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Australië – Star krijgt groen licht voor de tweede toren aan The Star Gold Coast

The Star Entertainment Group has confirmed another $400m development project for South East Queensland (SEQ) with a “Tower for Tourism” to start construction on the Gold Coast in the next few weeks.

The ASX Top 100 company and its joint venture partners have approved the latest addition to The Star Gold Coast integrated resort development – a 63-storey mixed-use tower that will include an internationally recognised five-star hotel brand with whom final negotiations are taking place.

The Star’s CEO Matt Bekier announced the green light for the new development as works continue on the Dorsett hotel and apartments tower – the inaugural project in a $2 billion-plus masterplan for the Broadbeach Island property. The now approved Tower 2 will deliver a fourth hotel to The Star Gold Coast; create around 2300 additional construction, operational, and indirect jobs; and provide a much-needed recovery stimulus for a tourism sector decimated during COVID-19.

Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe welcomed the consortium’s decision to proceed with this significant investment in the Gold Coast.

“This is an outstanding win for the Gold Coast and the Palaszczuk Government’s focus on jobs and helping the tourism industry to rebuild better after COVID-19,” Mr Hinchliffe said. “We approved the consortium’s $2 billion+ masterplan in 2018. Today’s decision to proceed with a second mixed-use tower for locals and visitors shows confidence in Gold Coast tourism’s economic recovery. Construction of the tower is expected to deliver 1,800 direct and indirect jobs, and once operational,
another 500 job opportunities across The Star Gold Coast.”

De voorzitter van het Destination Gold Coast Consortium en de voorzitter van de Star Entertainment Group, John O'Neill, zeiden dat de tweede toren voor gemengd gebruik een blijk van vertrouwen van het consortium was.

“Terwijl we doorgaan met het doornemen en beheersen van de ernstige gevolgen van binnenlandse en internationale grensbeperkingen voor ons bedrijf en de industrie in bredere zin, maakt de beslissing om door te gaan met onze tweede toren deel uit van onze niet-aflatende toewijding aan de Goudkust,” zei de heer O' zei Neill. “Deze stad heeft unieke en aantrekkelijke kenmerken die het tot een internationaal gewilde toeristische bestemming maken. In eigen land weten we allemaal hoe sterk de Gold Coast resoneert als een eersteklas vakantiebestemming, vooral voor mensen uit de zuidelijke staten. Er is ook een groeiend aantal Australiërs dat hier wil werken, wonen en spelen. Het draagt ​​allemaal bij aan de onderbouwing
ons vertrouwen in het Gold Coast- en SEQ-toerisme.

“Our focus has never wavered. We are creating a world-class tourism, leisure, and entertainment destination that Gold Coast locals can be proud of, while working towards our vision of becoming Australia’s leading integrated resort company.”

Planned for a mid-to-late 2024 opening, Tower 2 will be built on the most south-eastern part of Broadbeach Island, and will feature 210 five-star hotel rooms, plus 457 apartments that will form part of The Star Residences Gold Coast. Seventy per cent of the one, two, and three-bedroom apartments have already been sold since pre-sales began in May 2019. Prices range from $596,000 to around $1.8 million. A high percentage of the apartments are likely to deliver further tourism accommodation via a managed serviced apartment program. The State Government-approved masterplan for The Star Gold Coast is being overseen by Destination Gold
Coast Consortium - de joint venture tussen The Star, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises en Far East Consortium.

Along with the $400 million, 53-storey Dorsett hotel and apartments tower – and the soon-to-commence Tower 2 – the masterplan provides potential for a further three towers on Broadbeach Island. The masterplan also allows for significant additional resort facilities, dining precincts, bars and cafes, and entertainment areas.