Development News

Hotel Molly

After a million-dollar refurbishment, a well-known motel on the NSW coast is about to re-open, offering hotelapartment style accommodation.

Set to open in November, the Surfbeach Motel in the NSW South Coast town of Mollymook will re-emerge as Motel Molly, taking its cues from the laid-back coastal town, a longtime popular venue for Sydney weekend escapees, with connections encompassing the motel’s 1980s past. The property’s new format will offer guests a choice from a variety of room formats. These include a three-bedroom residence, three twobedroom apartments, a one-bedroom apartment and 11 King Suites, some with kitchenettes, Moroccan-style sunken baths and balconies. Each room is intended to strike a balance between what the designers say is “the barefoot breeziness of the motels of the past and the subtle luxury of boutique hotels.” Cascading greenery, lawns, an outdoor BBQ area and a central swimming pool set amid landscaped surrounds, create a welcoming oasis and deliver privacy. Josh Crealy, director at Knox Developments said Motel Molly as a multi-million-dollar refurbishment which will offer hotel-apartment style living in an iconic location.” The mix of Mediterranean and Moroccan-inspired interiors are said to invoke “a sense of relaxation and halcyon days of the past”.

Approval granted for a Milton apartment tower

A 131-apartment tower has been approved in the city-fringe suburb of Milton in Brisbane. The development will have river and CBD views and heralds a new era for the emerging hot bed of redevelopment in Milton.

Goldfields Group chief executive Lachlan Thompson told The Urban Developer it was adding to the undersupplied Queensland apartment market.

$500m Gold Coast project collapsed

The development company behind a massive Gold Coast project has called in administrators. The project touted to transform the Gold Coast’s Southport CBD collapsed owing tens of millions of dollars.

Brisbane-based development company Nerang Street was behind the Queen Street Village project. It was reported to have been impacted by funding issues on top of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to The Australian.