The new vision of West Village has been revealed, following Deputy Premier Jackie Trad's decision to approve the project on Monday.
West Village spokesman Stephen Williams said the announcement of a doubling of public parkland would create a "majestic setting" for the old Peters Ice Cream factory and warehouse.
The decision means the creation of a new park, Mollison Street Green, linking around the heritage building to the planned Boundary Street Common.
West Village will now have 30 per cent of the 2.1 hectare site as publicly accessible open space, laneways and arcades. There will be seven buildings above the podium, ranging from eight to 22 storeys in height.
The requirement for West Village to provide a new laneway linking Mollison Street to Little Jane Street will improve safe accessibility through the site for pedestrians and cyclists, the developers said.
The site will also include a childcare centre, artist-in-residence studios, a knowledge incubator and dedicated community-use studios.
Meanwhile, a fight has erupted on social media between Ms Trad and Greens Councillor for The Gabba, Jonathan Sri, over the West Village call in.
Ms Trad commented on one of Cr Sri's Facebook posts, accusing him of "consistently" misleading the community around the West Village call in.
Ms Trad's South Brisbane electorate is set to be a key target for the Greens in the next state government election, with the Greens emboldened after winning the overlapping council seat of The Gabba earlier in 2016.
The Greens are set to announce their candidate for South Brisbane on Tuesday morning.
Cr Sri responded in an essay-length post, asking for Ms Trad to state which comments she believed were misleading "and we can have a conversation about that".
We should not be trading blows: Cr Sri
"You've repeatedly asserted that I've misled the community/ misrepresented the facts about the call in... I can't get a meeting with you, which means that I can't even get basic answers about what you consider to be the limits of your power."
"It's frustrating to me that as the local and state reps for the same area, we don't talk to each other more often and work together more closely. We should be working together rather than trading blows over social media."
On Monday afternoon, Ms Trad said her decision to call in West Village was not based on politics.
"We have a once in a generation opportunity to really shape urban renewal projects of this size and scale," she told 612 ABC Brisbane.
The approved West Village will also have fewer car parking spaces, with about 1850 in the new, approved project. The previous version had about 2200 carparks.
But Ms Trad told 612 ABC Brisbane that demographic changes resulted in fewer young people taking up driving.
"There is less young people actually owning cars these days," she said.
Ms Trad said young people did not automatically get cars and their licences as soon as they were able.
"Many wait a very long time to get cars," she said.
"(There are a) number of young people who don't have their licence."
It is understood the decision to reduce the number of car parks was based on technical advice by an independent expert, traffic advice and demographic information.
West End Community Association president Erin Evans said the group was seeking expert advice about the impacts of the approval published by Ms Trad.
"WECA and our community will judge the minister's decision on its merits, taking into account the good or bad outcomes it delivers for the community," Dr Evans said.
Ms Evans said the community called for the release of all departmental and expert advice.
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