{"id":58959,"date":"2026-07-27T01:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/58959\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:56:13","slug":"bottega-house-greenlit-for-270m-highrise-in-brisbanes-st-lucia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/58959\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottega House Greenlit for $270m Highrise in Brisbane\u2019s St Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boutique developer Bottega House\u2019s first residential development in the Queensland capital has been waved ahead.<\/p>\n

The $270-million luxury apartment project has been approved by yhe Brisbane City Council to rise on the banks of the Brisbane River at St Lucia, about 7km south-west of the city centre.<\/p>\n

The 15-storey tower at 178\u2013180 Macquarie Street will comprise 46 apartments and is expected to complete mid-2029.<\/p>\n

Bottega House acquired the 1513sq m riverfront site for almost $20.5 million in July after putting its foot on two adjoining properties.<\/p>\n

It is the Queensland-based developer\u2019s second project.<\/p>\n

The approval follows the completion of the developer’s inaugural project at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, a 22-storey luxury apartment tower, in May of this year.<\/p>\n

Selling agents Keenan & Byrne expect prices to exceed $25,000 per square metre, with the project\u2019s 34 three-bedroom apartments anticipated to achieve more than $5 million each. The remaining 12 apartments will comprise two-bedroom residences.<\/p>\n

According to PropTrack, the median price for a three-bedroom apartment in St Lucia is $1.22 million, below comparable riverfront suburbs such as Indooroopilly and Toowong.<\/p>\n

Bottega House said the project had been designed to appeal to owner-occupiers, particularly residents looking to downsize from detached homes while remaining in the suburb.<\/p>\n

The development, about 7km from the Brisbane CBD, will include 113 resident and visitor car parks, three wellness spaces, a heated mineral pool and a cold plunge.<\/p>\n

\"A\u25b2 A rendering of the St Lucia tower from the planning application filed by Bottega House for the 15-storey project.<\/p>\n

Bottega House was formed in 2019 and is led by investment banker Louis Mennes, urban developer Nick Malloch, and former Macquarie infrastructure executive Craig Marsh.<\/p>\n

Malloch said the riverfront location had shaped the project\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith an expansive river frontage and lush green surrounds, we knew we had to create something special that reflected the natural beauty of the location,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Malloch said St Lucia\u2019s established character and large traditional homes had created demand for premium apartments that allowed long-term residents to remain in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people who grew up in St Lucia and moved to the western suburbs are now looking to come back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Architecture firm Plus Architecture designed the project, while Mim Design was responsible for the interiors. The build partner is Form+.<\/p>\n

To support construction, Bottega House has leased a neighbouring former kindergarten site for use as a temporary construction compound and worker facilities.<\/p>\n

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\u25b2 The St Lucia tower approved to rise on an amalgamated block was designed by Plus Architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boutique developer Bottega House\u2019s first residential development in the Queensland capital has been waved ahead. The $270-million luxury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5460,99,2974,857,7902,212,3035,2975],"class_list":["post-58959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-apartments","tag-brisbane","tag-inner-brisbane","tag-planning-approvals","tag-project-update","tag-queensland","tag-real-estate","tag-residential"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}