DIAGRAMS-monthly updates for Gold Coast skyscrapers

[CULWULLA]

Heres the current status of the 9 projects over 90m/300ft high.
Most are in early stages with the current tallest topping out last month. Only turret and spire to be attached and it will be GC tallest until Q1 surpasses it later in year.
The Circle complex, Nexus towers and Meritons Shores are at excavation stage.
Also many more 90m+ towers to commence soon-
Axis, Chrystal towers,Insignia + Dolphin towers and others.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126goldcoastdiagram.jpg

[CULWULLA]

April update!
(Summary-GC latest tallest Chevron2 has topped out with just the spire to be added.the mighty Q1 has reached lev36 in core which is exactly1/3 height with 322m spire.Chevron3 and Pivotal point are progressing well along with broadbeachjs next tallest-Air.



http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid110/p632305f0a95cd54c58cf8b36f56df5f8/f9227f45.jpg

[CULWULLA]

MAy1 status-
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/CONSTRUCTIONSTATUSMAYgc.jpg

[CULWULLA]

june 1 status
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/goldcoastdiagramjunestatus.jpg

[Noonos]

good pics cul, but is circle on cavill ever gonna grow?

[Macca-GC]

Air on Boradbeach seems to be taking its time.

[Victhor]

What about a September update? ;)

[Blend]

Question to Cul (and whoever wants to answer)

Is this boom going to kill GC future projects?
like are these massive developments going to cause an oversupply, or was it all in good/fair demand?

[CULWULLA]

nah never! thats the thing with the Gold Coast ,the new units always get purchased and more importantly leased.The current boom is nothing like the early 1980's.
There is currently approx 12 towers uc in central surfers. back in 1981-4 there was 40!
construction comes in cycles! this one was started in 2002 and will finish in 2007/8. then it will be a quite for a little while depebnding on property market. might be just a year but could be 5-6 years before next boom.already there has been 3 major towers sold!
Ultra in Broadbeach is most recent, Insignia Southport & another big one in sth port foget name.these might have to wait until next cycle

[CULWULLA]

What about a September update? ;)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=130826

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/gc.jpg

[Macca-GC]

Gold Coast Bulletin this week announced that Q1 was at 64 stories!

[CULWULLA]

wow 64? thats 190m! very cool
cheers

[Victhor]

Thanks :)

[CULWULLA]

OCT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/goldcoastoct.jpg

[MrTall]

How slow is Air! Chevron 3 and Air started at about the same time and look at the difference now. Think they'd better get the whips out on that site!

[The G.C.]

Air is only a month behind schedule. I know it took a while at the begining having to do the podium and how it has sort of a 2 tower system with the back part sort of slotting in to the main tower so that would have made things slow at the start before it started to grow

[CULWULLA]

yes, Air is now powering along.another 20 levels or so and its done! should look great when complete!

[CULWULLA]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126Q1_Eureka_2004.jpg

[CULWULLA]

nov 1\
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126gcnov2004.JPG

[Macca-GC]

The biggest surprise of all, Air on BB is going up at the same rate as Q1! Who would have thought?

[Ellatur]

gasp nexus is giving me the middle finger! :hahano:

[The G.C.]

The November PRD photos are up. Some are hard to make out though as the quality is a little low

[redbaron_012]

If you put Melbourne's Rialto tower on the gold coast and put a pole on top there wouldn't be much difference......except a big vacant lot in Collins street.

[defec8R]

If you put Melbourne's Rialto tower on the gold coast and put a pole on top there wouldn't be much difference......except a big vacant lot in Collins street.Not quite sure what you're on about with the pole bit, but yeah thanks we'll take the Rialto. It should complement Q1 nicely. But in a way you're right about it not making much difference - another decade and Rialto will be surrounded by a bunch of apartment towers of similar height or greater.

[Adam BK]

Dont know how much development has been going on but are you going to update your Gold Coast diagram status Cul, its allready the 7th!! No rush though.

[CULWULLA]

i was going to but decided to have a diagram for "Xmas shutdown" status instead. i did it last year. it stays like that until feb that way. so dec20 ill post the updates!

