Aussie News: Q1 developer turns eye to Brisbane

Recently, the developer of the world's tallest residential tower Q1 on the Gold Coast has uncovered the plan to build a $250-million luxury apartment tower in Brisbane's central business district. After obtaining a small part of neighbouring land that currently accomodates a small apartment building, Sunland Group has presented its proposal for the 44-storey Carrington Tower opposite the Botanical Gardens at 140 Alice Street.  "We will be looking to create a very sculptural, iconographic tower that will really mark the entry into Brisbane from the southside of the city." Sunland Group managing director Sahba Abedian said. "It's a curvilinear building that really personifies the feminine form. If you look at the building it actually drapes out at the base that is not dissimilar to a beautiful dress - that's really the intent behind the tower." Besides, Mr Abedian was confident that this project will be approved by the Brisbane City Council due to its potentially unprecedented amount of of innovative sustainable design features, including the solar panels. "We have a strong track record and we also have a very strong client base that I have no doubt will be very excited when we launch this project," Mr Abedian said.

Critique : No doubt, we are live in an age of great changes. The skyline of the big cities are seemingly punctuated with all the tall buildings nowadays. Regarding to this project, it sounds great and impressive. However, there are some opportunity costs. From the comments posted, some respondents opposed to this high-rise development. They even sarcastically said that the residents from the building will soon enjoy the view of the dead trees in the Botanical Gardens as a consequence of the building's shadows. Significantly, there is no wrong to launch such big project like this but the site of the construction should always be considered in the first place.