a prominent landmark visible from Toowong and surrounding suburbs.

Opened in 1986, Toowong Village is an office tower and shopping centre. The complex was built on the site of sawmill and over the existing Toowong Railway station. There was some controversy over its development as the Queensland Government overrode the Brisbane town plan to permit its construction. The Brisbane City Council had refused to permit its construction because of concerns about traffic congestion in surrounding streets.

The shopping centre is located on the lower floors of the office tower, and includes the Toowong Post Office, the Toowong branch of the Brisbane City Library, photocopying facilities, medical centre, dental clinic, David Jones store, Coles Supermarket, as well as other retail stores.

There is a lift and also travelators (a cross between a slanting moving walkway and an escalator) within the centre of Toowong Village. The travelators allow patrons to take shopping trolleys down, or up, to other floors of the building, without requiring to use the lift.

The Toowong Railway Station is also located in the base of the building. The entry to the station is from the Gallery level of Toowong Village, near Sizzler.

Toowong Village is open to the public seven days a week.

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"Toowong Village" office tower (background) which contains the Toowong Village shopping centre	Inside Toowong Village	Travelator at Toowong Village	Travelator at Toowong Village
Toowong Village aquarium — at the Toowong Post Office within the Toowong Village building	Garden at Toowong Village	Garden at Toowong Village	Garden at Toowong Village