A building at the former Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village has been repurposed and refitted by the Queensland Government to make way for Gold Coast’s newest coworking and innovation space — COHORT.

The former site of the Commonwealth Games hair salon, corner shop and police station has been transformed and is now a prime location for start-up businesses to lease space in a co-working environment.

Minister for State Development Cameron Dick says the Health and Knowledge Precinct will transform the Gold Coast into a global business location for high-tech development and research, it will contribute an extra 12,000 jobs and an additional $1.4 billion to the State’s economy.