480 Queen Street

480 Queen Street

Construction of 480 Queen Street in July 2014
General information
Status Under construction
Type Office
Location Australia Brisbane, Australia
Address 480 Queen Street, Brisbane
Coordinates 27°27′52″S 153°01′51″E / 27.4644°S 153.0307°ECoordinates: 27°27′52″S 153°01′51″E / 27.4644°S 153.0307°E
Construction started est. early 2013
Opening Q4 2015
Cost A$300 million
Height 157 metres (515 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count 31, plus 2.5 levels of basement car parking
Floor area 27,000 m2 (290,626 sq ft)[2]
Design and construction
Architecture firm BVN Architecture & Donovan Hill
Developer Grocon
Other designers Cundall Johnston and Partners (ESD Consultant)

480 Queen Street is a premium grade office tower currently under construction in Brisbane, Australia and due for completion in Q4 2015. The 31 level building will be located at 480 Queen Street in the Brisbane central business district's golden triangle. The project is being developed and constructed by Grocon, in partnership with DEXUS Property Group.

A key design feature is a 1400 sqm park with river views on level four that will be open to all tenants and the public. As well as adding to the amenity for tenants, it makes a significant community contribution by preserving the river views from the St John’s Cathedral grounds. Other building features include 600 bike spaces and 45 showers to complement its proximity to the riverside bikeway, floor plates of up to 2800 sqm, about twice the size of other premium CBD towers, 1600 sqm of retail at ground, second and fourth levels will include high quality food and beverage outlets designed to enhance the broader precinct and a rooftop tree grove at level 31.

It is intended to be 6 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS rated. 480 Queen Street has achieved early leasing success with 80 per cent of the building’s 55,000sqm of office space leased to BHP Billiton, HWL Ebsworth, Herbert Smith Freehills, Allens, DLA Piper, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and The Executive Centre.

480 Queen Street is Grocon’s third Brisbane construction project and follows the Common Ground affordable housing project in Hope Street, South Brisbane and an office building for the Australian Tax Office in 55 Elizabeth Street completed in June this year.

History

The building was approved for development by the Brisbane City Council in September 2012.[3]

Building construction began in April 2013 and it is due for completion by early 2016.[4]

Tenants


See also

References

  1. ↑ Proposed: 480 Queen Street. SkyscraperCity. Retrieved on 27 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "480 Queen Street". WT Partnership. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Development Approval for 480 Queen Street, Brisbane". Grocon Pty Ltd. September 27, 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "BHP Billiton signs as anchor tenant at 480 Queen St". Grocon Pty Ltd. December 6, 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

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