well known apartment blocks include sofitel gold coast, the wave, the oracle, beach haven, niecon plaza, hi-ho apartments, belle maison, bel air and air on broadbeach. while residential housing lots were selling successfully in the state government developed broadbeach township from 1934, and the area had good bitumen roads that were described as 'speedways' in newspaper reports, it wasn't until the construction of "lennon's broadbeach hotel" (now the site of the "oasis hotel and shopping centre") in 1955 - 1956 that development of the area as a holiday destination began to increase.