Surprise Move Reshapes The Calile Noosa

The Brisbane family behind The Calile Hotel is taking construction of its long-planned Noosa hotel in-house as the project moves from excavation to main works. Calile Malouf Investments director Cal Malouf told The Urban Developer early works at The Calile Noosa were nearing completion, with handover to Calco Constructions Pty Ltd due later this month. Calco was formed specifically for the Noosa project and will be headed by Daniel Cooper. “The decision to undertake the build ourselves with the associated increased risk was not taken lightly,” Malouf said. “It has however provided us with a greater degree of control to respond to price fluctuations and unforeseen circumstances during construction. “There is a much closer working relationship between the architect, the builder, and the developer which leads to a better overall result.” RCQ Projects has completed site clearing, sewer and stormwater relocation and redirection, and about 90 per cent of bulk excavation under an early works contract. ▲ A Richards and Spence rendering of The Calile Noosa, which has been described as the region's first five-star project in a decade. Planned for 3-7 Serenity Close, the 186-key hotel would rise on a 2.4ha hillside site about 1.5km from Noosa Main Beach. Sitting above Noosa Junction, away from the Hastings Street beachfront strip but close to the tourism core, The Calile Noosa would add what Tourism Noosa has described as the region’s first five-star hotel development in more than three decades. Building completion is scheduled for late 2028, and the hotel is expected to open early the next year. Since 2008, Serenity Close had carried resort rights before Calile Malouf Investments moved on the land in 2022 and later reshaped the approval into The Calile Noosa. Delete The Noosa Shire Council approved the hotel in October after a two-year design, consultation and assessment process. A current hotel room matrix shows 186 keys across five accommodation levels—95 king rooms, 55 twin rooms, 23 suites, five lofts, four villas and four accessible rooms. Designed by Richards and Spence, The Calile Noosa carries the same architectural name as the James Street hotel that put the Brisbane brand on the global design-hotel map. Brisbane’s The Calile opened in Fortitude Valley in October 2018 and became closely tied to James Street’s shift into a higher-value retail and dining precinct. ▲ A Richards and Spence rendering of resort accommodation planned for The Calile Noosa. World’s 50 Best Hotels later described it as a property that helped lift Brisbane’s design and dining credentials. It includes a 50m main pool, a separate quiet pool, wellness facilities, a day spa, thermal pools, restaurants, cafés, poolside dining, resort retail, and conference and event spaces. In 2023, it ranked No.12 in the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels list and was named Best Hotel in Oceania. ▲ A street-level rendering of The Calile Noosa planned for Serenity Close. The Noosa hotel moves the Calile brand from an inner-Brisbane retail and dining precinct to a coastal resort market where new high-end accommodation has been hard to deliver. The council approved the plans following design modifications to the hotel’s layout, landscaping and parking. Final plans pulled buildings back from environmental land, widened the landscaped buffer to Serenity Close, added more onsite parking and retained more existing vegetation. Main construction is due to begin after the late-May handover. ▲ A rendering of the retail and dining areas planned within The Calile Noosa.

Surprise Move Reshapes The Calile Noosa

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