A development application has been submitted for a 18-storey residential-led development by Salter Brothers located at 18 MacGregor Street, Upper Mount Gravatt.
Designed by Bates Smart, the development would comprise of 101 apartments as well as a 1,111m2 two level childcare centre on levels 4 and 5.
A large rooftop communal area with is also proposed which would include a pool, spa, gym, cinema, bbq areas and outdoor gardens.
On the ground level, an 83m2 retail tenancy is provided for the 1,111m2 childcare centre which allows lift access to the centre on level four. Childcare staff rooms such as meeting rooms and offices are located on level five.
Our vision is to provide an elevated level of residential quality and environmental responsiveness befitting an emerging South Brisbane centre. Permeable, naturally ventilated balconies optimised for their respective orientations and outlook arise from a subtropical garden in a landmark development for the next generation of suburban living.
Project team
If approved this would become Mt Gravatt’s tallest building situated adjacent to Westfield Garden City and the Garden City Busway Station.
Development rundown
| Development Parameter | Proposed Development |
|---|---|
| Development Type: | Residential-led (build-to-sell) |
| Site Area: | 5,356m2 |
| Gross Floor Area (GFA): | • Residential: 11,743m2 • Childcare centre: 1,111m2 • Existing Hotel (to be retained): 4,752m2 • Overall: 17,607m2 |
| Height: | 18 storeys and a rooftop garden (98.2m) |
| Apartments: | 101 apartments comprising: • 76 x Type 2B apartments • 25 x Type 2B+ apartments |
| Elevators: | x2 elevators (lift-to-unit ratio of 1:50.5) |
| Communal Space: | A large rooftop recreation deck including: – 340m2 outdoor pool area including spa / mineral pool – 60m2 gym – 334m2 outdoor bbq area – 62m2 amenity room (shown as a cinema in the DA) – Toilets |
| Retail: | A 83m2 tenancy is provided for the childcare centre |
| Car Parking: | • Multiple dwelling: 92 resident spaces and 15 visitor spaces • Short-term accommodation (existing Hotel): 61 spaces + 5 drop-off hotel bays • Childcare centre: 5 car parking spaces (including 1 x PWD space) • 127 bicycle spaces • 4 x motorcycle spaces |
| Bike Parking: | 102 bicycle parking in total over all levels |
| Developer: | Salter Brothers |
| Architect: | Bates Smart |
| Landscape Design: | ASPECT Studios |
| Town Planner: | Ethos Urban |
| Sustainability: | – Proposal aims to achieve 5 Stars in Green Star rating design – Substantial deep planting throughout the development including all residential levels providing a layered facade aimed at reducing thermal heat – Naturally ventilated internal corridors – EV ready parking spaces provided to promote low energy transport and to ensure the design is ‘future ready’ with EV car share available – gifted to the body corporate for resident’s use. Aimed at reducing reliance on and costs of personal car ownership – Dedicated organic refuse collection area and recycling facilities will be allocated within the building precinct – EOT facilities within the precinct for workers – Total landscaping 2,365.28m2 (44%) – There is no planned rooftop solar panel system planned for communal power consumption |
| Date Submitted: | 19/04/2024 |
The site currently accommodates a Mercure Brisbane Garden City Hotel and short term accommodation which will remain as this new building would be constructed in the existing hotel’s surface level car park.
The development includes ground plus three levels of above ground parking. A new hotel / childcare drop-off carpark is planned on the MacGregor Street boundary of the site.
According to the development application, the proposal would deliver a range of social and economic benefits to the local and regional community, particularly in relation to improved housing outcomes. These benefits are summarised as follows:
- Support improved housing supply, choice and diversity.
- The proposal will deliver a new housing supply in the form of 101 dwellings to the local area. These homes will contribute to improving housing supply, affordability, choice and diversity available to existing and future residents.
- The proposal responds to a need for smaller and more diverse household types that can cater to a range of occupants.
Landscape Plans
Plans
Plans-1Development application link
Tell us what you think about this development below in the comment box. The development application for this project, available to view on Brisbane City Council’s Developmenti online platform is:
This ticks all the boxes.
Transport infrastructure
Retail being right where Garden City is.
What a great investment and place to live.
Not quite sure how this mixed use development can work.
How can there possibly be any noise management for the apartments directly above the open outdoor spaces of the child care centre?