2024-25 CENTRAL COAST INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS 17 Professional and commercial services - Professional and commercial services within the CBD include major trading banks as well as building societies, credit unions and mortgage brokers. Professional services include lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers, real estate agents, property valuers, investment advisers and nancial planners. Retail - Gosford’s retail precinct comprises the Imperial Shopping Centre and other retail stores servicing those working in the CBD as well as residents and the many thousands who visit daily to access commercial, professional, medical and social services. Dining and Entertainment Gosford has a growing number of places to eat from the iconic Hotel Gosford and restaurant to the Railway Hotel both of which o er entertainment. In recent years new restaurants and bars have opened o ering a wide range of food options creating a new and growing night-time economy. Central Coast Leagues Club o ers a wide range of dining, drinking and entertainment options. Gosford Sailing Club restaurant overlooking the Club’s marina o ers a wide range of entertainment options. Drifter’s Wharf on the Gosford Waterfront with a ‘festival by the sea’ focus o ers live entertainment. Health and medical services - Gosford Hospital o ers a full range of public hospital services. Adjacent to Gosford Hospital is the Central Coast Cancer Centre. Gosford Private Hospital is located at North Gosford. Medical specialists and general practitioners along with medical imaging and other medical and health services are all available within the CBD. Education – Schools within the CBD area include Gosford High School - an academically selective high school, Henry Kendall High School, Gosford Primary School and Gosford TAFE. Nearby is Central Coast Grammar School, St Edward’s Christian Brothers College, St Joseph’s Catholic College, Central Coast Adventist School, St Philip’s Christian College and Central Coast Sports College. The University of Newcastle will establish a Gosford Campus in the CBD opening in 2025 Digital and Creative Businesses – The NBN supports a growing number of digital and creative businesses in the CBD with Fibre-to-the-Premises service. Sport and Recreation - The 20,000-seat Industree Group Stadium, managed by VenuesLive, overlooks Brisbane Water, and is regarded as one of the nest stadiums in Australia. Gosford Golf Club and Gosford Race Club are located on the perimeter of the CBD while Gosford Sailing Club is located on the foreshore near the Gosford Boat Harbour and Gosford Olympic Pool. Also on Gosford Waterfront is Leagues Club Park, a 2.4 hectare play space. Residential – High rise residential construction within a radius of two kilometres of the CBD, is seeing a substantial increase in the population over the next few years with the completion in late 2024 of ve major projects. Image of the Archibald by ALAND which when completed in early 2025 feature voco® hotel and Sky Bar Image of voco® hotel porte cochere
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