{"id":499722,"date":"2026-02-23T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499722\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:02:08","slug":"australias-new-tallest-building-is-set-to-be-trump-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499722\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s new tallest building is set to be Trump Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gold Coast skyline is set for a golden, piercing change, with plans unveiled for what developers reckon will become Australia\u2019s tallest building: a 91-storey Trump International Hotel &amp; Tower in Surfers Paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Altus Property Group, alongside The Trump Organization, has announced the Trump-branded development, the first official project for the US group in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>At about 335 metres, the tower would overtake the current height record held by Q1 on the Gold Coast, which stands at 322.5 metres to its architectural tip.<\/p>\n<p>The project will include a 285-room hotel carrying the Trump name, 272 residential apartments and a three-level podium featuring a private beach club. Developers say more than 3,400 square metres of commercial, retail and dining space will form part of the precinct, aimed at revitalising the central Surfers Paradise strip.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump, executive vice president of The Trump Organization, said the project marked the group\u2019s entry into the Australian market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump International Hotel &amp; Tower, Gold Coast is our first official project in Australia and reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering world-class luxury experiences in iconic locations around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altus founder and chief executive David Young said the tower would offer a product not yet seen locally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump International Hotel &amp; Tower, Gold Coast will be a truly unique offering in the Australian market, bringing the prestige and allure of a world-class luxury brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Tower Gold Coast comes at a time when the local luxury apartment market is testing new price ceilings, particularly in southeast Queensland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-tower-gold-coast-2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-tower-gold-coast-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scale of the project is significant. A 335-metre tower would not only reset the height benchmark nationally, it would reshape planning debates around density, shadowing and infrastructure along one of Australia\u2019s most tightly built beachfront corridors.<\/p>\n<p>Construction timelines and funding details have not been disclosed. The development will require approval from local and state authorities before work can begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gold Coast skyline is set for a golden, piercing change, with plans unveiled for what developers reckon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-499722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}