[CULWULLA]

xmas shutdown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/gcxmas.jpg

[Macca-GC]

Shores, Nexus, and the mighty Q are all powering along.

[Adam BK]

Merry Xmas to you Cul...

Finally Circle on Cavill has moved a bit, however look at that progress on Shores, Q, Nexus, cant wait to see soul on the diagrams in the future

[CULWULLA]

http://img171.exs.cx/img171/3421/q1statsusjan2005best1jd.jpg

[TOCC]

Circle is taking so long because of the massive projet going on at the base, Circle is a lot more then just a couple of towers, its got huge retail and commercial construction at the base. I drove past it only last saturday, and i fully understand why its taking so long, the thing is huge

[SUNNI]

come to think about it, Q1 looks so tall now, and soon circle will be at where Q1 is n ow,,,:eek:

[CULWULLA]

feb 1
http://img51.exs.cx/img51/554/goldcoastfeb20050pi.jpg

[SUNNI]

nexus and shores sure r doing well..:)

[CULWULLA]

March 1
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/8514/goldcaostbestfeb20055sl.jpg

[Gertzy]

These Diagrams are Bloody awesome Cul. Keep up the good work.

[Grantus]

tell me why goldie is getting so many bloody high rises(and tall ones too). Whats making this place grow so mutch?, even in the future they are still coming on, and Strong.

[SUNNI]

population growth and demand for high-rise living :?
just taking a guess :)

[Grantus]

Heh, no worries. Also does anyone reckon that goldie will keep spreading its building's out? Or will they start to densify things up, and make every block full of high rises.

[Macca-GC]

Well we're densifying at the moment. Along Cavill Ave, you'll have the Paradise Centre towers, Courtyard Marriott, 50 Cavill Ave and a couple small ones, and on the other side, you'll have Soul, Dolphin Towers, CoC. It will be very dense From Elkhorn Ave-Clifford Street.

[CULWULLA]

skyscrapers stats for REGIONAL QUEENSLAND

City/number of skyscrapers (existing,proposed,Approved,UC,Never built)


Gold Coast-287 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100510&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Sunshine Coast-43 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=103228&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Cairns-13 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=102035&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Townsville-13 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=102396&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Toowoomba-7 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=103697&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Hamilton Island-4 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=106524&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

[Grantus]

Well we're densifying at the moment. Along Cavill Ave, you'll have the Paradise Centre towers, Courtyard Marriott, 50 Cavill Ave and a couple small ones, and on the other side, you'll have Soul, Dolphin Towers, CoC. It will be very dense From Elkhorn Ave-Clifford Street.


Awesome! I don't mind the way goldie is atm, but there hast to be some place there that will remind me of a city. A true city IMO is dense.

^ Wow i didnt know sunny coast had that many built + proposals, It quite nice up here. I wonder if we will ever be as big as the gold coast, I mean you can't stop people moving in, right?

[Malt]

^ the Sunshine coast will never be like the GC

which is a good thing. Dont try to be.

We already have 1, 2 would be meh.

Sunshine coast is great as it is. There is a heigh limit wihch is a fair one.

[Grantus]

^ Yeah your probably right. But still, things seem to always change, and not turn out as people would like it to be, and i still wonder that the place will still grow heaps. But in a diffrent way. Maybe perhaps more hi-rises spread out, or heaps of low storey density everywhere. I am seeing heaps of places building up with 6-8 storey buildings, and for up here i like that type of movement.

[CULWULLA]

comparison-
Q1's ob decks will be 236m & 241m above sea level!
anyone thats been up Rialto ,well its about the same. Rialtos is 236mRL.

http://img137.exs.cx/img137/180/eurekaskytowercomp3zo.jpg

[Blue_Copper]

looks like you got lazy cull ;)

[CULWULLA]

??? what you mean?

[Blue_Copper]

lol the sydney and nz towers are floating

[CULWULLA]

yeah it gives scaleof height -above sea level.thats the idea of diagram

[SUNNI]

one question..

will the mast on eureka be that ugly?

