31 towers are approved, under construction, or selling off the plan. What is coming out of the ground changes what your view is worth and what your building competes with. The biggest of them, One Park Lane in Southport, is approved at 101 storeys and 393 metres, which would make it the tallest building in Australia.
Coverage note. This list is thin on purpose. The authoritative source is Gold Coast City Council PD Online, the council development application register. That is per-council rather than a single state API, so it needs a proper scrape and a weekly refresh before this page is worth publishing. Right now it holds only what OpenStreetMap has tagged as under construction, which is mostly estates and roads.
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
The Majesty Tower 1
Approved108 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.358 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
One Park Lane Tower 1
Approved101 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.393 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Cypress Palms Tower 1
Under construction90 storeys
Under construction.305.2 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Iconica North Tower
Under construction80 storeys
Under construction.264.7 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Cypress Palms Tower 2
Under construction76 storeys
Under construction.261.6 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Imperial Tower 2
Approved68 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.216 m
BroadbeachBuilding
Victoria and Albert The Victoria
Under construction64 storeys
Under construction.218 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
One Park Lane Tower 2
Approved60 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.228 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Iconica South Tower
Under construction53 storeys
Under construction.180.5 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
The Landmark Tower 4
Approved53 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.176 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Assana
Approved52 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.176 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
MRCB International
Approved51 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.173 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
The Rochester
Under construction43 storeys
Under construction.150.8 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Paradiso Place Tower 3
Approved42 storeys
Approved, not yet under construction.157 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Chevron One
Under construction41 storeys
Under construction.134.2 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Affinity
Under construction40 storeys
Under construction.130.9 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Coast (43-49 Garfield)
Under construction40 storeys
Under construction.139.1 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Royale Gold Coast
Under construction40 storeys
Under construction.136 m
BroadbeachBuilding
Victoria and Albert The Albert
Under construction40 storeys
Under construction.143.5 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Madeline
Under construction38 storeys
Under construction.118.4 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Peerless
Under construction36 storeys
Under construction.124 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Crest Calypso Tower
Under construction35 storeys
Under construction.111.2 m
SouthportBuilding
Marine Quarter Tower 2
Under construction35 storeys
Under construction.111.5 m
BroadbeachBuilding
Amaya
Under construction34 storeys
Under construction.112.2 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Lily
Under construction33 storeys
Under construction.107.8 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Drift Residences
Under construction32 storeys
Under construction.107.8 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
Lagoon Tower 2
Under construction31 storeys
Under construction.100 m
Surfers ParadiseBuilding
The Landmark Tower 2
Under construction30 storeys
Under construction.101.2 m
Gold CoastBuilding
Sandbar
Under construction
Tagged as under construction in OpenStreetMap, details unverified.
Application number, lodgement date and current status from the council register.
Storeys, apartment count and the developer behind it.
Expected completion, and whether it is selling off the plan yet.
Which existing buildings lose a view or a setback because of it.
That last one is the reason to build this page at all. Nobody publishes it, and it is the first thing an owner in the next tower over wants to know.
Planned source. Gold Coast City Council PD Online development application register, refreshed weekly. Current source: OpenStreetMap construction tags plus manual entries.