Karidis Corporation has lodged plans for a $130m, 18-storey apartment tower in Glenelg, South Australia, a development that would become the beachside suburb’s tallest building by six storeys.
The proposal for 15 Colley Tce outlines a 90m structure featuring 104 apartments, including five levels of serviced accommodation and six levels of retirement living, along with a ground-floor restaurant and 106 parking spaces across basement and lower levels.
Executive Peter Karidis said Glenelg had long accommodated height, pointing to the 12-storey Atlantic Tower Motor Inn built in the 1970s when “there was nothing higher than about three storeys.”
He argued the new proposal reflects modern urban needs. “Adelaide needs to mature and understand that height isn’t an issue,” he told The Advertiser.
“It’s in the context of design and good architecture. If something looks right and is appropriate in context, then that should be supported.”
Karidis said the design was refined with the state government’s Office for Design and Architecture SA, which deemed a taller, slender form more suitable than a shorter bulkier structure.
The retirement component would extend the nearby Karidis-owned Avista Glenelg village, while the serviced apartments would complement the group’s existing Durham Serviced Apartments.
The plan notes coastal and eastern views towards the Mount Lofty Ranges, and requires input from Adelaide Airport due to the building exceeding 44m in height. The ground floor would act as a semipublic space with a covered pedestrian link.
The site is currently a car park following the demolition of the former Colley Mews apartments last year.
Karidis said construction could begin in the second half of 2026 and finish by late 2028, pending approval from the State Planning Commission.
Public consultation remains open until December 19.
Source: The Advertiser.