[CULWULLA]

APRIL 1ST
http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/april_fool.gif

http://img41.exs.cx/img41/7769/gcapril5kg.jpg

[SUNNI]

look at ConC grow!

[newy]

yeh ConC is going good though i wish it grew faster!! I get so impatient when seeing it grow.

[CULWULLA]

C0nC has such a compicated floor plate (compared to Eureka or q1) so it will take a while to get going. Sydney's World tower took nearly 4 years from foundation to last brass door knob. but having said that, ConC has the same construction tecqnique as Brisbanes Aurora which is flying up a floor every 5 days!

[newy]

woah well than thats good to know, a floor every 5 days! Well i know it will be really interesting watching ConC go up

[SUNNI]

Sunland are quiet fast builders arnt they? :)

[MrTall]

Yeah, Sunland are pretty quick. But Raptis really takes the cake for speedy construction and hence I expect Artique to fly up.

In any case, this is going to be one huge year for the GC.

[newy]

wow im stoked by this, this will be a great year for the Gold Coast

[Redress]

Yeah - and to think this is merely the beginning of much bigger things...

[SUNNI]

Yeah - and to think this is merely the beginning of much bigger things...??? beginning??? i thaught it was just about the end...

[Macca-GC]

"beginning of bigger things"

Bigger as in CoC is Big, Dolphin Towers is big, Soul is big ect.

[newy]

who knows other projects may take place eh? im guessing the next boom will be around 2008 right?

[CULWULLA]

latest diagram with pojects higher then 90m/300ft built post 2000
As you can see the b00m has only just begun!
http://img162.echo.cx/img162/3672/goldcaost20073xb.jpg

[newy]

wow very nice cul, really shows how big surfers is gettin as well as how fast its growing for that matter :eek2:

hmm i was just wondering, is it me or is dolphin towers not in there?

[kwigibo]

wow very nice cul, really shows how big surfers is gettin as well as how fast its growing for that matter :eek2:

hmm i was just wondering, is it me or is dolphin towers not in there?

It's you, they're the very light green ones furthest to the right.

[newy]

ahh ok cheers, i didnt notice it cause the shape of dolfphin towers is more curvey not just straight up, my bad....

[Macca-GC]

^ It probably will be, however that is hard to show in a simple diagram such as this.

[SUNNI]

how many of these towers will have neon lights at night?

[newy]

^for that matter how many do at the moment?

[CULWULLA]

May 1

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/7113/goldcoastmay20053gs.jpg

[SUNNI]

^for that matter how many do at the moment?
i know chevron towers do, the aria does, jupiters casnino does..ana hotel does,,,meh, they're the only ones that come to mind :)

[newy]

^o ok cool, i can only imagine how dam good the skyline would look wit heaps of neons, kinda like shanghai eh? anyways thanks for the update cul, have u heard any news bout the transit centre in surfers paradise?

[CULWULLA]

^ nah, should hear something before years end,.

[Trances]

neon sadly lacking in all our cites

[CULWULLA]

June 1
http://img225.echo.cx/img225/9356/gcjune20058gj.jpg

[newy]

yeh i reckon trances. Thanks heaps for the update cul, Q1 seems to be speeding ahead at a good pace though other projects arent as fast like Air on BB and Circle on Cavill? Meh i must say though, Artique is going up quite fast:D

[SUNNI]

thank god Q1 is almost finished,

[CULWULLA]

summary-
Due to shocking weather the spire and fin on Q1 have virtually stopped progressing, so have to wait a few more weeks yet for top out.Air on BB has topped out while Axis is just about there.The massive Circle on cavill are slowly developing there bulk.Artique is progressing fast but all r est are still excavation stage.http://img148.echo.cx/img148/3038/gcjuly3sg.jpg

[SUNNI]

^ yeah its still heavy rains right now :sleepy:

[CULWULLA]

Aug 1
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7153/gcaug20051tq.jpg

[Trances]

why is there no visible core rise in Circle on Cavill ?

