Australia’s newest convention venue – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) on Grey Street – has debuted a five-level, $140m boutique expansion, one year after the centre reopened for business following severe floods. 

With its first events commencing in mid-February, the BCEC on Grey Street is already holding bookings for 292 events and has confirmed conventions to date that will generate in excess of $70m in economic benefit to Brisbane and Queensland.

With the completion of the 25,000-square-metre (270,000-square-foot) development, the centre is now equal in size to Australia’s largest convention venue, and based on enquires is forecasting a minimum additional 300 events on top of the 1,000 events it hosts annually.