$300 million Parkwood Village Golf and Surf Resort with apartments given green light
The Gold Coast City Council has approved plans for a $300 million 'Integrated Surf Park Village' at The Club at Parkwood Village.
The Parkwood Village Golf and Surf Resort introduces a four-hectare dual-zone Endless Wave surfing lagoon as the centrepiece—the city's first wave park.
Dubbed Endless Surf Wave Lagoon, the wave pool will offer customisable wave configurations to cater to different surfer preferences and abilities.
The project will be categorised into six precincts spread across sixteen new and modified main buildings, which consist of eight residential apartments and short-term accommodation buildings, 12 no. resort villas, a pavilion and brewhouse, retail and commercial tenancies, a 120-person childcare centre, a maintenance building, a golf pro shop and a wedding chapel.
Designed by BDA Architecture, the vision for the resort is to create a defined architectural character that reflects the Gold Coast 'Palm Springs' architectural language and contemporary commercial architecture.
“The Residential & Serviced Apartments, Central, Pavilion & Brewhouse, Resort Villas, Commercial Buildings, and its podium base have been considered as a three-dimensional form in the urban context of the Parkwood Precinct,” BDA said in their design brief.
“The simple curved podium base with its horizontal lines and openness allows cascading landscapes to spill over the podium edge, softening its appearance whilst allowing for flooding.
“The curved plan form of the development is aligned and reflects the site’s shape and existing spatial geometry of the site context.”
Anticipated as a new attraction for locals and tourists, the large 'endless surf' wave pool will sit alongside an 18-hole golf course on site.
The $10 million transformation of the Parkwood Golf Course is a pivotal aspect of the development, promising a PGA tour-level golf course to enhance the overall golfer experience within a scenic landscape.
A mini-golf, ten-pin bowling, and Top Golf Swing Suites add more entertainment options to the development, while diverse dining options, from casual dining to beach club and beachfront fine dining, complete the hospitality precinct at Parkwood Village. A European-style beach club is on the beach's northern end, and a family beach precinct is at the southern end.
The resort will also feature a mix of hotel accommodations private residences, and host a retirement community in collaboration with Living Choice.
The Surf HQ building, positioned between the apartment buildings and located centrally fronting the Endless Surf Wave Lagoon, is a focal point associated with the wave pool. It will house ancillary retail, café spaces, and office areas primarily for wave pool staff.
A new mixed-use precinct will also extend existing commercial tenancies at The Club at Parkwood Village and introduce new retail and commercial spaces surrounding the surf lagoon.
Spearheaded by the Gold Coast Titans, the health, sports, and recreation precinct will include a high-performance recovery centre, altitude training facilities, and state-of-the-art medical spaces accessible to the public.
Adding an Active Hub reinforces Parkwood Village as a wellness hub, offering world-class facilities for recovery, training, medical services, and overall health and well-being.