[newy]

yeh i was thinkin the same thing not too long ago but i think its cause they're focusing on the retail area down the bottom and the floorplate. Hopefully we will see the core rise alot quicker.

[CULWULLA]

both towers have gone up a floor.It has a different construction method then the normal "central core with floor plates". The floor plate and core rise simulataneoulsy, like brisbanes Aurora tower>
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7950/picture0657gx.jpg

dont worry it will soon rise a floor a week.

[SUNNI]

Wave, Southport central, avalon, ultra and verve are taking ages....:sleepy:

[LA53R]

New diagram, its been over a month???

[CULWULLA]

I posted the diagrams on main page on sept1
http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/2226/goldcoastdiagram5vf.jpg

ill post OCT 1 diagrams on wednesday.

[fireflymairi]

Cul are you going to include Solaire and Reflection on the Sea in the next diagram? Love the new diagram style by the way. ;)

[CULWULLA]

^ um .i lowered the height inclusion from 90m/300ft to 80m. Solaire is 72m, so just misses out. refection is even shorter. i should include all projects over 12storeys but its really hard to depend on others for updates. i can do sydney but other cities are harder to keep track.
cheers

[CULWULLA]

here ya go bit early
oct 1
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9478/goldcoastdiagram4ab.jpg

[LA53R]

Good work cul, and i love the smaller diagrams i don't have to scroll everywhere lol :)

[SUNNI]

i wish theyd start building the ConC faster :sleepy:

[fireflymairi]

Faster? It's already going up pretty damn fast I reckon!

Avalon is the one they really need to get stuck into...

[CULWULLA]

after i contacted PRD nationwide and told them they forgot the sept photos they apologised and updated to oct25.lol
http://www.prd.com.au/goldcoastprojects/

[CULWULLA]

nov 1
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1160/goldcoastdiagram0fi.jpg

[nerazzurri]

Looks like Circle on Cavill is flying atm.

[CULWULLA]

dec 1
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7127/goldcoastdiagram3ym.jpg

[fireflymairi]

Awesome job! Wow, how tall does CoC look compared to the others now? :D

[JayT]

http://www.abc.net.au/built/stories/s1110697.htm
^^^^
Guys - here is a realy good link to the History of skyscrapers on the Gold Coast I found - thought I'd put it here. Its well worth a look. I'm sure that Culwulla would know more though;)

[CULWULLA]

yes jane contacted years ago for any history on highrise on the coast, so i gave her some.

[CULWULLA]

merry xmas
bye bye Artique
http://img491.imageshack.us/img491/9749/goldcoastdiagram5xi.jpg

[CULWULLA]

feb1
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8898/goldcoastdiagramfeb1rj.jpg

[CULWULLA]

march 1
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6659/goldcoastdiagramfeb5ii.jpg

[broadie]

they are all going good coc has gown up 6 levels wow

[CULWULLA]

April 1
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7176/goldcoastdiagramapril3sp.jpg

checkout April 1 last year. all the ones well underway now , back then hadnt started yet.

http://img41.exs.cx/img41/7769/gcapril5kg.jpg

[SUNNI]

nice diagram ;)
i havent even paid attention to Avalon and its grown so much! :eek:

[Yankee visitor]

Does anyone know construction status on the Sierra Grand in Broadbeach?

[broadie]

It hasent started yet

[CULWULLA]

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2876/goldcoastdiagramay8al.jpg

[KJBrissy]

In a couple of months it will look like the April 1 2005 diagram with most towers just starting and a couple almost finished!! (Much bigger ones though) :)

[CULWULLA]

yes the current towers will all top out soon and then next wave of towers will start. cant wait.

[CULWULLA]

june1
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4446/goldcoastdiagrajune6zz.jpg

[KJBrissy]

^^Has CoC South Tower not increased in height in the last month?

[broadie]

will you add seirra grande

[CULWULLA]

JULY 1
an amAzing 16 towers over 70m high uc or about to start.
Southport central 1 will exit diagram but tower 2 will start.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2348/goldcoastdiagrajulynew0ji.jpg

[Trances]

Wow surfers has it going on

[mannix_10]

CoC just keeps going and going and going and going.....

