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The Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the 2021 census, the locality of Oakey had a population of 4,756 people.\n\n\n== Geography ==\n\nThe town is situated on the eastern side of the Darling Downs and the Toowoomba Region local government area.  Oakey Creek, a tributary of the Condamine River, passes through the town.\nOakey is one of the towns contained in the Queensland State Electoral district of Condamine and at the federal level it lies within the Division of Groom.\nThe town is surrounded by farms.\nThe town is bypassed by the Warrego Highway (National A2).", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakey,_Queensland", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q7073851", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakey,_Queensland", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 1, "county_fips": null, "opp_score": null, "opp_reasons": null, "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/strips/australia/oakey-oakey-town-centre/", "events": [{"year": 2005, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Town centre redeveloped", "source_id": 7625}, {"year": 2005, "date": null, "kind": "retrofit", "detail": "Retrofit: redevelop, regreen", "source_id": null}], "sources": [{"id": 7624, "site_id": "n-671667a49a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakey,_Queensland", "title": "Oakey, Queensland", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "The main town centre", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 7625, "site_id": "n-671667a49a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakey,_Queensland", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The main town centre was redeveloped during 2005 by the council", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [{"name": "council", "kind": "developer", "role": "developer", "year_from": 2005, "year_to": null}], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Oakey Town Centre (strip mall) was redeveloped in 2005 by the council, shifting from original town centre use to new park and retail uses. After retrofit: new shops, landscaping, and tree plantings added. Strategy included 'redevelop' and 'regreen'.", "why": "Council-led retrofit (not private developer). Strategy matches peers like Lafayette Place Mall (US), but context is rural Queensland (population 4,756 in 2021).", "where_it_stands": "Built, status confirmed. No parcel/deal details in record. Oakey Airfield (0km) is the only nearby landmark noted.", "for_a_planner": ["Rural context: surrounded by farms, bypassed by highway.", "No private developer involvement (council only).", "Strategy 'regreen' implemented via tree plantings."], "for_a_developer": ["No deal terms or financials provided.", "Peers listed are US malls (not comparable to Australian rural context).", "No data on retail performance or park usage."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["No data on parcel size, planning approvals, or post-2005 population trends.", "Why 'regreen' was chosen not explained in record.", "Peers list irrelevant to Australian rural setting."], "data_quality": "partial", "one_line": "Council redeveloped rural strip mall (2005) to park/retail; no private developer, no deal details, US peers listed but not comparable.", "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest", "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)", "record_sha1": "2b0af7c3a435"}, "cluster": {"within_10km": [{"id": "n-e3efcab6ad", "name": "Oakey Airfield", "city": "Oakey", "status": "built", "km": 0.0}], "count_10km": 1, "count_25km": 1}, "peers": {"peers": [{"id": "m-d9b398f7d8", "name": "Lafayette Place Mall", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop"]}, {"id": "m-2afa0a0e0b", "name": "Arsenal Mall", "city": "Watertown", "state": "MA", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop"]}, {"id": "m-6ba9ad8482", "name": "Civic Center Mall", "city": "Hartford", "state": "CT", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop"]}, {"id": "m-48009f3db2", "name": "Blue Hen Mall", "city": "Dover", "state": "DE", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop"]}, {"id": "m-fe8ce81673", "name": "Villa Italia Mall", "city": "Lakewood", "state": "CO", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop, regreen"]}, {"id": "m-9067acff67", "name": "Los Arcos Mall", "city": "Scottsdale", "state": "AZ", "score": 4.0, "why": ["same strategy: redevelop"]}], "method": "size, era, strategy, status, type, state, distance"}}, "elements": [{"slug": "use-retail", "name": "Retail (continued)", "group_": "use", "evidence": "new_use field", "origin": "newtypes-extraction"}, {"slug": "era-retrofit-2000s", "name": "Retrofit 2000s", "group_": "era", "evidence": "2005", "origin": "newtypes-extraction"}, {"slug": "strategy-redevelop", "name": "Redeveloped", "group_": "strategy", "evidence": "new shops, landscaping and tree plantings", "origin": "record"}, {"slug": "strategy-regreen", "name": "Regreened", "group_": "strategy", "evidence": "new shops, landscaping and tree plantings", "origin": "record"}, {"slug": "use-park", "name": "Park and open space", "group_": "use", "evidence": "new_use field", "origin": "newtypes-extraction"}], "details": {}, "photos": [], "provenance": {"status": "newtypes-extraction", "after_notes": "newtypes-extraction", "year_retrofit": "newtypes-extraction", "developer": "newtypes-extraction"}, "restricted_fields": {"parcels": ["owner_addr", "assessed", "taxable", "tax_amount", "sale_price", "deed_ref"], "deals": ["price", "price_per_acre", "price_per_sqft", "loan_amount", "asking_price"], "how": "free API key: POST /api/v1/keys {\"email\": …}"}}