Off-the-plan buyers snapped up 80 per cent of a prestige high-rise development in the Gold Coast's Burleigh Heads Esplanade last Saturday, defying jitters about the impact of the coronavirus on the market.

The $77 million Natura beachfront development launched by Brisbane-based Spyre Group racked up more than $50 million in sales spread over 25 apartments worth more than $2 million apiece on average.