The Brisbane City Council’s determination to make Brisbane an international student education hub is gaining momentum with another student accomodation proposal for Toowong.
Located at 603-611 Coronation Drive, the new 17 storey Scape student accomodation tower by UK-based Scape is set to house 678 student rooms across four distinct room types, providing a choice of shared rooms, shared facility, and fully contained studios rooms.
![Artist's impression of proposed development](https://brisbanedevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/external2.jpg)
International education is already Brisbane’s biggest export market with 75,000 international student enrolments from across 160 different countries.
The Scape Toowong facility has been designed to accomodate 700+ students at a time and includes a large rooftop recreation deck with outdoor kitchen, bbq areas and synthetic grassed areas.
At the ground level, the proposal provides an entry court from Coronation Drive and a small cafe at the north eastern corner of the site which aims to activate the street frontage and draw the public into the development.
A large planter with landscaping is provided at the Coronation Drive frontage to create a subtropical entrance statement to the building.
A large reception, communal area, kitchen / dining area, movie cinema, gym, laundry, office space, and bicycle store (for 350 bikes) is provided at the ground level.
A direct link to the Toowong Village is proposed at the ground level to connect to the adjacent pedestrian ramp.
Meanwhile construction has commenced on Scape’s other $95 million Brisbane student accomodation facility located at 190 Vulture Street, South Brisbane which will house around 787 beds and is anticipated to be completed by 2018.
![Scape South Brisbane facility, now under construction.](https://brisbanedevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vulture_street_location_page_1000x1000.jpg)
![Scape South Brisbane facility, now under construction.](https://brisbanedevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vulture-street-main-image.jpg)
The DA number for Scape Toowong development is A004517712.