Gold Coast development: Towers planned for Palm Beach light rail route
Palm Beach residents say they are “dismayed” by plans for a “concrete jungle” of towers through their suburb along the future route of the light rail. They fear it will become “Gotham by the sea.” SEE IMAGES AND PLANS FOR THE NEW TOWERS
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PALM Beach residents say they are “dismayed” by plans for a “concrete jungle” of towers through their suburb along the future route of the light rail.
Tens of millions of dollars worth of residential towers are set to rise along the future light rail route through central Palm Beach.
Developers have put forward a range of new projects for the suburb this year, with most centred on the expected tram route along the Gold Coast Highway.
Stage 4 is in the planning stages, with community consultation to launch next year on the link, which will run from Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta via Gold Coast Airport.
With the tram’s future solidifying, developers have flocked to the southern suburb, filing plans for towers close to the beachfront and the future tram stops.
But Bulletin readers have reacted with fury, expression fears of a “concrete jungle” in their suburb.
Community Alliance Association president John Hicks said in a letter to the editor that many Palm Beach residents would be “dismayed” by the planned developments.
“The prediction that Palm Beach will end up as a canyon of high/medium rise buildings is coming to pass because of the cumulative effect of overdevelopment approvals,” he said.
“Council must do a better job of managing city growth and urban renewal as our population increases by 50 per cent over the next 20 years. This is a huge transition for the city to navigate.
“Managed properly the Gold Coast can become a leafy, inviting, world class, subtropical city – a gardens by-the-sea outcome.
“Managed poorly and we risk creating an unattractive Gotham by-the-sea outcome. Community Alliance is concerned the latter is the trajectory we are on.”
These are the developers who have plans for Palm Beach:
GRASSY KNOLL PROJECTS
A DEVELOPER wants to transform a suburban Palm Beach street into the city’s newest mid-rise tower.
Grassy Knoll Projects has put forward plans for an eight-storey tower on a 2405 sqm site on Mawarra St.
DAYVIEW HOLDINGS
A BEACHFRONT site just metres away from the sand will be transformed into a new tower with million dollar views of Palm Beach.
Developer Dayview Holdings has unveiled plans for Aurora, a nine-storey medium-rise building which is earmarked for an 818 sqm site on the corner of Gold Coast Highway and Thirteenth Ave fronting onto Jefferson Lane.
CRU COLLECTIVE
A SUBURBAN shopping centre in Palm Beach will be transformed into a $50 million tower.
Developer Cru Collective plans to demolish the Palm Gardens shopping centre at the intersection of Mawarra Ave and Townson St and replace it with a nine-storey boutique unit complex.
The project will be lodged with council this morning and will include a 400sq m shopping centre on its ground level, with room for seven tenants.
RAYMOND GRAEME WILKIE
A BEACHSIDE site just a handful of metres from the expected Palm Beach light rail corridor will be transformed into a new luxury nine-storey tower.
Plans have been lodged with the Gold Coast City Council for the unnamed tower by Raymond Graeme Wilkie.
Earmarked for a 1110sq m Jefferson Lane site, the tower will feature seven three bedroom units and a single two-bedroom apartment.
LGOC ADAMSTOWN
A PAIR of ageing houses in central Palm Beach are to be demolished to make way for a new residential tower.
Developer LGOC Adamstown has filed plans for the tower to front Jefferson Lane and the Gold Coast Hwy.
It will have a total of 33 apartments and 82 bedrooms, including 17 two-bedroom units and 16 three-bedroom units.
MADRINA
AN older two-storey unit block in central Palm Beach will be demolished and replaced with a luxury tower.
Developer Madrina wants to build a six-storey apartment building on a 412sq m site along the proposed light rail route.
The tower, which will sit between the Gold Coast Hwy and Jefferson Lane, will feature five three-bedroom units with views of the ocean.
Originally published as Gold Coast development: Towers planned for Palm Beach light rail route