Towers of Chevron Renaissance
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The Towers of Chevron Renaissance are the three–tower residential resort
sits above the Chevron Village, a cosmopolitan retail, dining and entertainment complex just meters away from most famous patrolled beach in Surfers Paradise, city of Gold Coast
, Australia
. The $400 million project of Chevron Renaissance
combines Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
and Towers of Chevron Renaissance has been widely recognized as a major catalyst in revitalizing the heart of the Gold Coast
, and it has unique extensive lifestyle facilities, quality permanent and holiday accommodation and a wide range of shopping, dining and entertainment attractions.
Opened in October 2000, the Chevron Village has transformed the centre of Surfers Paradise with its elegant and welcoming village–style, cosmopolitan cafe
s, fashion boutique
s and a range of specialty stores along palm–fringed boulevards
and central piazza
. The architectural innovation in three towers of apartments features city living by the beaches in the sky. Facilities include private theatre, residents' club, health centre, gym facilities, indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The resort sits of three apartment towers are managed by Accor
hotel group.
Towers of Chevron Renaissance was the major part of the $400 million Chevron Renaissance
development by Raptis Group. The complex occupied the block of the land, which is stretched from the east, Gold Coast Highway
, to the west, Ferny Avenue, from the south, Circle on Cavill
, half way towards Cavill Avenue
, to the north, Elkhorn Avenue. The construction on the residential Towers of Chevron Renaissance was commenced in September 2001 and completed in December 2004. Gold Coast
city mayor
councilor Gary Maildon, Chairman and founder of the Raptis Group Jim Raptis and former Queensland
Premier
Peter Beattie
attended on site at the launch of Skyline
Central in The Towers of Chevron Renaissance in August 2003.
Cabaret
opened and this was something quite new to Australia – a spacious indoor beergarden where liquor, meals and coffee were available with entertainment and dancing.
In June 1958 the first accommodation wing opened at the new Chevron Hotel. This was followed in September by a second wing. In September 1960, work began on the construction of Chevron Hotel’s Main Block, which included a 24–lane bowling
alley underneath and a large, modern convention centre – the Corroboree Room. The Chevron was then as modern as any hotel in Australia and closer international standards than any resort hotel in the nation.
In 1987 most of the Chevron was demolished, leaving Surfers Paradise with a two hectare
hole in the middle of town for more than a decade due to the recession
and lack of the interest from property developers. In October 1999 Raptis Group unveiled plans for the $400 million Chevron Renaissance
development and announced work would begin immediately.
The management rights to The Towers of Chevron Renaissance were sold to listed company S8 Ltd in June 2002. From 1 December 2006, the world wide name of the hotel group Accor
took the management rights to all three towers.
The Towers of Chevron Renaissance has everything at the door steps, the Surfers Paradise beach
, restaurant
s, café
s and bar
s, sport activities, leisure and entertainments. The apartment has its own club lounge room for either private or business functions. The Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
includes a Coles supermarket
on the ground floor.
There is a two-acre
s garden
podium
with a lagoon
fringed in the artificial white sandy beach on the roof top of the fifth floor. Around the garden and lagoon
, sheltered colonnade
s, pavilion
s, palm trees and walking paths link to each apartment tower. A village-style bridge was built over the lagoon pool. The main hotel reception is located in the Skyline Central tower although Skyline and Skyline North towers have their own lobbies.
Resort
A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company....
sits above the Chevron Village, a cosmopolitan retail, dining and entertainment complex just meters away from most famous patrolled beach in Surfers Paradise, city of Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The $400 million project of Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance is a $400 million development in Queensland, Australia by Gold Coast veteran developer Raptis Group comprising both Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre and Towers of Chevron Renaissance...
combines Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
The Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre is located right in the heart of the Surfers Paradise shopping centre in the Chevron Renaissance development...
and Towers of Chevron Renaissance has been widely recognized as a major catalyst in revitalizing the heart of the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, and it has unique extensive lifestyle facilities, quality permanent and holiday accommodation and a wide range of shopping, dining and entertainment attractions.
Opened in October 2000, the Chevron Village has transformed the centre of Surfers Paradise with its elegant and welcoming village–style, cosmopolitan cafe
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
s, fashion boutique
Boutique
A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry. The word is French for "shop", via Latin from Greek ἀποθήκη , "storehouse"....
s and a range of specialty stores along palm–fringed boulevards
Boulevards
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and central piazza
Piazza
A piazza is a city square in Italy, Malta, along the Dalmatian coast and in surrounding regions. The term is roughly equivalent to the Spanish plaza...
. The architectural innovation in three towers of apartments features city living by the beaches in the sky. Facilities include private theatre, residents' club, health centre, gym facilities, indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The resort sits of three apartment towers are managed by Accor
Accor
Accor is Europe's leading hotel group , part of the CAC 40 index , and operates in over 90 countries. Headquartered in Courcouronnes, Essonne, France, near Évry, France, the group owns, operates and franchises 4,229 hotels ranging from economy to luxury on five continents .Previously, the group...
hotel group.
