Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey highrise set to test council upzoning push

The development application for the tower with 253 homes – including apartments with five-bedrooms – will test Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs.

Based on reporting from Brisbane Times:

Carindale apartment tower: Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey highrise set to test Brisbane City Council upzoning push Open accessibility guide Skip to sections navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Log in Our network Log in Expand navigation menu Search Advertisement National Queensland Property development Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey highrise set to test council upzoning push William Davis and Marissa Calligeros June 9, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Share A A A Plans have been lodged for a first-of-its-kind 25-storey apartment tower next to Westfield Carindale, as an ambitious Sydney-based developer tests Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs. A section of a bush block at 1202 Creek Road in Carina Heights, directly opposite the shopping centre, would be cleared to make way for 253 apartments and 370 car parks, if the development application from Parkmor Property Group is approved. An artist’s impression of the apartment tower proposed for Creek Road opposite Westfield Carindale. Parkmor, which is privately owned by Sydney’s Bigeni family, purchased the 9050-square-metre block beside Belmont Private Hospital, via its development vehicle Carindale PPG Pty Ltd, in February 2025 for $5.6 million. Six and a half months later, Brisbane City Council announced its plans to drastically increase building height limits to 30 storeys around Carindale shopping centre , and also boost heights around retail hubs in Indooroopilly and Nundah . The changes are yet to be formally adopted. Advertisement The proposed tower sits just metres outside the boundary of the area slated for increased height limits, but the application leans on the council’s desire to have more residents living in apartments near transport and shopping hubs under its “tall over sprawl” mantra. “The proposal is consistent with council’s strategic direction and comfortably falls within the revised height limits contemplated under the amendment,” it says. The former Belmont Specialist Centre previously occupied the site, but was demolished after closing in 2018. A retirement facility with 132 beds was approved for the site by the council in 2020, but was never built. Plans for the new Carindale tower include three five-bedroom units, 15 four-bedroom units, 81 three-bedroom units, 139 two-bedroom units, and 15 one-bedroom units. Advertisement It would also have a cinema, rooftop pool and garden with a fire pit, barbecue area, gym, hot and cold plunge pools, a steam room and a sauna. Under the current South East Queensland Regional Plan, the council is required to zone sufficient land to deliver 210,800 new dwellings by 2046, with nearly 90 per cent of those to be attached terraces, townhouses, or apartments. The proposed tower opposite Westfield Carindale features a cinema, rooftop pool and garden with a fire pit, barbecue area, gym, hot and cold plunge pools,

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