Emergency work will be done at the fire-damaged Broadway Hotel, which has been left vacant and deteriorating for seven years.

Majella Property Developments has yet-to-be-approved plans to build a $260 million, 27-storey residential tower along with commercial tenancies on the Woolloongabba site.

In 2017 the Brisbane City Council issued a graffiti removal notice. In January, 2018, the hotel had graffiti on it.

The plans, which had been discussed with Brisbane City Council since January 2015 before being lodged in March, also outlined intentions to retain part of the existing hotel and include a bar.

Although the proposal was yet to get council approval, permission has been given for emergency work, including securing the site and making it safe.