New Jobs In Paradise $600m Gold Coast Tower Resort provides 750 jobs Congratulations to Pellicano Group and Gold Coast City Council for achieving this great outcome. However, ADC believes that all development should be approved this quickly – not just major projects! If Council can do it for a project of this size, then they […]
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Merry Christmas from ADC!
Merry Christmas from ADC! From all of us at Arnold Development Consultants, we wish you and your families a joyful Christmas and a safe, happy, and prosperous New Year. May this festive season bring you happiness, relaxation, and special moments with those you cherish.
Queensland Property Values To Slide
Queensland Property Values To Slide Queensland Property Values to slide due to State Government Policy on Coastal Management! The QCP ignores economic impacts: Property rights are removed without compensation; Property values will be reduced (Ie. Property values will fall not only because of the mapped risk of inundation, but because the QCP removes fundamental land-use […]
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Bureaucracy Strangling New Business
Bureaucracy Strangling New Business Arnold Development Consultants agree completely with the sentiments expressed by the colmunist below and urge Council to act immediately to assist Gold Coast business and in turn the community. Drawn-out approvals strangling new business A WALK around some of the city’s once-bustling commercial and retail precincts delivers a stark reminder of […]
Support the Paradise Kids Angel Walk
Support the Paradise Kids Angel Walk www.facebook.com/Citywithaheart City with a heart is designed to encourage the people of the Gold Coast to support those less fortunate than themselves, and in so doing demonstrate to Australia and the rest of the world how big their heart is. The Paradise Kids Angel Walk Help Us Help Paradise […]
World Class Busway, A World Away For Logan
World Class Busway, A World Away For Logan By Matilda Butler Logan commuters have to wait, squashed in traffic day after day for fifteen years until they have the privilege of being connected to Brisbane City via the successful South East Busway. According to Queensland Transport, in 2001, plans for an extension of the South […]
Gold Coast – We’re More Than Just Talk
Gold Coast – We’re More Than Just Talk ADC agrees that the Gold Coast needs to be positive and talk itself up as much as possible. The Gold Coast has so much to offer with its Surf, Sun, Sand, Water and Green behind the Gold. This is why it was the fastest growing City in […]
Introducing The Pocket Zoner
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Gold Coast Mayor – Head in the Sand?
Gold Coast Mayor – Head in the Sand? The City of the Gold Coast needs an immediate building boost, red tape reduction and a “we are open for business” mentality from its Council (refer to No More Red Tape, Closed for Business? & Stimulus needed for Gold Coast). From the Mayor’s comments (see below) it […]
Quarterly Report Points To Painfully Slow Recovery
Quarterly Report Points To Painfully Slow Recovery Upon analysis of the UDIA’s quarterly report, ADC reiterates the necessity for urgent local and state government action to enable a recovery within the construction and development sectors. Quarterly Report Points to Painfully Slow Recovery A further 7,357 full –time construction jobs were lost in the August quarter, […]
Smart Governance – Not More Red tape!
Smart Governance – Not More Red tape! ADC reaffirm our plea for improved efficiencies in State Planning Processes and best practice for Local Government. We also reiterate that now is not the time to introduce a State Planning Policy for Coastal Management (refer to our previous article on the QLD Coastal Plan) which could potentially stifle development and […]

