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DEVELOPERS are rushing to get their high-density towers approved by city leaders before contentious proposed changes are made to the City Plan.
A Bulletin investigation has found nearly 120 tower projects are either under construction, approved, on the market or before city leaders awaiting a green light.
Of these, about half were filed with the council this financial year.
Surfers Paradise (18 projects), Palm Beach (15), Broadbeach (14), Burleigh (13), Chevron Island (12) and Main Beach (seven) are the busiest suburbs for development.
Despite a cooling real estate market and dramatically increasing material costs, applications to build tower projects continue to flood into the council weekly.
CBRE Gold Coast residential project director Nicholas Clydsdale said a strong desire from developers to secure sites remained.
“The sugar hit of the recent development applications is in part driven around potential changes to the town plan, so people rushing to get a DA in to lock in values to the site,” he said.
“However, we are still seeing interstate developers coming to the Gold Coast and wanting to buy. They still think the market has legs while on the southern Gold Coast, inquiries continue to defy gravity, but there are still fundamentals which stack up.
“The investors will come back to the Coast and the next step in the market will be servicing this, because people still want to buy rental properties and because the fundamentals here are very strong compared to capital city markets.”
Last year was a high water mark for Gold Coast property, with nearly 2500 units sold.
This was well-above the previous average of about 1100 sales annually, and the previous record of 1600 transactions in 2015.
The slowest year in the past decade was 2017, when 800 units changed hands.
The future of the City Plan, which effectively controls all development across the city, remains in limbo, with the state government and Gold Coast City Council at loggerheads over new measures.
Among the proposed changes is the lowering of height limits across a range of suburbs, including Chevron Island, while there is a dispute over density around the light rail route south of Broadbeach.
Tower development along the Gold Coast Highway has increased on the back of plans to extend the light rail from Broadbeach to Burleigh. Many more are expected in the next decade, although high-rises in Nobby Beach have been ruled out.
Experienced real estate agent Mark Witheriff expected high-density development to continue around the light rail and future routes in anticipation of construction. He believed it was the only solution to satisfy the city’s population squeeze and road congestion.
“It is there, the planning is happening and we have a population which is growing and we need less cars on the road,” he said.
“If we are to continue our growth and still give the same lifestyle, we need buildings around the light rail and we need the rail to go to more locations.”
The Gold Coast’s population increased 3 per cent in 2021 – the largest rise in Australia – to more than 750,000.
However, construction is not keeping pace with the growth, with occupancy rates at a record low of 0.4 per cent.
Material shortages, cost increases and a lack of available builders have all contributed to delays in tower projects.
While the number of units that changed hands fell 50 per cent in the first three months of 2022 when compared to the record highs of 2021, the market remains tight.
A report published this month by property consulting firm Urbis revealed there was just 3.3 months of supply remaining if new apartment projects did not come on the market. This is up from 2.3 months of supply earlier this year.
The report reveals 377 units sold in the first three months of 2022, down from 742 during the same period in 2021.
The figures were well short of the 450 units which sold during the March to June quarter of 2021.
EVERY GOLD COAST TOWER DEVELOPMENT LISTED
Development is booming on the Gold Coast. Here are the 117 developments either underway or proposed this financial year.
