480 Queen Street is a premium grade office tower in
Brisbane, Australia located at 480
Queen Street in the
Brisbane central business district's golden triangle. The project was designed by
BVN Architecture
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History
The firm was founded in 1926 with the ...
and developed and constructed by
Grocon, in partnership with
Dexus.
A key design feature is a area known as Hobbs Park with river views on level four, 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 , about twice the size of other premium CBD towers, 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
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rated. 480 Queen Street has achieved early leasing success with 80 per cent of the building's of office space leased to
BHP,
HWL Ebsworth,
Herbert Smith Freehills,
Allens,
DLA Piper,
PwC and
IWG.
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 Taxation Office in 55
Elizabeth Street.
History
The building was approved for development by the
Brisbane City Council in September 2012.
Building construction began in April 2013 and was due for completion by early 2016.
Tenants
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BHP
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PwC
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HWL Ebsworth
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Herbert Smith Freehills
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Allens
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DLA Piper
* F1rst Class Fitness
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Jimmy Rods Shave Saloon
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Juniper Networks
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Necta Espresso
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Terra Firma
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* Terra firma forest, moist tropical forest that does not get seasonally flooded
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* Regus
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Brisbane
References
External links
Building at Grocon webpageBuilding at The Skyscraper Center database
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Postmodern architecture
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Skyscraper office buildings in Brisbane
Retail buildings in Queensland
Office buildings completed in 2015