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Spirit, also known as Iluka, was a proposed residential skyscraper under construction on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Upon completion, it would have become the tallest building in Australia to roof, and the second tallest building overall (surpassed by the nearby Q1). The site was sold in March 2019 with only basement level work completed.

Proposed in 2015, the project was developed by Forise Investments and designed by DBI Design Pty Ltd. With a height of 297.8 metres (977 ft), Spirit was intended to become the third-tallest building in Australia overall, behind the nearby Q1, and by completion date the Australia 108 will come in as second, as well as the tallest building to roof, surpassing the Eureka Tower in Melbourne by 50 centimetres.

Spirit would have consisted of 470 residential apartments, across 89 levels, and would have further included 6 basement levels. The AUD$1.2 billion skyscraper received planning approval by the Gold Coast City Council in September 2015, with construction commencing at March 2016, and intended to finish by 2020.

In March 2019, Forise sold the site for $50-60 million at an estimated loss of $50 million, as Forise purchased the former Iluka tower for $65 million and then spent approximately $40 million on initial work at the basement level.

See also

• List of tallest buildings on the Gold Coast

References

1. ^ Potts, Andrew (5 March 2019). "Spirit supertower sale welcomed by Gold Coast kingpin Max Christmas". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
2. Spirit – The Skyscraper Center Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 27 July 2016
3. Potts, Andrew & Thomson, Alister. (28 September 2015). "88-storey tower to rise on former Iluka site as one of the Gold Coast’s tallest buildings" Archived 29 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 28 September 2015
4. Cranston, Matthew. (28 September 2015). "China's Forise Holdings gets approval for $1.2b Gold Coast apartment tower" Archived 29 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 September 2015
5. Tod, Quentin & Potts, Andrew. (23 July 2015). "88-storey tower to rise on former Iluka site as Gold Coast’s tallest building" Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 28 September 2015
6. Johnson, Shane. (28 September 2015). "City of Gold Coast grants approval for $1.2bn Surfers beachfront World Tower" Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Domain. Retrieved 28 September 2015

External links

• Spirit — on CTBUH Skyscraper Center

v t e Skyscrapers on the Gold Coast over 150 metres in height
Completed Over 250 m Q1 Tower (323 m, 2005) 200–249 m Soul Surfers Paradise (243 m, 2011) Circle on Cavill North Tower (220 m, 2007) 150–199 m Hilton Surfers Hotel & Residences Orchid Tower (194 m, 2011) The Oracle Beach Tower (165 m, 2010) Skyline North Tower (158 m, 2004) Circle on Cavill South Tower (158 m, 2006)		Gold Coast skyline in 2015.
Under construction Spirit (297 m, 2019) Sundale Apartments (180 m, 2016) Jewel Tower 1 (170 m, 2018)
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• Residential skyscrapers in Australia
• Proposed skyscrapers in Australia
• Surfers Paradise, Queensland
• Buildings and structures under construction in Australia