DEVELOPMENTS

Queensland shines at national property awards

Novotel Southbank

Four exceptional Queensland projects and a Brisbane-based project manager took out some of the nation’s top property awards.

The 2020 Property Council of

Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall

Innovation and Excellence

Awards were announced in a virtual ceremony in October.

Winner Novotel Brisbane

South Bank received the award for best tourism and leisure development.

Accor’s Novotel Brisbane South

Bank was presented with the

Pure Projects Award for Best

Tourism & Leisure Development.

The opening of this hotel in May 2018 signalled a ‘next generation’ era for the brand. The Novotel achieves energy efficiency as a cornerstone of its operations – and is 27 percent more efficient than a benchmark building.

Property Council Chief Executive Situated on Victoria’s Surf Coast, CORA will hero a $350 million development on Cape Oway Road Australia. It will include a sporting facility, accommodation, and a carefully curated retail village. Ken Morrison explained the decision: “The judges chose the Novotel Brisbane South Bank for delivering a new accommodation asset that has enhanced South Bank’s reputation as Brisbane’s

foremost tourism precinct.” All the Queensland winners came from a pool of 127 national finalists across 19 categories, they included two Queensland residential developments that showcased both luxury living and affordable housing. Oxley+Stirling, perched on the Brisbane River, won the Avenor Award for Best Residential Development. Ingenia Lifestyles Chamber Pines in Logan collected the Growthbuilt Award for Best Affordable Housing Development. The Procore Award for Development Innovation went to Lendlease’s 25 King, Queensland’s first engineered timber commercial building and the tallest and largest (by gross floor area) in Australia.

Oxley+Stirling

Daniel Burke, Project Manager with Turner & Townsend, wowed the judges with his commitment to delivering better health, education and employment infrastructure for rural and regional communities, he won the NS Group Award for Future Leader of the Year.

Property Council Queensland Executive Director Chris Mountford said: “Queensland is delivering world-class developments that shape the future of our state, and this national recognition is justly deserved. We have the fundamentals right to attract investment from around the world – now we need the right settings to capitalise

Largest and only sport, health destination approved

on our strengths.”

Situated as the front door to the region, CORA will combine the best of what Victoria’s Surf Coast has to offer, representing the future of wellness tourism and elite sport in Australia.

Cape Otway will become an alternate journey to or from the Great Ocean Road with proposed accommodation, encouraging visitation and greater tourism spend in the region. CORA will welcome up to 350,000 visitors per year and create over 1,000 jobs at the height of construction. In operation, it will add $103 million per year to the local G21 region economy, attracting increased international and interstate visitors to the region. accommodation (128 hotel rooms, 37 eco lodges, and 24 retreat homestead) for local and international tourists and sporting teams alike.

The property will also house an arts precinct with world class art galleries, showcasing Indigenous and contemporary Australian and International art.

Proposed investment for golf club in one of Australia’s premier holiday destinations

Paul Chiodo founder and director of Chiodo Corporation, has announced plans to transform the Coolangatt a & Tweed Heads Golf Course (C&THGC) into a $700 million, mixed-use development set to nourish the existing landscape and provide a much needed economic boost to the golf club and surrounding community.

Paul is proposing an impressive upgrade to the clubhouse and bolstering the club’s income with various mid-level residential buildings and later, the construction of high-end luxury triple-storey townhouses.

Like most golf clubs, traditional golf club membership is declining, and the current model is not sustainable, a trajectory that Paul looks forward to changing.

He said: “The Coolangatt a & Tweed Heads Golf Course is due to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2026, however as it stands, there is a chance the club may struggle towards this milestone. “Our proposal ensures the club is around for another 100 years, maintaining its 36-hole status and is fi nancially positioned in years to come as one of the best golf clubs in Australia.

Our proposal will also provide the C&THGC with a new world-class, state-of-the-art golf club and facilities, a much-need upgrade from the club’s current facilities which we do not believe to be up to compliance standard.

“We propose to prepare a masterplan, working closely with the C&THGC board and

CORA

members for the most desirable outcome, complementing the current landscape and beauty the area has to off er.

The project would also look to generate 100 jobs in the region, through construction and the opportunity for longer-term employment as part of the proposed developments,” he said.

Via his fi ve-crown-rated development fund, Chiodo Diversifi ed Property Development Fund, Paul has worked in a diverse range of large and complex projects, with a proven track record in low and high-density residential, commercial offi ce, retail and industrial projects, expertise in complex stakeholder management and specifi c project strategies that deliver a greater return on investment.

Most recently, Chiodo Corporation announced its plans to deliver a $300 million luxury resort in Port Douglas, in partnership with Accor. The Fairmont Port Douglas is due to commence construction in Q1 of next year.