Brisbane Skytower

Brisbane Skytower
Brisbane Skytower
	Brisbane Skytower in July 2020
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Location	222 Margaret Street, Brisbane, Australia
Coordinates	27°28′18.16″S 153°01′43″E / 27.4717111°S 153.02861°E
Construction started	2012
Completed	2019
Height
Roof	269.6 m (885 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	90
Grounds	5,600 square metres (60,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Noel Robinson Architects / Nettletontribe
Developer	Billbergia Group and AMP Capital
Structural engineer	ADG Engineers & Bonnacci Group
Civil engineer	Inertia
Quantity surveyor	GRC Quantity Surveyors
Main contractor	Hutchinson Builders
Website
	brisbaneskytower.songproperties.com.au

Brisbane Skytower is a 269.6-metre (885 ft) skyscraper at 222 Margaret Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The 90-storey residential tower is Brisbane's tallest building, and the sixth tallest building in Australia.^[3] It is also the largest residential building in the southern hemisphere.^[4]

Brisbane Skytower is one of two buildings in the 111+222 development; the other being a 42-storey, five-star Westin hotel at 111 Mary Street which was sold in September 2015 to the Felicity Hotel Group and now known as Mary Lane.^[5]

The residential tower includes 1,138 one, two and three-bedroom apartments as well as sub-penthouse and penthouse apartments. A recreation deck, on the 90th floor, features Australia's highest infinity-edge swimming pool.^[6] An eight-level basement car park is included in the project, containing a total of 980 spaces.^[7]

The project was developed by Billbergia and AMP Capital with US funds giant Invesco providing debt funding.

History

Two skyscrapers proposed for the site by the Billbergia Group and AMP Capital with heights of 270 and 131 metres (886 and 430 ft), were approved by Brisbane City Council in October 2014.

Hutchinson Builders were appointed to construct the project in early 2016.^[8]^[9]

In 2017, residents were permitted to begin moving in, before the rest of the building was completed.^[1]

Design and location

The building is located in the south of the central business district close to the City Botanic Gardens. The site was the location for the cancelled Vision Brisbane project.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Brisbane Skytower". www.hutchinsonbuilders.com.au. Hutchinson Builders. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Key Project (Technical)". Billbergia. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ Brisbane Skytower – The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ Brisbane Skytower. Brisbane: 9 News. 5 June 2018. Event occurs at 1:02. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ "Business News From Australia & World | afr.com". www.afr.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
^ "New Brisbane residential tower to become city's tallest". news.com.au. News Limited. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ Tony Moore (8 November 2011). "'Bon-Bon' tower to hit 274 metres". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^ Rosanne Barrett (22 October 2014). "Skytower just part of hole story". The Australian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Brisbane's tallest tower on its way". Editorial Desk AAU. Architecture Media Pty Ltd. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.