FIRST LOOK: Four tower Broadwater development to be approved on prime aged care facility site

Four towers can be built on the Broadwater site of one of the Gold Coast’s oldest aged care facilities, under a plan about to be approved by council.

FOUR towers can be built on the Broadwater site of one of the Gold Coast’s oldest aged care facilities, under a plan about to be approved by council.

The application by Tricare (Biggera Waters) Pty Ltd which has been supported by council officers was given the tick by councillors at a planning committee meeting prior to tomorrow’s full council.

New proposed tower development on the Brighton Street site at Biggera Waters where Tricare has an aged care facility.

The masterplan for a staged redevelopment of the site had 23 objections.

“The residential care facility on-site will continue to operate at full capacity, unaffected by the proposed Stage 1 as the development area-footprint is not currently used as part of the facility,” the report said.

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The site on Brighton Street at Biggera Waters where the Tricare aged care facility is located.

Officers in their report said the development contemplated increases of up to 50 per cent in height. A proposed tower fronting Brighton Street would be 14 levels.

The average height for apartment towers in the surrounding area was about seven storeys but officers said the site covered 9921 sqm and offering three road frontages.

New tower proposed for Brighton Street at Biggera Waters where the Tricare aged care facility is located.

“The proposed tower form is taller than the existing buildings forms in the immediate vicinity being three to nine storeys however is in keeping with the taller, coastal high-rise developments to the north and south of Biggera Waters and Labrador,” the report said. “The towers are intended to have good separation distances ranging from 12m average.”

Brighton Street towers proposed for Biggera Waters, on the site of the Tricare aged care facility overlooking the Broadwater.