Rapid Creek apartment tower sits empty with ‘weekly’ break-ins

A NEIGHBOURHOOD in a leafy Darwin suburb is being terrorised by ‘weekly’ break-ins to an abandoned unit tower. SEE THE ‘DERELICT’ TOWER left empty for 10 YEARS

A NEIGHBOURHOOD in a leafy Darwin suburb is being terrorised by weekly break-ins at an abandoned unit tower that has sat derelict and unfinished for more than a decade.

The three-storey apartment block on Sergison Circuit, Rapid Creek has stood empty for years, with residents on edge over weekly break-ins at the empty property.

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One neighbour, who wanted to only be known as Lauren, claims crime from the building has spilt over into neighbouring properties, with bikes and cars being stolen on several occasions.

“We’ve been broken into,” Lauren said.

“It’s really annoying because youths jump the fence and make a lot of mess and noise.

“People go in all the time.”

The tower on Sergison Crt Rapid Creek, which has been abandoned since 2008. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford

The building was recorded as being built in 2008/ Picture: Thomas Morgan

Lauren said she toured the tower and had seen fast-food wrappers and graffiti everywhere on the inside.

“It has such potential because up the top you can see the sea,” she said.

The tower is just off the Nightcliff Foreshore.

“It’s derelict, it’s a waste.”

Graffitied debris sits out the front of the abandoned tower. Picture: Thomas Morgan

The Rapid Creek resident said she heard commotion coming from the building at least weekly.

Despite the claims, an NT Police spokeswoman said there “weren’t too many calls at all” about the building.

Mystery surrounds why the building was never finished, with the NT Government unable to give details on why it was never completed.

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Master Builders NT David Malone said how the building came to be in such a state was a bit of a mystery.

“We have no records of it,” Mr Malone said.

“Anything can happen – projects can get stopped for any sort of reason,” he said.

“12 years sitting there empty, that’s a lot of money doing nothing.”