Ferny Grove Central is taking clearer shape, with retail fitouts, apartment work and soft landscaping now underway as the long-running development moves closer to practical completion.
Ferny Grove Central Nears Its Finishing Phase
The latest update on the project shows construction has advanced across the retail buildings, The Fernery apartments and surrounding works. The final built form of the buildings is now visible, with the focus shifting from major structural work to fitout and finishing activity.
All structural concrete pours have been completed, and the tower cranes have moved offsite. The buildings are now watertight, with major craned materials already in place. Kedron Brook culvert works are almost complete, while works along Samford Road are continuing.
The western retail building is about to move into tenant fitout, including work by Woolworths, Dan Murphy’s and Goodlife Gymnasium. Tenants are still finalising when they will open for trade, with no confirmed opening date listed.
The project’s current program has Broad Construction aiming for practical completion in Q3 2026.
Retail Tenants Added As Leasing Nears Completion
The retail centre is now almost fully leased, with Huxtaburger, Smokin’ Joe’s Pizza & Grill and discount retailer Major Bargain added in the past three months.
Earlier updates also identified Guzman y Gomez as a long-term tenant. The broader retail offering listed for Ferny Grove Central includes Woolworths, Dan Murphy’s, Cinebar Ferny Grove, Goodlife Health Club, medical service providers and food and beverage operators.
The development is planned to include a retail plaza, landscaped pedestrian areas and services for commuters, residents and the wider local area. A future childcare centre is also shown in the latest update.
The Fernery apartment component includes one, two and three-bedroom apartments and is fully sold. Its listed features include secure parking, outdoor dining areas, landscaped spaces, vertical gardens, a rooftop deck and a pool.
Completion Target Shifted Through Earlier Updates
The current Q3 2026 practical completion target follows several earlier changes to the project timeline.
In February 2025, the builder advised that completion was expected in Q2 2026. That update referred to skills shortages, rising material costs and adverse weather affecting the construction timeline.
By May 2025, the project remained behind its updated program, with delays linked to wet weather in February and March, the impact of Cyclone Alfred and industrial action. At that stage, practical completion was being aimed for late in Q2 2026.
In August 2025, the project was still progressing but continued to face significant delays. The practical completion target had moved to Q3 2026, with a possibility it could extend to Q4 2026.
The March 2026 update keeps the expected practical completion period at Q3 2026 and presents the project as being in its later stages.
Parking, Access And Local Feedback
Ferny Grove Central is planned to add about 450 commuter car parks, with 80 per cent of those spaces to be undercover. The project also lists lifts and escalators for the new parking facilities, surveillance across commuter car parks, disabled commuter parking, safe bike storage, about 320 separate retail car parks, residential parking and an increased laydown area for buses.
Local feedback shared through the Ferny Grove and Upper Kedron Residents Association page has been mixed. Some commenters welcomed the progress and said they were looking forward to completion, while others raised concerns about the building’s appearance, its closeness to the boundary and possible traffic impacts around Conavalla Street and Samford Road.
With the structural phase now largely complete, the next stage of the project centres on tenant fitouts, final leasing activity, apartment fitouts and landscaping before the retail centre begins trading.
Published 30-Apr-2026
