Chevron Renaissance

Chevron Renaissance
(Shopping Mall & Apartment Complex)
Chevron Renaissance Development
General information
Type	Retail, Commercial & Residential
Address	3240 Surfers Paradise Blvd Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast Queensland 4217
Coordinates	27°59′56.2812″S 153°25′42.9960″E / 27.998967000°S 153.428610000°E / -27.998967000; 153.428610000
Completed	In stages from 2000 through to March 2005
Owner	Precision Group
Design and construction
Developer	Raptis Group

3240 Surfers Paradise Blvd Surfers Paradise,

Chevron Renaissance is a $400 million development on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia comprising both Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre and Towers of Chevron Renaissance (Mantra Towers of Chevron) apartments. Chevron Renaissance is on the site of the old Chevron Hotel in Surfers Paradise.

The Chevron Renaissance commercial development occupies the block of land extending from the Gold Coast Highway in the east to Ferny Avenue in the west and from Circle on Cavill in the south halfway towards Cavill Avenue and Elkhorn Avenue in the north. Construction of the complex commenced in November 1999, was completed in December 2004 and opened in March 2005 by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.

Chevron Renaissance is the most significant Gold Coast development since the late 1950s. The first part of the Chevron was a "temporary" public bar that opened in June 1957. In August 1957 the upstairs Skyline Cabaret opened and this was something quite new to Australia – a spacious indoor beer garden where liquor, meals and coffee were available with entertainment and dancing.

In June 1958 the first accommodation wing opened at the new Chevron Hotel. This was followed in September by a second wing. In September 1960, work began on the construction of the Chevron Hotel’s Main Block, which included a 24–lane bowling alley underneath and a large, modern convention centre – the Corroboree Room. The Chevron was then as modern as any hotel in Australia and closer to international standards than any resort hotel in the nation.

In 1987 most of the Chevron was demolished, leaving Surfers Paradise with a two-hectare hole in the middle of town for more than a decade due to the recession and lack of interest from property developers. In October 1999 Raptis Group unveiled plans for the $400 million Chevron Renaissance development and announced work would begin immediately.