Burleigh Pavilion owner reveals pool plan deadline, Serenity Cove’s unusual website link, Broadbeach’s other casino and more
Bizzy Bits: Burleigh Pavilion owner reveals how far away plans for new pool and cafe are from lodging, Serenity Cove’s unusual website misdirection, Broadbeach’s other casino hits market and more
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BURLEIGH Heads residents rejoice!
Or, erm, protest, depending on your viewpoint.
Hotelier and Burleigh Pavilion owner Ben May is apparently just two weeks away from filing a development application for a 25m saltwater pool where the community pool currently sits empty, as well as a cafe expansion on the ground floor.
The announcement in May followed community opposition to the Pavilion getting a licence extending operating hours to 2am.
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A spokesman for Mr May confirmed the DA was imminent.
“It is going to mean a small reconfiguration of Rick Shores with the addition of a pool open to the sea and a cafe and other facilities such as changing rooms and toilets,” he said.
The spokesman denied there was a holdup despite more than five months passing since the announcement.
“This is just part of the usual to and fro process between the architect and the owner.”
Brisbane-based Alexander & Co has been engaged for the design.
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Surprise result from property search
PROPERTY hunters interested in purchasing a site at Serenity Cove may get a shock when they search for the development’s website.
After typing in the address www.serenitycove.com.au, Google takes you through to a Brisbane-based residential drug treatment program www.urbandrugrehab.com.
The link from the featured side panel on Google also takes you through to the medical organisation’s website.
The Bulletin reported last month that the 65ha undeveloped balance of the lakefront estate sold for $50 million in October to Hope Island developer, the Keylin group.
The sellers were Sime Darby and Brunsfield and marketing agents Knight Frank’s Mark Witheriff and James Branch, and James Holland and Brendan Hogan, of Colliers.
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Low-rise could be swept away
A BROADBEACH low-rise that wore the ‘casino’ tag long before what today is known as The Star casino was built could be swept away by a wave of progress.
The owners of the seven units in Casino Waves, built in the ’60s, are offering their 1012sq m George Ave site as a redevelopment proposition.
The north-facing site, which carries a high-density zoning, had a 2018 rateable value of $4.8 million.
The owners look set to come out smelling of roses should they find a well-equipped suitor for the property.
The majority of them paid less than $137,500 for their units.
The average was boosted in 2017 when three people paid $512,500 to ‘ride the Waves’.
The property is one of four unit buildings at Broadbeach that carry the casino prefix – the others are Casino Beach, Casino Gateway and Casino Court.
Casino Waves is the oldest, being completed 19 years before the then Jupiters casino, today The Star, opened on Broadbeach Island.
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Big return for KMPG partner
KPMG partner Adam Twemlow, who runs the Gold Coast office, has sold his Sorrento property in a $1.1 million deal.
Property records show Mr Twemlow and wife Fiona sold the home in May with the sale settling early last month.
The Twemlows first bought the 751sq m waterfront block for $250,000 in 1998. The marketing agent was Nick Cole of Cole Residential.
The KPMG office employs a staff of 50.
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Famed architect at AGM
SPOTTED at the Sunland AGM this week was none other than famed architect Desmond Brooks.
Mr Brooks, who designed Sunland’s landmark Palazzo Versace hotel, was seen chatting amiably to shareholders at the RACV Royal Pines Resort.
Attendees were treated to a slick video presentation where managing director Sahba Abedian enthused over the merits of architecture and design and how it brings people together.
Doubtless Mr Brooks approved of the sentiments.
He has previously said the design of Palazzo Versace – the first Versace hotel in the world – was one of his proudest achievements.
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