Located at 176 Breakfast Creek Rd, Solais Residences will comprise 164 two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses overlooking heritage-listed Newstead House and Newstead Park, with views across the Brisbane River.
Designed to capitalise on the site’s northeast orientation and protected outlooks, the residences will feature living spaces with views across Newstead Park, dual reaches of the river and towards the Brisbane CBD, with apartments priced from $1.698m.
The development is scheduled for completion between October and December 2028.
Founder and managing director Tom Dooley identified the site after an extensive search for a blue-chip location capable of meeting the company’s strict criteria for position, outlook and long-term appeal.
“I had been searching for a site of this calibre in Newstead since completing our Argyle development on the river in Maxwell St, New Farm,” he said.
“When this site became available, I knew immediately that it had the qualities we look for.
“It offers the combination of connectivity to the city, protected parkland and river views, walking distance to shopping and dining precincts, while being positioned outside the higher-density Gasworks district in Newstead.
“The northeast orientation and outlook were particularly important. Solais will overlook heritage-listed Newstead House and Newstead Park, with views reaching across the Brisbane River in both directions that are protected from future development.
“Sites with those characteristics are extremely difficult to find, which is why we undertake extensive due diligence and are prepared to wait for the right opportunity.
“Brisbane continues to benefit from population growth, major infrastructure investment, expanding employment opportunities and constrained housing supply, while the investment and transformation underway in the lead-up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will continue to strengthen the city’s appeal.”
Designed by Plazibat Architects, floorplans feature two-bedrooms, two-bedrooms plus multipurpose room, three-bedrooms, and three-bedrooms plus multipurpose room apartments, together with a collection of penthouses.
Solais Residences will feature more than 3000sq m of resident amenities, including a full-floor residents’ retreat on level five bringing together wellness, leisure, recreation and work-from-home facilities, and a rooftop retreat offering additional wellness, dining and entertaining spaces.
Solais Residences is presented to the market by luxury apartment marketing specialist Total Property Group.
Managing director Adrian Parsons said the commencement of construction was an important milestone at a time when demand for high-quality apartments in Brisbane’s established inner-city locations remained strong.
“We are continuing to see strong demand for larger, well-designed premium apartments in established Brisbane locations where buyers recognise long-term value in the position and quality of the development,” he said.
“That demand is coming from owner-occupiers seeking larger apartments as long-term homes, downsizers wanting to transition from established houses without compromising on space, amenity or location, and investors seeking quality property in tightly held inner-Brisbane precincts.
“At the same time, the supply of new premium apartments on genuinely blue-chip inner-city sites remains constrained, particularly large sites with protected parkland and river outlooks.
“Buyers at the premium end of the market are increasingly discerning.
“They are looking closely at location, apartment size and design, amenity, the experience of the developer and builder and, importantly, certainty around delivery.
“With construction underway, Solais Residences provides that certainty while offering attributes that are increasingly difficult to replicate, a substantial Newstead site, protected park and river views, larger residences and extensive amenity.”
As featured in the Courier Mail, Developing Queensland editorial, 19 September 2026, by Stephen Nadin.
