GURNER™ Appoints Icon Constructions to Gold Coast Mega Tower

19 November 2021

Multi-billion-dollar developer GURNER™ has appointed ICON Construction to build the first 68- level tower at its significant Gold Coast project La Pelago, with a build price estimated to be over $350million.

Once complete, the tower will bring together premium retail and hospitality offerings, an ultra-luxury international 200 room hotel, a health and wellness precinct, a private resort and club, and a sky bar at level 42, in addition to its 350+ apartments and its 200-room hotel.

There are also 90 residences across the penthouse collection, ranging from levels 43 to 68; the tallest of La Pelago’s four towers will reach 68 storeys, meaning it will become the fourth- largest tower on the Gold Coast.

There has been widespread interest in La Pelago since GURNER™ acquired the site earlier in 2021, with its formal launch expected in Q1 2022, followed by construction commencement in mid-2022. The build is estimated to take 40 months to complete.

The scheme which is still awaiting approval from council includes:
• 4 towers ranging from 29 to 57 levels and between 95 – 350 residences per building
• 200 hotel rooms
• Over 5,500sqm of retail, commercial, conferencing amenity, a day spa and business club
• A world-class retail precinct anchoring the ground plane
• 2,000sqm private health and wellness Club
• Over 12,000sqm of resident and hotel amenity across the four towers

Architecturally designed by Warren and Mahoney, ‘La Pelago’ centralises on a “private island” theme whereby each building is surrounded by over 9,000sqm of amenity, lush tropical landscaping and pool-side water retreats.

Tim Gurner said, “ We are very excited to have appointed ICON to lead the construction on such a major project for us and the Gold Coast, where we will be really pushing the boundaries of what is possible in luxury property.

“ We have now delivered eight projects with ICON, so we have tremendous confidence in the team’s ability to deliver a project of this scale and complexity.

“ This project is very important to our business, and we are looking forward to working closely with ICON to deliver a new level of amenity and luxury for Australia,” he said.

Icon Construction director (QLD, WA and NT) Luke Young said, ” We are extremely excited to be working with GURNER™ and our project partners on this major development for the Gold Coast.“ We look forward to continuing our strong relationship with GURNER™, our teams work well together to make bold visions a reality,” he said.