SKY-HIGH PLANS FOR COAST’S ‘ANSWER TO BONDI BEACH’
A VICTORIAN developer wants to build a beachfront high-rise directly opposite one of the Gold Coast’s most popular surf lifesaving clubs.
Caydon Property Group is the latest developer with grand plans for the Burleigh foreshore, filing plans with the Gold Coast City Council for an 18-storey tower opposite North Burleigh Surf Life Saving Club.
The tower will have a mix of 51 units and is the latest in a series of new towers planned or under construction on the beachfront.
It will replace an ageing three-storey unit block on The
Esplanade built more than 30 years ago.
“The Miami–north Burleigh area is undergoing a new wave of urban redevelopment and gentrification,” a planning report on the project reads.
“The proposal seeks a contemporary and sophisticated built form that includes large areas of glass facades to maximise views of the surrounding natural features, particularly the ocean to the east.”
According to plans filed with the council, the high-rise will include a sub-penthouse on its 16th level and a two-storey penthouse and terrace taking out its peak.
The planning report highlighted nine similar tower developments announced for the suburb in the past two years, including De-luxe, the controversial redevelopment of the Old Burleigh Theatre.
The Bulletin this week revealed a $5bn wave of development and infrastructure has transformed the once-sleepy village into a home of celebrities, with real estate figures declaring it “The Gold Coast’s answer to Bondi Beach”.
Former US Open tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt and his wife Bec recently snared the city’s “most instafamous house”, The Palms at 13 Deodar Drive, for $4.3m. It sold for $3.75m four months earlier.