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Brisbane Skytower

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Brisbane Skytower
Brisbane Skytower in July 2020
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
Location222 Margaret Street, Brisbane, Australia
Coordinates27°28′18.16″S 153°01′43″E / 27.4717111°S 153.02861°E / -27.4717111; 153.02861
Construction started
2015[1]
Completed
2019[1]
Height
Roof274.3 m (900 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count90
Floor area147,000 square metres (1,580,000 ft2)[2]
Design and construction
ArchitectNoel Robinson Architects / Nettletontribe[2]
DeveloperBillbergia Group and AMP Capital
Structural engineer
ADG Engineers & Bonnacci Group[2]
Civil engineerInertia[2]
Quantity surveyorGRC Quantity Surveyors[2]
Main contractorHutchinson Builders
Website
brisbaneskytower.songproperties.com.au

Brisbane Skytower is a 274.3-metre (900 ft) skyscraper at 222 Margaret Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The 90-storey residential tower was the third-tallest building in Australia at the time of its completion, and is currently the tallest building in Brisbane, the tallest building in Queensland to roof and the fifth-tallest building in Australia.[1] It is also the first skyscraper in Australia to be built on an equilateral triangle footprint[3], the first building in the world to be built with a height-adjustable tower crane[4][5] and the largest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere, with a gross floor area of 147,000 square metres.[2][6]

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.[7]

The residential tower includes 1,141 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.[8] An eight-level basement car park is included in the project, containing a total of 980 spaces.[9]

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

History

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Two buildings proposed for the site by the Billbergia Group and AMP Capital with heights of 274.3 and 131 metres (900 and 430 ft), were approved by Brisbane City Council in October 2014.

Hutchinson Builders were appointed to construct the project in 2015.[10]

In 2017, residents were permitted to begin moving in, before the rest of the building was completed.[2]

Design and location

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

The structure is designed around an equilateral triangle.[11] It features double-glazed, full height windows and a podium on level Three.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Brisbane Skytower - The Australian National Construction Review" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Brisbane Skytower - Hutchinson Builders".
  3. ↑ "Brisbane says hello to its tallest building". Brisbane Development. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "The first ever height adjustable tower crane - Hutchinson Builders". Hutchinson Builders' facebook. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Innovation - Hutchies cranes and hoists". Hutchinson Builders. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Brisbane Skytower. Brisbane: 9 News. 5 June 2018. Event occurs at 1:02. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Business News From Australia & World | afr.com". www.afr.com. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Tony Moore (8 November 2011). "'Bon-Bon' tower to hit 274 metres". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "History / Hutchies". Hutchinson Builders.
  11. 1 2 "Brisbane Says Hello to City's Tallest Building". Brisbane Development. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
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