As a local Brisbane business, we're always interested to see how the river city's landscape will change in the future.

Over the past 24 hours, news emerged that Destination Brisbane Consortium (comprising Echo Entertainment Group, Far East Consortium and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises) won a bid to oversee the redevelopment of the city's Queen's Wharf precinct. Suffice to say, the changes are massive.

What to expect from the redeveloped Queen's Wharf

First and foremost, it's worth mentioning that the redevelopment will see the Treasury Casino - long Brisbane's key casino - repurposed into a high-end department store, and a new casino will be integrated into one of the new buildings that's to be constructed within the precinct. 

However, the changes don't just pertain to repurposed buildings. The entire precinct will be revised, allowing for approximately 12 football fields-worth of public space, and the amount of open space within the precinct should cater to around 26,000 people at any one time.

The redevelopment also includes the following within its plans:

The plans include:

• A feature Sky Deck, with restaurants and bars fully accessible to the public
• Five new premium hotel brands
• 50 restaurants and bars
• Dozens of unique attractions, including a water and light show, whic will play several times each night in the new River Arena (if you've ever witnessed some of Las Vegas's water and light shows, you'll have some idea of what to expect)
• A new lyric theatre at QPAC
• Riverfront moonlight cinema
• The aforementioned 12 football fields of public event space

The below video, an architectural showreel, gives you a much clearer idea of what the final product might look like.

Given the scope of the redevelopment, which also includes a pedestrian bridge connecting Queen's Wharf with South Bank, it's going to take between five to six years to complete. Construction itself will not start until 2017, with a projected completion in 2022.

On a pure level fo design, it's hard to deny that the Queen's Wharf redevelopment is impressive. Over the last few years, we've seen the Brisbane CBD becoming more daring with its architectural design. This, in turn, is altering the very skyline Brisbanites have grown up with.

What do you think of the approved Queen's Wharf redevelopment? Are you a fan or do you think it's too much? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.