Bowden’s $120m 10-storey Flowe tower breaks ground

Construction has started on Flowe Bowden, a $120m 10-level apartment building made from locally sourced mass timber. Source: Otello. Construction on the $120m Flowe Bowden building has kicked off, with more than a quarter of its apartments already secured. The 10-storey tower at 18-26 Gibson St will have 115 apartments – more than a quarter of which have already been secured since they launched to market earlier this year – and be built with locally sourced mass timber. Developed by Otello and designed by Fieldwork, the building will include one, two and three-bedroom apartments. It will be anchored by Otello Group’s premium fitness and wellness club Level Eleven and be fully electric with on-site solar and EV charging. More than a quarter of its 115 apartments have already been secured since they were launched to market earlier this year. Source: Otello. It is tucked behind Bowden’s Plant 4. Source: Otello. Jaytex Construction will build the tower, which will combine a double basement and multi-level concrete podium with the apartments built using a cross-laminated timber (CLT) superstructure supplied by NeXTimber. Using CLT reduces the amount of concrete typically required and lo...