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NEWS<br />

BROADWAY HOTEL<br />

AWAITS ITS RETURN<br />

TO THE LIMELIGHT<br />

Broadway Hotel circa 1909 photo credit State<br />

Library of Queensland (photo above).<br />

Plans for a $260 million, 27-storey residential tower<br />

incorporating development of the derelict Broadway<br />

Hotel in Woolloongabba and lodged with the Brisbane<br />

City Council last year are yet to get approval.<br />

However, the council has recently authorised<br />

emergency work to be carried out to secure the site<br />

and make it safe.<br />

THE PROPOSED 276-APARTMENT “BROADWAY”<br />

DEVELOPMENT WILL RISE FROM A THREE-LEVEL<br />

COMMERCIAL PODIUM SHROUDING A RESTORED<br />

VERSION OF THE OLD HOTEL.<br />

The heritage listed property was severely damaged by<br />

fire in 2010. Save for a few squatters, it’s been vacant<br />

ever since and ravaged by tagging and vandalism.<br />

Built in 1889, the three-storey masonry structure is<br />

a major local landmark with its decorative façade,<br />

octagonal turret tower and Dutch gables.<br />

The proposed 276-apartment “Broadway”<br />

development will rise from a three-level commercial<br />

podium shrouding a restored version of the old hotel.<br />

The podium would include 7,000 square metres of<br />

retail and commercial space.<br />

Photo: www.propertyobserver.com.au<br />

<strong>QHA</strong> REVIEW | 7

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