Palumbo Group to redevelop Kent Town pub into new apartment development
After laying vacant for over a decade, construction is set to begin on a major residential and mixed-use development at the heritage-listed former Royal Hotel in Kent Town.
The Royal Apartments development by South Australian developer Palumbo Group will deliver 211 new dwellings across two residential towers while preserving and restoring the iconic State Heritage-listed building at 2-8 North Terrace.
Royal Apartments will consist of a 15-level Hills Tower and a 16-level City Tower on the doorstep of the Adelaide Park Lands.
The heritage Royal Hotel building, added to the State Heritage Register in 1986, will be retained and adaptively reused as part of the development.
The development will also include ground-level retail, communal open space including a swimming pool, bicycle parking, and 235 on-site car parks.
Providing housing for key workers is central to this development, with 20 percent of dwellings set aside for doctors, nurses, police officers and other essential workers at a 25 percent reduction of rental costs.
The project is being delivered by South Australian family-owned developer the Palumbo Group, who have over seen several high-quality residential and commercial developments across Adelaide.
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