Zone Q enters Australian residential market

Zone Q enters Australian residential marketThe tallest residential tower to be built in the City of South Perth in almost 45 years has received the go-ahead. The $70-million Pinnacle South Perth is due for completion in 2016.The Pinnacle South Perth tower marks Chinese residential developer Zone Q’s entry into the Australian market. Zone Q’s parent company is a privately owned group with a presence in South China’s residential market. The South Perth site is one of three sites in Western Australia that it has earmarked for development.Standing 20 storeys high, the HASSELL-designed Pinnacle South Perth will overlook Perth Zoo and comprise a mixture of one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as penthouses. It will include a $30 million seven-storey commercial tower incorporating a ground-level retail offering, an indoor/outdoor deck with heated waterfall edge pool, a barbecue terrace and chef’s kitchen and dining/function space.HASSELL principal Mike Rendell said his firm’s international experience played an important role in helping Chinese residential developer Zone Q navigate the Australian market.”We worked with Zone Q to understand its goals, drivers and aspirations for the project and developed a design response that was appropriate for the leafy suburb of South Perth,” said Rendell.”Successful mixed-use developments are often both complex and multidimensional, addressing a range of urban design, technical and qualitative design questions. The design for Pinnacle South Perth balances the complex and often competing needs of the residents and commercial tenants with those of the local community.”