First look: Willemsen Group set for new Biggera Waters apartment development
The Canberra-based Willemsen Group has secured a prime site on Biggera Waters dress circle Marine Parade.
They've paid $4.1 million for 456 Marine Parade, a 1088 sqm block facing Wave Break Island, and have submitted plans for a boutique 10-level building with just 12 apartments.
The plans for 456 Marine Parade inlude a swimming pool, resident lounge, and alfresco dining space on the ground level and a gym, meeting room, and multipurpose room on the level above. The two levels were designed so the resident lounge and gym enjoy an uninterrupted view along an infinity edge pool out towards the Broadwater.
The majority of apartments are three-bed plus study, spanning half a floor. The two half-floor penthouses each have a second level which homes a fourth bedroom and a media room.
Each three-bed apartment has nearly 180 sqm of internal space and 65 external.
Willemsen's own internal architecture team, led by architect Richard Willemsen, filed the plans.
They said in their submission that the intent is to create "an elegant, sequential and memorable building that is design driven, enhances property values and establishes a sense of place within the community of Biggera Waters."
Shepherd Urban Landscape Architecture said the landscape concept for the proposed residential development is based on the surrounding context, response to the proposed architectural layout and expression including the desired outcomes of the City of Gold Coast Council City Plan.
"The design intent is to contribute positively to the image and overall quality of the proposed residential development by providing a contemporary, sensitive and appropriate landscape environment."
The project will push past the height limit allowed on the Gold Coast City Plan. The 32.7-metres exceeds the 29-metre height limit, however is within the 50 per cent uplift acceptable in an Urban Neighbourhood.
The Town Planning Report by Civity stated the height is consistent with the long-term intent for this high amenity infill area, and that the additional building height is driven by the two levels of expansive communal recreational areas, a feature that is unusual in a building of this scale with just 12 dwellings.
