Celebrity gardener joins $180m Gold Coast project

The Surfer (left) and Nera on Chevron Island.

Bastion Group has submitted plans for a 30-storey Gold Coast apartment tower.

Jamie Durie will design the Surfer gardens.

Dubbed Surfer, the $180 million project is earmarked for three adjoining sites covering 1231 square metres near Northcliffe Beach: 25 and 27 Vista Street and 2959 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise.

The application. with the Gold Coast City Council, proposes 100 apartments – 75 for short-stay use.

Also with 45 car spaces the project will retain a Norfolk pine trees on one of the blocks.

27 Vista Street

Led by founder and chief executive Alex Wood, Bastion plans to complete the Surfer, to go by the address of 27 Vista St, by 2028.

Studio Snell is the architect (continues below).

The water view from the proposed Surfer tower.

Amenities are planned to include an EMF-designed gym, swimming pool, residents’ retreat, private plunge pools, spa, kids’ zone and ground-floor retail and dining.

Jamie Durie will landscape the garden.

Bastion has previously said it aims to have 10 projects in the market over 10 years as it expands its Gold Coast development pipeline.

The group’s first Gold Coast project, Nera on Chevron Island, with 87 apartments, carried a c$174m end value.

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Marc Pallisco

A former property analyst and print journalist, Marc is the publisher of realestatesource.com.au.