Gold Coast development: Luxury tower with disability housing planned for Broadbeach site

An ultra-thin luxury high-rise providing high-end disability housing has been unveiled for a residential Gold Coast street. SEE THE PLANS >>>>

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June 25, 2021 - 12:00AM

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AN ultra-thin luxury high-rise providing high-end disability housing has been unveiled for a residential Gold Coast street.

Plans have been submitted to the Gold Coast City Council for the tower, which is earmarked for a 607 sqm site on Broadbeach’s Second Ave.

The proposal, put forward by SDA Fiduciaries 8, has been welcomed by both disability advocates and the council as a necessary step in diversifying the city’s housing options.

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Artist impression of the proposed tower.

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According to documents filed will council, it will featured just 20 units, including five multistorey three bedroom “skyhome units”

“It will have a mix specialist disability accommodation (SDA) for participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and luxury dual-level skyhomes, contributing to the delivery of much needed disability housing and diversifying dwelling choice within Broadbeach,” a planning report on the project reads.

It is planned for a site on Second Ave.

The unnamed tower will also have a mixture of one and two-bedromm SDA units as well as a single carer unit.

Advocates have long warned the Gold Coast had a severe shortfall in specialist disability accommodation.

Accessible Homes Australia founder Perry Cross became a C2 ventilated quadriplegic as a result of a rugby tackling injury more 25 years ago and said there was a significant need for more specialty accommodation.

The proposed tower will go before the planning committee later this year.

“Traditional models of support are changing and there has been a move away from institutionalised support,” he said.

“As long as this is not institutional by nature and has mixed facilities then it would be good to see.

“It is good to see the market is growing but this has to be done the right way.”

Perry Cross inside his unit at Broadbeach. Picture: Jerad Williams

The project is expected to go before the council’s planning committee for approval later this year.

City planning boss Cr Cameron Caldwell said council would perform a “rigorous” investigation into the proposal.

“There will be a thorough report as part of the process which will look at all aspects, particularly given it is propose for such a small site,” he said.