BENOWA
Project: Vantage View
Developer: Rayon Group
Status: Presales
BIGGERA WATERS
Project: Perspective Broadwater
Developer: Sherpa Property Group
Status: Approved
BROADBEACH
Project: Encore
Developer: Andrews Projects
Status: Construction
Project: Infinity
Developer: Bassar Group
Status: Construction
Project: Opus
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Construction
Project: Signature Broadbeach
Developer: Little Projects
Status: Construction
Project: The Star Residences Tower 2 (Epsilon)
Developer: Destination Gold Coast Consortium
Status: Construction
Project: The Gallery
Developer: Second Avenue Developments
Status: Approved
Project: Unnamed Gold Coast Highway tower
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Before council
Project: LUXE Broadbeach
Developer: Broadbeach LUXE Development Company
Status: Aproved
Project: Victoria & Albert (V & A)
Developer: Iris Capital
Status: Presales
Project: Malo
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Before council
Project: Myst
Developer: 15 First Ave
Status: Before council
Project: Assana
Developer: Macquarie Development Group
Status: Approved
Project: Unnamed tower
Developer: Raptis
Status: Before council
Project: Unnamed Chelsea Ave tower
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Before council
Project: The Sterling
Developer: Raptis
Status: Presales
BURLEIGH HEADS
Project: Grace
Developer: Mosaic Property Group
Status: Presales
Project: Mondrian Hotel
Developer: Vitale Projects and Accor
Status: Construction
Project: Natura
Developer: Spyre Group
Status: Construction
Project: Sandbar Burleigh
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Construction
Project: Vantage Burleigh
Developer: Rayjon Group
Status: Presales
Project: Norfolk
Developer: Forme
Status: Construction
Project: Glasshouse
Developer: Spyre Group
Status: Approved
Project: De-Luxe Apartments
Developer: Weiya Holdings
Status: Presales
Project: Florence by Mosaic
Developer: Mosaic
Status: Presales
Project: SEA
Developer: Forme
Status: Presales
Project: Reverie
Developer: Caydon Property Group
Status: Presales
Project: Unnamed Burleigh tower
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Before Council
Project: ALBA Burleigh Heads
Developer: DD Living
Status: Approved
CHEVRON ISLAND
Project: Allure
Developer: Macquarie York
Status: Construction
Project: Boutique Chevron Island
Developer: Draycon Building
Status: Presales
Project: Chevron One
Developer: Benson Property Group
Status: Construction
Project: The Catalina
Developer: Marquee Development Partners
Status: Construction
Project: Greenwich
Developer: Ention Properties
Status: Appoved, presales
Project: Aged care tower
Developer: Infinite Health
Status: Approved
Project: Habitat
Developer: Sutherland Group Property
Status: Presales
Project: Mirador
Developer: Citimark Properties
Status: Presales
Project: Unnamed Chevron Island tower
Developer: Yoxon Management
Status: Before council
Project: Alpha
Developer: Alphon Chevron
Status: Before council
Project: Unnamed tower:
Developer: Aniko Group
Status: Before council
Project: Nina
Developer: Aecore Group
Status: Approved
COOLANGATTA
Project: Swell
Developer: Kirra Beach Developments
Status: Construction
Project: Awaken Residences
Developer: S & S Projects
Status: Construction
Project: Emerson
Developer: Hirsch & Faigen
Status: Construction
Project: Esprit Rainbow Bay
Developer S & S Projects
Status: Presales
Project: Rockpool Rainbow Bay
Developer: Joe Adsett
Status: Presales
Project: Unnamed Coolangatta project
Developer: Alvey 11
Status: Before council
Project: Holm
Developer: Chapter Two
Status: Approved
HELENSVALE
Project: Discovery Apartments (Stage 2)
Developer: Zeal Orb
Status: Construction
HOPE ISLAND
Project: Anchorage Stage 6
Developer: Richope
Status: Construction
Project: No.1 Grant Ave
Developer: Aniko Group
Status: Construction
Project: Waterville Residences
Developer: Vline Developments
Status: Construction
Project: Athena Quays Stage 1
Developer: Aniko Group
Status: Presales
Project: Athena Residence Stages 1-2
Developer: Aniko Group
Status: Construction
KIRRA
Project: Miles Residences
Developer: KTQ Group
Status: Construction
Project: SOL
Developer: Marquee Development Partners
Status: Approved
Project: Monterey
Developer: Marquee Development Partners
