Fortis Unveils Redesigned Luxury Apartments for New Farm’s Bowen Terrace
The Fortis New Farm project is getting bigger. Sydney-based developer Fortis has lodged revised plans to expand its luxury apartment development at 424 Bowen Terrace. According to planning documentation prepared by Urbis, the redesign would lift the residential yield across the two-stage precinct from 78 dwellings to 97 apartments.
The scheme follows the acquisition of two neighbouring parcels at 30 and 36 Langshaw Street. They add roughly 1000sq m to the 5727sq m former Ozcare site, taking the consolidated landholding to about 6700sq m. Urbis argues that the larger site allows a more co-ordinated outcome than would be possible if the lots were developed separately.
From Houses to Apartments
Stage one, known as Rosemont, remains largely as approved and will deliver a seven-storey building of 73 apartments. The reworked stage two would replace four previously approved standalone houses with a six-storey building of 24 apartments.
According to the planning documents,
DKO Architecture has designed the Fortis New Farm scheme to sit comfortably within the suburb’s subtropical context. The architecture is described as a modern take on traditional post-and-beam construction, expressed through slender portals with timber inlays that add warmth and texture.
Familiar subtropical devices have been reinterpreted within the built form, including sheltered verandas, bay windows and shading. The documents say the design complements the scale, materiality and rhythm of the surrounding homes. They also describe the scheme as replacing post-war dwellings with an “exemplar” low-medium-density product.
High-End Amenities and Community Space
The Fortis New Farm development would offer a mix of large-format two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, some with private rooftop terraces. At ground level, 686sq m of communal open space would provide high-end resident amenity.
That space includes a 20m swimming pool, hot and cold plunge pools, a gym, steam room, sauna, library and residents’ lounge. It connects directly with the ground-floor lobby, which is planned to include an office, mailroom and building manager’s station.
Three basement levels would provide 241 car spaces and 148 bicycle spaces. The applicant says the design aligns with the intent of the New Farm and Teneriffe Hill neighbourhood plan code, reflecting the suburb’s diverse and layered character.
Where the Fortis New Farm Project Stands
The revised stage two application is still before Brisbane City Council. In the meantime, Fortis has pressed ahead with stage one. Sales opened on 12 September, with two-bedroom apartments listed from $2.5 million and three-bedroom apartments from $3.775 million.
Market Context and Developer Ambitions
Fortis Queensland general manager Dan Boman has said the project was shaped by its setting. “New Farm is one of Brisbane’s most tightly held suburbs, and Rosemont has been designed to honour that,” he said. Fortis is pitching the project at owner-occupiers, including downsizers and buyers from the Gold and Sunshine coasts looking for a lock-up-and-leave lifestyle.
Demand at the top end of the suburb has been strong for some time. When Fortis first unveiled the project in mid-2025, REA Group data put New Farm’s median house price at $2,662,500. The median apartment price then was $932,500, up 15 per cent year on year.
Rosemont, the first stage of the Fortis New Farm precinct, was the group’s fourth development approval in Brisbane. It followed River House at Kangaroo Point, Crest & Walker in Newstead and Lynsford, a mixed-use project on Racecourse Road in Hamilton. The group has since filed plans for a 15-storey tower in Teneriffe and a five-storey project in Hamilton.
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