Mega towers approved
THE biggest Main Beach project to be built in 30 years has been given the green light.
Drew Group’s plans to build its twin-tower Lagoon project was approved this week under delegated authority.
Construction of the towers, 31 and 23-storeys respectively, is expected to start next year. They will have more than 250 units.
Drew Group managing director Jonathan Drew, a resident of Main Beach, vowed the project would have a “positive impact” on the suburb.
“Lagoon is inspired by the sun-soaked charm of Palm Springs combined with timeless elegance to provide a collection of residences that effortlessly mirror the cosmopolitan coastal lifestyle the suburb of Main Beach provides,” he said.
“The sister towers have been positioned on the site to maximise the surrounding ocean, hinterland and Broadwater vistas with resident’s privy to a collection of highquality lifestyle amenities that elevates Lagoon to a new level of relaxed, coastal living.”
Lagoon will replace eight separate 1960s-era two-storey, low-rise buildings on a 4000sq m site on Cronin Ave’s northern side.
Drew Group bought the land for $20.5m. Taking more than two years to pull together, the deal is believed to be the biggest site amalgamation in Main Beach since the heady days of the 1980s.
The 23-storey first tower will feature 123 units, nine subpenthouses, three penthouses and two garden terraces.
The 31-storey second tower will have 111 apartments. Both will be connected by a podium and lagoon-style pool.
City planning boss Councillor Cameron Caldwell said: “Council has approved this project and it is pleasing to see high-quality developments being built in our suburbs. This project is of a high quality and will continue the revitalisation of our beachside suburbs.”
Main Beach Association president Sue Donovan said the project had greater site setbacks than other controversial projects planned for the area.
“We encourage developers to amalgamate sites so there is reasonable landscaping and not destroying the amenity of adjacent buildings,” she said.
Lagoon will be launched to the market in early 2022.
It is one of a wave of new developments proposed for Main Beach and northern Surfers Paradise in the past two years, several of which are under construction.
The Drew Group, founded in the early 1980s, has built several towers across the Gold Coast, including The Beach Houses, at Kirra Point and Village, a 75-unit tower and beach house project in Palm Beach.
Lagoon will be its second Main Beach project, following the recently completed 17level, 28-unit Cerulean development on Pacific St.