Status: Approved
LABRADOR
Project: Karr tower
Developer: Marc Karr/A & M Karr
Status: Before council
Project: Eve Residences
Developer: Homecorp
Status: Construction
MAIN BEACH
P
roject: Midwater
Developer: Heran Group
Status: Construction
Project: The Monaco
Developer: Ignite Projects
Status: Construction
Project: White Main Beach
Developer: White and Partners
Status: Construction
Project: Lagoon Towers
Developer: Drew Group
Status: Approved
Project: Unnamed Main Beach tower
Developer: Bruce Donnachy
Status: Before council
Project: Village Centre
Developer: Gordon Group
Status: Before council
Project: Unnamed Mariner’s Cove resort
Developer: Pelligra Group/Giannarelli Group
Status: Before council
MERMAID BEACH
Project: 272 Hedges Ave
Developer: Sunland Group
Status: Construction
Project: Bela
Developer: Mosaic Property Group
Status: Construction
Project: Dawn
Developer: Mosaic Property Group
Status: Presales
Project: Mali
Developer: Mali residences Pty Ltd
Status: Construction
Project: Ventura Residences
Developer: Niecon
Status: Construction
Project: Indulgence
Developer: Hirsch and Faigen
Status: Approved
MERMAID WATERS
Project: The Lanes Residences West Village
Developer: Sunland Group
Status: Construction
MIAMI
Project: Reverie by Caydon
Developer: Caydon
Status: Presales
PALM BEACH
Project: Cabana Palm Beach
Developer: Ignite Projects
Status: Construction
Project: East Palm Beach
Developer: Bluepoint Property
Status: Construction
Project: Perspective 488
Developer: Sherpa
Status: Presales
Project: Palm Beach Residences
Developer: Grassy Knoll Projects
Status: Construction
Project: Siarn
Developer: Cru Collective
Status: Construction
Project: The Monroe
Developer: Lacey Group
Status: Presales
Project: Unnamed Palm Beach tower
Developer: Ryan Stokes
Status: Approved
Project: The Collective
Developer: S & S Projects
Status: Before council
Project: Beach House Palm Beach
Developer: Door Family
Status: Approved
Project: Hemingway
Developer: Hirsch & Faigen
Status: Construction
Project: Esplanade
Developer: Pask
Status: Presales
Project: Eva Palm Beach
Developer: Chippendale Group
Status: Presales
Project: Villea Palm Beach
Developer: Abadeen Group
Status: Presales
Project: Northshore project
Developer: Marquee Development Partners
Status: Presales
Project: Unnamed tower
Developer: Paul Spina
Status: Before council
ROBINA
Project: Brooke Residences
Developer: Shino Development Group and SPG Investment Holdings
Status: Construction
SOUTHPORT
Project: A’dore
Developer: Draycon Building
Status: Construction
Project: Imperial Square – Regal Residences
Developer: Azzura Group
Status: Construction
Project: Marine Quarter Stage 1
Developer: Tourism and Travel Australia
Status: Construction, Stage 2 in Presales
Project: The Mill Stage 2
Developer: PSA Group
Status: Construction
Project: The Waverley Residences
Developer: Busikon
Status: Construction
Project: Oxford on Scarborough
Developer: PSR Southport
Status: Before Council
SURFERS PARADISE
Project: Ocean
Developer: Meriton
Status: Construction
Project: Pacific One
Developer: Central Equity
Status: Presales
Project: Coast
Developer: Sammut Group
Status: Presales
Project: Essence
Developer: Morris Property Group
Status: Construction
Project: Pacific
Developer: Meriton
Status: Approved by council, site being cleared
Project: SORA
Developer: Jinding
Status: Presales
Project: The Minnette
Developer: Aquis
Status: Approved
Project: La Pelago
Developer: Gurner Group
Status: Approved
Project: Paradiso Place
Developer: SPG Land
Status: Aproved
Project: Nineteen on First Ave
Developer: AMFS2
Status: Before council
Project: Frederick
Developer: Navraj Singh
Status: Before council
Project: Elements
Developer: McNab/Liam Hardy
Status: Before council
Project: Mira Residences
Developer: Frank Developments
Status: Before council
Project: Seren
Developer: KTQ Group
Status: Before council
Project: Royale Gold Coast
Developer: DD Living
Status: Aproved
Project: AALTO
Developer: Iris Capital
Status: Before council
Project: MRCB Tower
Developer: MRCB International
Status: Before council
Project: Halcyon Place
Developer: Leith Group Developments
Status: Before council
VARSITY LAKES
Project: Capital Court
Developer: Homecorp
Status: Construction
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