Annette Sharp: Jamie Durie to built $70 million resort in Tasmania
Garden designer and media personality Jamie Durie has been spotted in Tasmania after announcing plans to build a luxury resort on the state’s coast. See the pictures.
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Following the announcement of plans to develop a $70million luxury sustainable resort on the North-West coast, Jamie Durie has shared images of his family enjoying a day out in Hobart.
Durie shared pictures of him and daughter Beau at Mona Museum and an image of his wife Ameka Jane outside of Salamanca Arts Centre with the caption “Big day in Tassie for Beau.”
Durie’s last resort… to build one in Tassie
GARDEN designer and media personality Jamie Durie is set to become a property developer after becoming an equal partner in a consortium that plans to build a $70 million luxury sustainable resort on the fringe of a tulip-growing region in Tasmania’s North-West.
Durie has partnered with financier/hotelier Dominic Lambrinos and investment banker Kim Jacobs, who last month purchased a 110 hectare site for an undisclosed price on the stunning Table Cape.
The land, which was formerly a tulip farm and lies within a tulip farming district, is located on a cliff overlooking Bass Strait.
“It’s not the first time my firm has been involved in designing a luxury resort but it is my first entry into property development,” Durie told this column yesterday, listing off the international resort sites with which he’s been affiliated, from Thailand to the US and more recently at Port Douglas.
“I’ve always wanted to develop things with integrity in my own country and, post-Covid, with Australians wanting the stay home, it seems it’s the right time to do it.”
The keen gardener whose obsession with the concept of an “outdoor room” or garden has spawned an industry, said he fell in love with the region – one of Tasmania’s best kept secrets he believes – 15 years ago while flying over it in a helicopter.
By coincidence, six months ago his new partners began the process of developing the site.
The consortium has employed architect Silvester Fuller to bring the modern minimalist design to life.
Fuller’s hotel design features a series of Tasmanian oak-lined concrete cantilevered boxes jutting out over a remote windswept volcanic cliff.
The developers anticipate the low profile hotel will feature 30 private ocean facing suites – each with its own “outdoor room” or garden and plunge pool – two restaurants, conference and spa facilities as well as an outdoor common garden area and plenty of open space around.
“It’s been a dream of mine for a long time to get into sustainable resorts and this one pays homage to the site as well as to Tasmania, “ said Durie.
Durie is expecting a new baby, a son, with partner Ameka Jane, in February and hopes to spend much of next year living at Table Cape and working on the project.
Durie and his partners fly to North Western Tasmania this week to meet with local and state government officials to pitch the proposal.
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