New Boutique Plans Filed for Inner-City Brisbane Clifftop

Clifftop boutique apartment plans rising eight storeys have been filed for inner-city Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point.

The proposal comprising 18 units is earmarked for an amalgamated 963sq m site at 14 and 24 Paton Street.

It has been lodged with the Brisbane City Council by Rodrigues Property Group.

Property records show the holding, spanning two adjoining lots, was acquired in separate transactions in 2022 and 2023 for a combined $4.5 million.

Under the scheme designed by HAL Architects, a mix of two and three-bedroom apartments would sit above ground and basement-level parking for 37 cars and 21 bicycles.

A rooftop terrace with 336sq m of communal open space—including a yoga lawn, sun lounges, shade umbrellas, a pergola, barbecues and dining space—would cap the seven residential levels of the proposed development.

“The architectural aspirations for the proposal are focused towards providing a vibrant and contemporary residential building,” a planning report said.

The site holds an existing approval for two five-storey residential buildings comprising four apartments.

“Feasibility of the current standalone projects is not deemed to be financially viable at this time on account of escalating construction budgets,” the report said. “The applicant will not be proceeding with construction delivery of these existing development approvals.

“Amalgamating the two existing allotments not only improves construction efficiency but also affords efficiencies and improvements to the current building design and site planning.”

▲ Renders of the eight-storey proposal for the site at 14 and 24 Paton Street, Kangaroo Point.

The proposed building exceeds the site’s five-storey height limit and a performance-based outcome is being sought as part of the development application.

“The building is considered to be of high architectural merit and despite non‐compliances relating to building height and onsite carparking, the proposed development is still generally consistent with the intent of the medium-density residential zone, and more particularly the built-form attributes encouraged and already evident in the River Terrace Precinct of the Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Plan,” the report said.

It also said the proposal aligned with the principles of the council’s Brisbane Housing Supply Action Plan focused on anti-sprawl initiatives and addressing short-to-medium term housing-supply deficiencies within the city by making it easier for industry to build more housing sooner.

If approved, the proposed development would replace two standalone homes on the site.