Capella Residences Brisbane

Shafston House was built in stages between 1851 and 1904, a Victorian Gothic Revival villa that entered the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005 and is probably the third-oldest house in metropolitan Brisbane. Capella describes an estate of more than 174 years and the restoration of the villa as the centrepiece of the property. No Capella hotel is planned on the site; the restored house becomes a private residents' club instead. The riverfront site runs to 10,070 sqm, one hectare of Brisbane River frontage, with more than 5,000 sqm of resident amenity. Two River Homes are planned along the embankment, separate from the apartments in the tower.

Approval is the part of this property a buyer should understand before anything else. Brisbane City Council approved a 15-storey building of 37 three- and four-bedroom apartments in March 2023, designed by Rothelowman for the site's previous owner, Burgundy Group. Verso lodged a revised and taller property on 18 November 2024 (25 levels, about 90 metres) and that application is still with council. The 25-storey tower being marketed today is therefore a proposal, and the building that carries a development approval is the shorter one.

Unit counts follow from that. The lodged application describes 48 apartments, 46 of them three-bedroom and two four-bedroom, plus the two river homes; the density increase sought takes the count to around 50 or 51, up from the approved 37. Capella itself names no figure. The mix is three- and four-bedroom apartments plus two river homes. Floor plans and sizes for individual residences are to be confirmed.

Pricing starts from A$8 million for a three-bedroom apartment. Capella itself discloses no prices and the project is otherwise quoted on request, so read A$8 million as the entry point and expect a real number for a specific home to are to be confirmed, which we approach on a client's behalf.

Amenity is the most fully described part of the property: six swimming pools, three of them open to all residents, a private marina of six berths, a porte cochère, private basement garage parking for 105 cars and the Capella Living Room, the group's concierge-led communal space, with a wellness sanctuary of magnesium pools, hot and cold plunges, experience showers, a fully equipped gym and private treatment rooms. Capella Residences Brisbane suits a buyer who wants to be early into what Capella calls Brisbane's first branded residences, on the Kangaroo Point riverfront, and who is comfortable committing years ahead of a 2029 target while the revised approval is still outstanding. Tenure, the service charge, a floor plan and a confirmed unit count all are to be confirmed, and we put those questions to it directly on a client's behalf.