[BrizzyChris]

CoC just keeps going and going and going and going.....
I hope so. It would be kind of annoying if it stopped only half built. :)

[CULWULLA]

aug 1
http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/2647/goldcoastdiagraaug1nn9.jpg

[mannix_10]

why does it take so long for buildings to be done??! i want all these to be done now....how good is it gonna look! especially from burleigh and cooly!

[CULWULLA]

actually, the concrete projects in GC seem to go up quicker then anywhere else in oz. before you know it there up!

[matt_sbs]

cheers for the update, some nice projects planned, skyline will look good in 10-15yrs time

[CULWULLA]

sept 1
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4898/goldcoastdiagrajsept1ko3.jpg

[Redress]

Skyline is already looking fab let alone in 10-15 years time

[CULWULLA]

oct1
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1863/goldcoastdiagrajoct1ds0.jpg

[BrizzyChris]

Has CoC stopped?

[CULWULLA]

nov 1
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6632/goldcoastdiagrajnov1db4.jpg

[KJBrissy]

Can't wait till the towers on the left get going!!!

[broadie]

I noticed a crane in north burleigh today sore the hoardings said something like luxury apartments but couldn't get a close look

[Macca-GC]

Sierra Grande has a crane and the core is above ground

[broadie]

i want 600 posts

[broadie]

one more yay 600th post soz 4 the spammin but yeeeew 600th

[Redress]

nice milestone brother

[DeejayT]

Cul's Dec 1 diagram was never posted here!

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7180/goldcoastdiagrajdec1ww5.jpg

Just summarising .... updates needed for:
- Southport Central 2 (Southport)
- Marina (Southport)
- Grande Pacific Tower (Southport)
- Sierra Grand (spelt wrong on the diagram cul) (Broadbeach)
- Pegasus Tower (Broadbeach)
- Reflections (Coolangatta)

- Elston isn't under construction yet, the site has just been cleared.

[CULWULLA]

yes, im actually posting diagram today. hopefully it will be close enough. but if alot dif ill amend accordingly.
cheers

[CULWULLA]

feb 1
the 2nd wave of towers have begun.others soon to follow- Soul & Oracles
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2415/goldcoastdiagrajfeb1no2.jpg

[CULWULLA]

march 1
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/382/goldcoastdiagrajmarchji0.jpg

[DeejayT]

Great job as always Cul. Just a minor update note (sorry about the lack of updates), but Grande Pacific has a crane up and Elston now has bulldozers on site.

[CULWULLA]

thanks ill amend tommorrow

[CULWULLA]

done.

[DeejayT]

Your attention to detail continues to impress me! thanks.

[Ians Resort]

Will the next update show;

Dolphin Towers
H20 at Southport
Cienna Square
Manassa Tower

Or is there a specific criteria for them to be added?

[CULWULLA]

they have to have approval. since last update i think Cienna Square has been approved, so ill add that.
any renders of h20?
manassa still not aproved.also early days for Dolphin towers.
also projects have to be 60m+.

[Ians Resort]

thanks cul - see my reply to H20 images in that thread

[CULWULLA]

april1
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8264/goldcoastdiagrajapril1la7.jpg

[KJBrissy]

Gee it's quiet without ConC

[CULWULLA]

^had to finish oneday. its paved way for Soul, ANA,dolhpinOracle.pacific beach and others!!

[Austwolf]

Most of the activity seems to be in Southport

[CULWULLA]

oct1
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2635/goldcoastdiagraoctac9.jpg

[sonic123488]

Planning on updating anytime soon?

[CULWULLA]

ive done one for every month but sometimes dont post it here. look in main section.
my last was may1
june1 maybe this week
i cant if i get no recent photos.

[gho]

Maybe this thread should be unstickied? interesting how back when this forum was created chevron, ConC and Q1 were all being built. The skyline would be unrecognisable without them now.

[TOCC]

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