Brisbane Quarter (also known as 300 George Street) is a development consisting of three buildings; residential apartments, an office tower and hotel tower, on the old
Law Courts
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site bordered by
George
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,
Adelaide
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and
Ann streets and
North Quay in
Brisbane
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The proposed development includes:
* The One (Tower 1) , 82-storey residential tower on the corner of North Quay and Adelaide Street. The tower, designed by Zenx Architects, will include 467 apartments. It is
Brisbane's second–tallest building;
* W Brisbane Hotel (Tower 2) , 34-storey hotel tower on the corner of Ann Street and North Quay. The tower, designed by DBI Architects, is occupied by
five-star W Hotels
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History
W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the former Doral Inn hotel on Lexingto ...
and includes 312 hotel rooms, presidential & executive suites, health spa with pools. ''W Brisbane'' opened in June 2018;
* 300 George (Tower 3) , 41-storey office tower on the corner of George and Ann streets. The tower, designed by Zenx Architects, consists of 58,209m2 of office space. 300 George opened in October 2019.
A retail shopping mall, that will include a master ballroom, conference facilities and retail stores is proposed underneath the towers on the first three floors.
The former
Law Courts
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site was purchased by the Shayher Group, part of the Taiwan-based developer Par Jar Group in May 2013.
The development application was lodged with the Brisbane City Council in November and approved in December 2013.
Demolition of the old court buildings commenced in early 2014, and construction works commenced in 2015.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Brisbane
Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, is home to at least 360 completed high-rise buildings, at least 70 high-rise buildings over 100 metres in height, and has 15 completed skyscrapers (and 4 under construction) which exceed the height of . ...
References
External links
Building at The Skyscraper Center database300 George Street Blogumentary Project
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Skyscrapers in Brisbane
Residential skyscrapers in Australia
Proposed hotels
George Street, Brisbane
Skyscraper hotels in Australia
Skyscraper office buildings in Brisbane
Shopping centres in Queensland
Buildings and structures completed in 2021