After decades of failed attempts to rejuvenate the dying Ipswich CBD, Ipswich City Council plans to turn their inner-city into a centre for aged care and health facilities.
The plan will see the council chambers and library sold to the Health Department in order to expand the hospital and the Metro Hotel turned into a 99-bed aged care facility.
Health services chairman Michael Willis and Council administrator Greg Chemello both predict the move will bring thousands more workers and consumers to the area.