Qld: Gold Coast high rise apartment taller than the rest

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2000
Qld: Gold Coast high rise apartment taller than the rest

Queensland's Gold Coast is to get yet another high-rise building -- and one to put
its other residential towers in the shade.

The Sunland group is planning the $250 million project on a hectare of land near the
heart of Surfers Paradise.

It says its proposed 200-metre tall tower would be some 20 storeys taller than any
other high-rise on the Coast.

And it says the building's roofline is unique: influenced by the design of the Sydney
Olympics torch, and likely to be "the talk of the town".

Civic leaders say the complex would be a tourist drawcard -- while environmentalists
believe it could drive visitors away and surflovers say it'll cast a shadow on the beach.

The planned development includes more than 400 apartments, two two-storey $5 million
penthouses, a shopping precinct, a multi-level "rainforest" atrium -- and perhaps an observation
deck.

A building application is expected to go to the local council within the next two
months and it's hoped construction can begin early next year.

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