Tallest Palm Beach Tower in 37 Years
Lucas Christopher
Principal Architect at LUCAS CHRISTOPHER ARCHITECTS I QLD+NT Registered Architect Brisbane Australia
?PLANNING RENEE MCKEOWN MON 06 DEC 2021
S&S Projects has filed plans to build the tallest modern tower in Palm Beach, on the doorstep of a future Gold Coast Light Rail station.
The 23-storey tower will be split into hotel rooms and apartments, with a café, restaurant, bar, day spa, gym and pool, at the corner of Palm Beach Avenue and 1128-1132 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach.
Currently the tallest towers in Palm Beach are 19th Avenue on the Beach, at 16 storeys, which was built in 1988; and the Royal Palm Resort, built in 1984, a 25-storey “anomaly” for the area, according to Gold Coast City Council.
Since then the beachside suburb has been under tight height restrictions. For this latest development the current limit is 39 metres.
If the plan is approved it could spark a flood of planning amendments and taller development applications for Palm Beach.
The S&S plans designed by Cottee Parker include 150 hotel apartments and 40 residential apartment in the 82.85m tower.
AUTHOR: Renee McKeown