Aria Plots Cliffside Apartment Tower

Tim Forrester’s Aria Property Group is readying its latest project at the centre of Birsbane’s hot housing market, submitting a development application for a 100-unit apartment project in Kangaroo Point.

The developer, known for its high-quality apartments and focus in the city’s inner south, has put forward plans for a 21-storey tower on a 1060sq m site on the corner of Vulture and Leopard streets.

The site, at 306 Vulture Street, is currently home to Brisbane’s event theming and hire company The Prop House and is 5km from the CBD across the Brisbane River.

A two-storey home at 58 Leopard Street will also make way for the residential tower. 

The project will be the developer’s latest in a long list of collaborations with Rothelowman architects and RPS landscape architects.

The proposed high-end development is aimed at owner-occupiers thanks in part to its location—next to the Woolloongabba sports precinct and river.

It will be opposite the under-construction Cross River rail station as well as Woollongabba stadium, which will be redeveloped into the city’s Olympic Stadium.

Aria aims its apartments at the highter end of the market with such amenities as rooftop clubs, ground-floor retail, and top-end property management services and amenities.

The development will include 40 two-bedroom apartments on the building’s lower levels between level four and 13; 50 three-bedroom apartments across all 20-levels of the building; and four-bedroom configurations between levels 14 and 20.

It will sit above three levels of basement car parking for 163 cars and 65 bicycles and will also include a large ground-floor lobby and manager’s office.

▲ Aria is also planning expansive ground floor parkland space which will serve as an extension of the footpath to create a significant piece of public realm.

In a statement, Aria said its signature resident amenity spaces would be coupled with a feature vertical column of trees creating a “striking green visual interface” across the building.

“We look forward to sharing more on this project in the coming months,” the developer said.

Leopard Street, on the edge of Kangaroo Point cliffs, is known for its spectaculer views of Brisbane’s CBD and botanic gardens.

Nearby, Aria is also advanced on a 13-storey development on a 2600sq m site at 470-480 Main Street, which is also on one of the most elevated points of the Kangaroo Point cliffs. 

After the collapse of builder Condev, Aria Group moved quickly to launch its own construction arm to restart and complete the $50-million apartment, known as Riviere.

Work on the 124-unit Bates Smart-designed development recommenced on March 24, two weeks after Condev’s collapse, but with an actual loss of just five days’ work. 

The developer is also pressing ahead with plans for a similarly scaled 12-storey residential tower, comprising 110-apartments, at its 1400sq m site between 20 and 24 Edmondstone Street in South Brisbane.

That development comprises 66 two-bedroom and 44 three-bedroom units as well as 132 car parks across the three basement levels and parking for 110 bicycles.

It also has plans to build a similarly green 30-storey project featuring 1000 trees, dubbed Urban Forest, in South Bank

The 380-apartment project at 88 Merivale Street has been designed by Koichi Takada Architects and has been marketed as one of the “greenest residential buildings in the world”.