Gold Coast development: Big change for Triguboff’s Coast supertower

Construction is well-underway on a giant supertower on a Gold Coast beachfront site. But it’s prominent developer has made a big change to the project.

CONSTRUCTION is well-underway on a giant supertower on a Gold Coast beachfront site but it’s prominent developer has made a big change to the project.

Meriton boss Harry Triguboff’s 74-storey Ocean tower is coming out of the ground but expect to see some changes from the original proposal.

A revised development application filed with the Gold Coast City Council reveals the childcare centre, which was to be one of the centrepiece items of the tower’s podium, has been scrapped.

Artist impression of Meriton's Ocean Supertower planned for Surfers Paradise.

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It will instead be replaced by four one-bedroom units, with private balconies looking out over the public pedestrian path.

It was proposed to have room for up to 70 children, including 15 place for those aged between newborns and two years, 15 places for those aged between two and three years and 20 places each for children aged three to four and four to five years.

Other changes include:

* A new lobby entrance on Surfers Paradise Boulevard.

* A new communal lounge on the first level to service the four new units.

* A reconfiguration of the floorplans of the unit floors.

The tower is on track to open to the public in early 2022.

The tower is starting to come out of the ground.

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Once completed, it will become the Gold Coast’s second-tallest tower and Meriton’s largest in the state.

The Gold Coast Bulletin earlier this year revealed that Mr Triguboff was pushing for construction of the tower to move faster.

The veteran founder of the Meriton group said that he had told his building team to be more vigorous and complete at least one apartment every day.

“Ocean’s our biggest tower ever in Queensland and it’s going to be our best,” he told Bulletin columnist Quentin Tod in March.

“It’s also by far the most challenging ever for Meriton in construction terms but my builders have nailed the hard part and within a short time it will be a case of the sky’s the limit.

“The sooner Ocean sticks its head up, the sooner buyers will be able to see that it’s happening — and it will be happening quickly.”