“The flexibility in design and use, as well as the sites proximity to the very active heart of Surfers Paradise and very importantly its immediate access to the new Gold Coast Light Rail system, makes the site an inimitable prospect,” Branch said.
“With the extremely limited ability to create a site of this scale in central Surfers Paradise and with these attributes, the opportunities are seemingly limitless.”
“The Gold Coast, with Surfers Paradise at its heart, has long since been the tourism heart of Australia. Now with the Commonwealth Games, increasing infrastructure spending and the ever-increasing global presence of the Gold Coast, this market sector is set to continue to grow.”
Knight Frank’s Mark Witheriff said that he expected the Gold Coast tourism sector to continue to strengthen and underpin the potential use of part or all of the site for hotel-style accommodation.
“This is supported by the most recent tourism statistics showing that visitors to the Gold Coast has increased to 12.9 million per annum, spending in excess of $5 billion, and 1.1 million international passengers through the Gold Coast airport in the same 12 month period,” Witheriff said.
“With an extremely limited supply of any new short term accommodation being supplied, there is an ever-increasing pressure to adequately supply this market sector. We can’t identify a more suitable site for the new accommodation to cater for this market.
“Again the location of the light rail station on the doorstep of the site provides perfect access for tourists to easily access the coastal strip and eventually to the Gold Coast airport.”
Expressions of Interest for the site close on Tuesday, 24 April 2018.
Originally Published: theurbandeveloper.com