City Beach will get its first high-rise, with twin towers set to emerge from the derelict Ocean Village site, in the latest Blackburne apartment proposal.

Exclusive first-look images reveal a luxury development with 22-storey and 10-storey buildings, comprising 247 apartments with ocean and parkland views.

The proposed Kilpa Court complex includes eight food and beverage outlets and a half-line supermarket, mostly contained within a three-storey podium connecting the two residential towers.

Developer Paul Blackburne said it will help address the housing crisis and create new amenities, with 70 per cent of the ground level accessible to the public.

He said a unique aspect of the project was that the 12,800 sqm site was amid 40,000sqm of park and bushland.

“The great thing about this site is the adjacent park area,” he said.

“We want to encourage developments that have places which are designed so that mum and dad can socialise at a café while the children play nearby,” he said.

“This whole complex was inspired by that concept. We’ll include lots of open space and shops and restaurants – without any roads in between it and the park next door – so that there is somewhere safe for the children to play.”

The development will sink the two existing car parks, including more than 200 public car bays. Tree canopy will cover almost a third of the site, and all Tuart trees will be retained.

The proposed high rise is likely to draw some local opposition over its height, but Mr Blackburne said there were no height restrictions on the site, which the council had earmarked for 250 apartments.

“I think people are really starting to understand that taller slender buildings allow more tree coverage at ground level,” he said.

“You can build something short and ugly, or you can go higher with the same number of apartments, which opens up the site, preserves the trees and lets in much more daylight.”

It will likely launch in six months, with a price between $800,000 to $5 million.

The food and beverage outlets and the half-line supermarket will make the precinct a community hub rivalling the nearby Empire Village.

“This is the most exciting development we have done to date,” he said.

“It is the culmination of all the lessons learned from our other projects,” he said.