New 18-Storey Tower Proposed for Maud Street in Newstead
A development application has been lodged for an 18-storey residential tower at 17 to 21 Maud Street, Newstead. The proposal replaces three low-scale lots with a slender tower containing 64 apartments. Designed by Bureau Proberts for Newstead Maud Pty Ltd, the building rises to RL 70.4 and features a vaulted, heavily planted facade.
The project brings together three adjoining lots at 17, 19 and 21 Maud Street. This combined site covers 1,518 square metres. The tower stacks a single-storey podium, 17 residential levels and three basement parking levels.
Family-Oriented Apartments and Rooftop Amenities
The apartments are large and family-oriented, weighted towards three-bedroom homes. The mix includes 15 two-bedroom units, 45 three-bedroom units and four four-bedroom penthouses crowning the tower.
Residents would share around 287 square metres of communal open space and a landscaped rooftop with a pool terrace. This terrace looks out over Newstead toward the water.
A planning report prepared by Therefor Group says the scheme responds to Brisbane’s Inner City Strategy. The report notes that Newstead is identified as an inner city sustainable growth precinct.
Design and Sustainability Features
Bureau Proberts describes the building as a contemporary subtropical structure. It reinterprets the arches, colonnades and layered facades of Newstead’s industrial heritage through a series of vaulted motifs.
Recessed glazing and generous balconies create a layered envelope for shade, weather protection and natural ventilation. Vertical greenery, cascading planter boxes and elevated gardens are woven through the architecture.
Sustainability sits at the centre of the scheme. The design includes roughly 152 square metres of deep planting and vertical gardens for urban cooling.
Parking and Flood Immunity
Parking is provided across the ground level and three basements. The scheme offers 140 secured resident spaces and four visitor spaces, alongside 70 bicycle spaces.
The residential parking sits about 50 spaces above Council’s maximum City Core provision. The applicant argues this is needed to keep the larger apartments viable in the market.
The podium is deliberately raised above street level for flood immunity. This is a response to the site’s low-lying position near Breakfast Creek.
Height Context and Neighbourhood Change
At 18 storeys, the tower is more than double the 8 storeys nominated as the acceptable height for the site under the Newstead North Neighbourhood Plan. The applicant points to taller approvals nearby to make its case.
Approvals range from 15 storeys at 18 Maud Street to 28 to 31 storeys at 75 Longland Street. The applicant argues the proposal sits comfortably within Newstead’s fast-rising skyline.
Newstead is rapidly transforming into one of the most densely populated urban precincts of Brisbane’s booming inner north. A growing pipeline of tower proposals is reshaping the suburb’s character.
