Palazzo Versace Australia

Palazzo Versace
General information
Location 94 Seaworld Drive, Main Beach, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°58′01″S 153°25′33″E / 27.966991°S 153.425939°E / -27.966991; 153.425939Coordinates: 27°58′01″S 153°25′33″E / 27.966991°S 153.425939°E / -27.966991; 153.425939
Opened 2000
Owner Nanbai Australia PTY LTD
Technical details
Floor count 5
Design and construction
Architect DBI Design
Developer Sunland Group Ltd
Other information
Number of rooms 200
Number of restaurants 3
Number of bars 2
Parking 300+
Website

www.palazzoversace.com

www.versace.com

Palazzo Versace is a luxury 5 star hotel located by the Southport Broadwater, and Marina Mirage shopping centre at Southport Spit on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The hotel was constructed by the Sunland group on the site of the former Fisherman's Wharf complex, at a reported cost in excess of $200 million. Opened on September 15, 2000, the hotel features 200 rooms, 72 privately owned apartments, 600 seater ballroom, bars, restaurants and Versace retail store. The design and furnishing of the hotel was overseen by Versace in Milan, Italy, and the design and architecture were intended to be a homage to the styles of the French Riviera. The building itself was created by Gold Coast architect Desmond Brook of DBI Design.

History

Soheil Abedian of the Sunland Group visited the House of Versace in 1997 to propose the idea of a Versace branded hotel. He claims Palazzo Versace Gold Coast to be the first fashion-branded hotel. On his reasons for approaching Versace, Abedian says "Gianni Versace was a lover of architecture in the first place, a person who used in his fashion all the elements of the Baroque style. ... Also, Versace was the only fashion house at the time that had a home collection and everything that a hotel needed from the porcelain to cutlery, pillows to fabric."[1] The main building was designed in Postmodern architecture style in a broad interpretation of Neoclassical architecture.

In 2005, Emirates International Holdings acquired 50% of Palazzo Versace Gold Coast at the same time entering into a joint venture to develop a chain of hotels including a similar hotel in Dubai. In 2006 Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum died here. In September 2012 a conditional contract was entered into to sell the hotel complex to a Chinese consortium for A$68.5 million, with settlement expected 30 November.[2]

Hotel and condominiums

Panoramic view of the resort.
Palazzo Versace Lobby

Palazzo Versace has 200 hotel rooms and suites and seventy-two neighbouring condominiums, and four restaurants.[3][4] Palazzo Versace also has its own private 90 berth marina, and underground carpark.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sunland's new horizons for Gold Coast". Phil Bartsch. Courier Mail. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gold Coast's Palazzo Versace sold to Chinese for $68.5 million". Marissa Calligeros. Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gold Coast Bulletin". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. ↑ Atfield, Cameron (2015-03-04). "Geoffrey Edelsten's former Gold Coast Palazzo Versace penthouse up for sale". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. ↑ "Palazzo Versace Marina". Gold Coast Marinas / Berthing. Business Gold Coast. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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