High-rise student accommodation proposal for North Terrace approved by State Assessment Panel

NORTH Terrace will have its own Twin Towers after revised plans for a student accommodation building was approved by the State Commission Assessment Panel. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DESIGN?

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NORTH Terrace will have its own Twin Towers after revised plans for a student accommodation building was approved by the State Commission Assessment Panel.

The Panel has resolved to grant a development plan consent to Global Student Accommodation’s $60 million proposal for student accommodation to site alongside a hotel and apartment complex.

An artist impression of Global Student Accommodation proposal.

The student accommodation building will stand at 34-storeys high and house 680-beds for international students at the corner of North Tce and Frome St, next to Frome Central Tower One — already under construction on Frome St.

In the lead up to the proposal being assessed by the Panel, an associate government architect raised concerns that the building did not fit the character of the city’s cultural boulevard.

But the Panel said it was “satisfied that the proposal generally accords with the related Objectives and Principles of Development Control of the Adelaide (City) Council Development Plan” and granted the proposal development plan consent.

The first step is now the demolition of the 1950s First Church of Christ Scientist building, which the Panel gave GSA approval to do.