Sydney rejects new hotel tower

The Independent Planning Commission in Sydney has rejected a hotel tower project Star Entertainment Group had submitted recently.

Australia.- Star Entertainment Group was planning a major development in Australia, but that won’t happen. The Sydney hotel and apartment tower has died before being born after the authorities rejected the proposal.

The Independent Planning Commission refused Star Entertainment Group’s request for permission to build the development.

The Sydney hotel tower would take over a demolished part of its existing complex. It would’ve been 237-metre tall, consisting of a six-star Ritz-Carlton hotel with 220 rooms. Moreover, 204 residential apartments, a basement car park and a neighbourhood centre.

According to the Department of Planning, the Sydney hotel tower proposal is  “inconsistent with current strategic planning for the site. (Furthermore, it) locality fails to promote the orderly use and development of land.”

Gold Coast struggle

A potential Gold Coast casino seems to be something Star Entertainment Group is emphatically against. That’s why the company wants to convince the government to abandon such plans with a development master plan.

The company would invest over €60 million in revamping the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. It is located on state-owned land, but the company would operate it.

The company is also awaiting for the approval on the proposed 237-metre tower for its casino complex. It would host a hotel operated by the Ritz-Carlton but has faced opposition.

“The Star’s position has always been to support investment in tourism assets on the Gold Coast. However, the Gold Coast market is too small for two casinos,” Star Entertainment chairman John O’Neill said.