Sydney-based developer DVB Projects is doubling down on its Gold Coast workbook with the green light given for its second Broadbeach tower.
The 32-storey development designed by architects Rothelowman is the encore to its nearby under-construction 26-storey Sea Glass tower project.
Under the approved plans, the second tower will comprise 39 apartments rising from a two-level basement, ground-floor lobby and five-level podium.
The project is earmarked for a 1156sq m site at 137 Old Burleigh Road. Property records indicate it was acquired for a combined $12.94 million.
It will replace an ageing 12-lot brick unit block.
Topping the podium, a communal recreational area spanning 474sq m is planned across level 6—including a 20m infinity pool, magnesium hot and cold plunge pools, gym, sauna, steam room, barbecue facilities and dining spaces.
“The double height recreation floor creates the negative space detaching the ‘weightless’ tower from the ‘grounded’ pedestal,” an architectural statement said.
“Resisting a tower/podium arrangement which often typifies high-density urban contexts, the tower-to-ground strategy liberates the ground plane ensuring landscaping, sun-light and sea breezes freely envelope the site and those adjacent.”
The apartments will be spread across levels 7 to 31, providing a mix of 30 three-bedroom half-floor units, 8 full-floor four-bedroom residences and a double-storey penthouse, including a private rooftop wellness and entertaining terrace with a pool.
Carparking for 93 vehicles will be provided across the basement and podium levels.
The proposed development one block from the beach “seeks to exemplify and manifest a local architecture that expresses the location”, the documents said.
“Imagined as a collection of beachside homes, the dwellings take form as a series of quarters for living and sleeping, each shaped by a series of directional vistas running across and through the space.”
A planning report said the “relatively modest” tower floorplate of 525sq m results in slender built form compared to other existing and approved developments within the area.
“The proposal is expected to enhance and improve on the existing and outdated character of the immediate area while offering a feature podium appreciative of the generally 3-4 storey 1970-1980 masonry/brick architecture still prevalent in the area,” it said.
