Wafer-Thin Projects Promoted in Gold Coast, Australia

Renderings of Mira Residences, a project of Brisbane-based Frank Developments on Garfield Terrace on Australia’s Gold Coast; images via The Urban Developer

A pair of development proposals have been filed to further fill the expanding projects in the Gold Coast in Australia, areas set to become new frontiers in the region’s proliferation of wafer-thin towers, The Urban Developer reports. Experts say the planned residential high-rises — at 61 Garfield Terrace, Surfers Paradise, and 39 Brittania Avenue, Broadbeach — are only about 8 m and 9 m wide, respectively. Such skinny skyscrapers have become global development trends, with the first slender towers emerging in the Australia marked about a decade ago. The style indicates that there’s quite a bit of “slim” pickings on the Gold Coast, and that these developments are casting their visionary gaze to smaller, narrower construction areas. Brisbane-based Frank Developments is behind the Mira Residences project on Garfield Terrace, a planned AUD100-million-plus (US$74-million), 31-story beachfront tower. The other ultra-thin tower proposal at Broadbeach has been lodged by Luxe Monaco, a Gold Coast-based entity listed with two Sri Lankan-born directors. It comprises a planned, 22-story residential building with 15 full-floor, four-bedroom apartments, as well as a split-level sub-penthouse and penthouse. Construction timelines were not reported.

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