First look: Tweed Heads to score two new apartment towers
The swell of new apartment developments in the in demand Coolangatta has slipped south of the border into northern New South Wales.
The latest stage of the Quay Grand mini-masterplan has been filed by local Queenslander developer builder Heran Building Co, on behalf of the Adelaide-based Koumi family.
Jackson Teece has handled the designs for the two 11-level towers on Enid Street, next to the 10-level Bay Grand South building, which is part of the wider development, and next to Jack Chard Park.
There will be 110 apartments all up, 61 apartments in the north tower and 49 in the south, a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom units. Some of the higher level apartments will offer views to Fingal Head, Cook Island, and the Pacific Ocean.
In their design report submitted to the local council for the $60.5 million project, Jackson Teece noted that the project is located in the City Centre Core Precinct of the City Centre North character area.
"This area is defined a the “heart of the city” and is well located to accommodate future residential and business development. It is the vision of the tweed shire development control plan to visually enhance the public domain in the form of integrated landscape elements at the street level framed by high quality buildings.
The podium is a key feature of the design, with Jackon Teece aiming to provide a strong definition of the public domain.
"The podium contrasts and compliments the tower form with a modulated series of arched openings that provide the residential apartments and their associated private outdoor spaces with a sense of enclosure and privacy in a unified composition that engages with the activity of Enid Street," the design statement noted.
"These arches extend to the ground level and integrate the podium form with the active residential lobbies and high quality landscaping elements that conceal the car parking areas located at this level. This design feature contributes to the legibility of the development within the street and the objectives of the character of the City Centre core precinct."
Heran Building Group are a developer building, and are behind the Main Beach apartment tower Midwater, which is currently under construction.
