Prime Noosa property owner Wade Jenner applies to demolish apartment block

Plans to demolish a set of units in a prime Noosa beachside spot, previously owned by well-known designer Chris Clout, have been lodged with the council.

15 Adams St, Sunshine Beach.

The owners of a prime Noosa property, previously intended for a Chris Clout home, have sought a permit to demolish the block’s existing four-unit apartment block.

Second-generation builder Wade and wife Claire Jenner bought the 743sq m Sunshine Beach property on Adams St from well-known Noosa-based designer Chris Clout.

According to property data, Mr Clout bought the property in September 2021 for $3m before listing it for sale two years later in August 2023.

Mr Jenner snapped up the property, which was advertised alongside renders of Mr Clout’s intended house design, for $3.5m.

The couple submitted plans for the demolition of the apartment-block, Pacific Units, to the Noosa Council on April 26.

The renders for Mr Clout’s plans for the block included a pool, gym and a slide between the ground and first floors.

Chris Clout's plans for the block at Adams St, Sunshine Beach, were advertised alongside the property in 2023.

The four existing units will be demolished if the application is approved by the council.

The Adams St block, which currently houses a four-unit two-storey apartment block, is a 10-minute walk from Sunshine Beach.

Built in 1985, each unit contains two bedrooms, one bathroom and a car space on the property.

Property data available on the apartment block lists each unit as currently being rented.

The Sunshine Beach apartment block, built in 1985, includes four two-bedroom units across two storeys.

Chris Clout sold this four unit block for $500,000 more than he paid in 2021.

No stranger to the lucrative Noosa housing market, Mr Jenner sold a property at 20 Maher Tce, Sunshine Beach for $9.1m in August 2022, according to property data.

He had purchased the 1950s three-bedroom home for $1.75m and built a new development in 2022.

Mr Jenner remained tight-lipped on the future of the Adams St property and declined to comment on his development plans for the site.