Fortitude Valley: New BTR Residential Tower Planned

By?Brisbane Development October 26, 2022

A development application has been submitted by Property Projects Australia for a 24 storey built-to-rent (BTR) residential tower located at 15 Anderson Street, Fortitude Valley.

Designed by Telha Clarke, the building comprises of 400 residential apartments as well as 3 ground floor retail tenancies.

According to the development application, the residential component of the project will operate under the built-to-rent model with units held and managed for longer-term residential rental.

Although one continuous building, the architects have designed the building to have three distinct designs which aims to break up the volume and mass of the overall design.

“The driving focus was to reduce the overall volume of the site. This was achieved through breaking the tower into two volumes nested either side of the recessive vertical garden spine, and further distinguishing the two volumes through the use of colour and materiality.” Telha Clarke

The towers are further softened through the use of curved edges and a recessed facade line, which offers interest to the surrounding area and site lines along neighbouring streets.

The development features a resident’s rooftop recreation deck consisting of a pool, BBQ / kitchen area, bar, games room, spa, gym, library, co-working space, cinema and miscellaneous common spaces.

Project rundown

·???????Site Area: 2,896m2

·???????Height: 24 storeys / 92.9 AHD

·???????Apartments: x249 one bedroom apartments, x122 two bedroom apartments, x29 three bedroom apartments (x400 apartments total)

·???????Lifts: 4 lifts (lift-to-unit ratio of 1:100)

·???????Retail: 3 ground floor retail tenancies. All tenancies have a floor area that is less than 250m2 (total GFA of 342m2)

·???????Communal Space: Rooftop recreation including pool, spas, day beds, sauna, wellness studios and green landscaping throughout.

·???????Car Parking: x260 car spaces

·???????Bike Parking: x288 bike spaces

·???????Land Owner: Gantry Nominees Pty Ltd

·???????Architect: Telha Clarke

·???????Landscape Design: RPS Group

·???????Town Planner: Property Projects Australia Pty Ltd

·???????Sustainability: Podium and vertical planting throughout including a rooftop garden. A rooftop solar PV system is proposed for communal electricity consumption.

Due to the building being located within Economic Development Queensland’s planning jurisdiction, the development is not subject to the Brisbane City Council’s backwards minimum parking requirements ratios which causes higher construction costs while accelerating Brisbane’s dependance on private vehicle usage.

To help further reduce the resident’s need for vehicle ownership in this building, the proposed development incorporates a dedicated car share / ride share waiting zone.

An urban forecourt will also occupy the ground level space adjacent to the Water Street and Costin Street intersection. The forecourt will have an area of around 300m2.

The landscape design will reference the historical context of the area and provide opportunities to educate the public on the importance of the locality to First Nation’s People, through the incorporation of informative signage set within a naturalised creek-line landscape.

A cross-block link is also proposed between Costin Street and Anderson Street.

Plans

The development application for this project, available to view on Economic Development Queensland’s online platform is?DEV2022/1337.

By?Brisbane Development