Following extensive community and stakeholder consultation, a Precinct Framework Plan was developed in 2012 to deliver a new heart for central Wodonga featuring retail, dining, residential, entertainment, public open space and commercial development.

To kick-start the project, we worked with the City of Wodonga to deliver early infrastructure and in 2015 and 2016, we made great progress on a range of community spaces at Junction Place, including the Promenade and Junction Square which the community continues to enjoy.

Junction Place projects delivered to date include:

• Restoration of the historic goods sheds and station buildings;
• Roads and infrastructure including upgrades to High Street, development of Aurora Way and the realignment of Elgin Boulevard
• Public spaces such as the Promenade, Junction Square, Richardson Park and Sidings Park;
• The Woolworths supermarket precinct;

In 2016, a Development Agreement was entered into with a private developer to deliver the next phase of Junction Place. As a result of Council and community feedback in 2021, this phase did not proceed and the developer is now no longer a project partner.

Development Victoria is now committed to working with key stakeholders, including Council, the community and industry, to deliver the next phase of Junction Place.

Following an extensive tender process, Birchmore Group has been appointed to develop sites 1,3, 4 and 5 at Junction Place. Development Victoria is continuing to work through the appointment process with the preferred parties for site 2.

Birchmore is currently working through a detailed design process for sites 1, 3, 4 and 5. The sites are currently undergoing further site condition testing, which is an important step in the development process and is expected to occur over the next few months.