Work Begins on $160m Luxury Tower in Broadbeach

Foundation works are well advanced on the luxury Amaya project on the Gold Coast.

Amaya will rise 33 storeys on 1214sq m at 30 First Avenue, Broadbeach, and comprises 120 apartments.

Designed by Gold Coast-based architects DBI Design, the $160-million Amaya comprises two and three-bedroom homes with floor-to-ceiling windows to take in the water and hinterland views, and balconies.

The site is close to the beach, Nerang river, restaurants, shops and a G:link light-rail station.

Amaya’s two-bedroom apartments provide 100-101sq m of living space, while the three-bedroom layouts spread to 148-151 square metres. The designwas revised to include a number of half-floor homes of 252 square metres.

Included over two floors will be a gym, sauna, steam room, pool, spa, barbecue, and patio.

Amalgamated Property Group has completed more than $3.8 billion in residential and commercial developments across Australia since 2002.

▲ Work under way: A render of Amaya Broadbeach.

Further down the coast at Coolangatta, earthworks have begun on Rockpool Rainbow Bay by developer and designer Joe Adsett Architects.

The $100-million 13-floor oceanfront development would feature 21 homes with ocean views at 154-156 Marine Parade, near Snapper Rocks beaches, the project team said.

Tomkins Commercial is the builder and the completion date is yet to be confirmed.

The tower's three full-floor penthouses feature five bedrooms and 5½ bathrooms over 520 square metres.

The remaining 18 apartments will comprise three, four, and five bedrooms over 245-512sq m and the building amenities include a heated lap pool, sauna, gymnasium, beach lockers, and private office spaces.

Also on the Gold Coast news, developer David Devine’s 24-storey luxury high-rise proposed for North Burleigh is poised to get under way after winning approval from the Gold Coast City Council.

The $430-million tower, dubbed Burly, being developed by Devine’s DD Living will rise from a prominent 2024sq m site at 264-268 The Esplanade.

The tower designed by Koichi Takada Architects comprises 101 two, three and three-bedroom plus multi-purpose room apartments, and four-bedroom penthouses.