Towers of Chevron Renaissance was the major part of the $400 million Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance is a $400 million development in Queensland, Australia by Gold Coast veteran developer Raptis Group comprising both Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre and Towers of Chevron Renaissance...
development by Raptis Group. The complex occupied the block of the land, which is stretched from the east, Gold Coast Highway
Gold Coast Highway
The Gold Coast Highway in Queensland, Australia links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast. 33 km in length, the highway passes through popular tourist resorts such as Southport, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh Heads and Currumbin...
, to the west, Ferny Avenue, from the south, Circle on Cavill
Circle on Cavill
Circle on Cavill is a $551 million commercial development with two ultra-modern residential towers built by the Sunland Group and dramatically positioned in a key city block right in the heart of the Surfers Paradise CBD, neighbouring with Towers of Chevron Renaissance shopping mall and resort...
, half way towards Cavill Avenue
Cavill Avenue
Cavill Avenue is a street in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is in the heart of the Surfers Paradise shopping and entertainment district. Between the Surfers Paradise Beach and Orchid Avenue it is a pedestrian mall. It was named in honour of the founder of Surfers Paradise,...
, to the north, Elkhorn Avenue. The construction on the residential Towers of Chevron Renaissance was commenced in September 2001 and completed in December 2004. Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
city mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
councilor Gary Maildon, Chairman and founder of the Raptis Group Jim Raptis and former Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
Premier
Premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in some countries and states.-Examples by country:In many nations, "premier" is used interchangeably with "prime minister"...
Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...
attended on site at the launch of Skyline
Skyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
Central in The Towers of Chevron Renaissance in August 2003.
History
Chevron Renaissance is the most significant Gold Coast development since late 1950s. It is located at the site of Chevron Hotel, originally developed by Polish-born businessman Stanley Korman. The first part of the Chevron was a “temporary” public bar that opened in June 1957. In August 1957 the upstairs SkylineSkyline
A skyline is the overall or partial view of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as...
Cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
opened and this was something quite new to Australia – a spacious indoor beergarden where liquor, meals and coffee were available with entertainment and dancing.
In June 1958 the first accommodation wing opened at the new Chevron Hotel. This was followed in September by a second wing. In September 1960, work began on the construction of Chevron Hotel’s Main Block, which included a 24–lane bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
alley underneath and a large, modern convention centre – the Corroboree Room. The Chevron was then as modern as any hotel in Australia and closer international standards than any resort hotel in the nation.
In 1987 most of the Chevron was demolished, leaving Surfers Paradise with a two hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
hole in the middle of town for more than a decade due to the recession
Recession
In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way...
and lack of the interest from property developers. In October 1999 Raptis Group unveiled plans for the $400 million Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance
Chevron Renaissance is a $400 million development in Queensland, Australia by Gold Coast veteran developer Raptis Group comprising both Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre and Towers of Chevron Renaissance...
development and announced work would begin immediately.
The management rights to The Towers of Chevron Renaissance were sold to listed company S8 Ltd in June 2002. From 1 December 2006, the world wide name of the hotel group Accor
Accor
Accor is Europe's leading hotel group , part of the CAC 40 index , and operates in over 90 countries. Headquartered in Courcouronnes, Essonne, France, near Évry, France, the group owns, operates and franchises 4,229 hotels ranging from economy to luxury on five continents .Previously, the group...
took the management rights to all three towers.
Features
The Towers of Chevron Renaissance complex comprises three towers, Skyline (40 level, 183 units), Skyline North (50 level, 288 units) and Skyline Central (40 level, 240 units), totaled 711 apartments. A pre–assembled crown weighted 5.6 tonnes was placed on the roof of the Skyline tower in 2003. The decorative steel and aluminum crown measuring nine meters in diameter and six meters tall was lifted 120 meters high.The Towers of Chevron Renaissance has everything at the door steps, the Surfers Paradise beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
, restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
s, café
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
s and bar
Bar (establishment)
A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...
s, sport activities, leisure and entertainments. The apartment has its own club lounge room for either private or business functions. The Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre
The Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre is located right in the heart of the Surfers Paradise shopping centre in the Chevron Renaissance development...
includes a Coles supermarket
Coles Supermarkets
Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741 stores nationally Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. It has 741...
on the ground floor.
There is a two-acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
podium
Podium
A podium is a platform that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. It derives from the Greek πόδι In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podia can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many...
with a lagoon
Lagoon
A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier. The EU's habitat directive defines lagoons as "expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity or water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle,...
fringed in the artificial white sandy beach on the roof top of the fifth floor. Around the garden and lagoon
Lagoon
A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier. The EU's habitat directive defines lagoons as "expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity or water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle,...
, sheltered colonnade
Colonnade
In classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building....
s, pavilion
Pavilion (structure)
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
s, palm trees and walking paths link to each apartment tower. A village-style bridge was built over the lagoon pool. The main hotel reception is located in the Skyline Central tower although Skyline and Skyline North towers have their own lobbies.