Tall & Urban News

Plans for an art-deco-inspired 15-story mixed-use tower have been lodged with the Gold Coast City Council. 

Westpoint Consultants, a self-managed super fund of Hamilton-based Salvatore and Anita Vecchio, is developing the MAS Architecture-designed tower as a “high-quality hotel and residential development”.

Quest Apartment Hotels is the proposed tenant for the 76-key hotel portion of the development—30 private residences are slated for the upper levels.

The architectural design report for 29-31 Lather Street at Southport said the development took style cues from heritage-built form in the area including the Southport Town Hall and the Cecil Hotel in Southport’s CBD.

“We have used symmetrical geometry and curved facade edges in a similar style to this historic built form … the side facade patternation is also symbolic of this movement,” the report said. 

“The design for the proposed mixed-use tower incorporates references from local heritage architecture in Southport with a playful modern twist, enhancing existing qualities and attracting both residents and visitors to an inviting tourist hub on ground level. 

“This vibrant atmosphere is of benefit to the site, which implements a green podium that extends to the height of the streetscape’s existing treeline in order to maintain minimal visual impact on its neighbors while keeping within the Southport PDA subtropical streetscape design guidelines.”

For more on this story, go to The Urban Developer.