Town planners say the Gold Coast is set to expect more high-rise buildings in the near future as the population expands and demand for high density living increases.
With the Gold Coast area expected to reach one million by 2040 and the supply of land dedicated to urban sprawl declining, urban planners say the solution is medium to high density developments.
President of ACE Community Alliance John Hicks says though the developments are inevitable,
"the cumulative effect of this over-dense, over-scaled development, is leading us down a path of an unattractive concrete canyon"