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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 />
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