The International Towers is a commercial skyscraper complex in
central Sydney, in the
Barangaroo
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area. The complex comprises three main office towers; Tower 1 at 217 metres (712 ft), Tower 2 at 178 metres (584 ft), and Tower 3 at 168 metres (551 ft). Construction on the towers began in 2013 before completion in mid 2016. The complex was built as part of a major urban redevelopment of Barangaroo, forming part of the core commercial, residential, retail and leisure development at Barangaroo South. More than 50 per cent of the Barangaroo South precinct (7.6 hectares) is accessible to the public. The ITS development delivers 283,900 m
2 of commercial office space.
The three office skyscrapers, individually known as International Tower 1, 2 and 3, were designed by
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Construction
The tallest tower, known as Tower 1 is a 217m commercial building comprising 49 floors. It was completed in mid 2016.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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signed as the anchor tenant and
HSBC
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and
Marsh & McLennan Companies also signed a tenancy agreement. The
Syrian Opposition
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representation office in Australia is located in this building.
Tower 2 is a 178m high-rise comprising 43 floors. Two major tenants of the central tower of the three buildings are
Westpac
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and corporate law firm,
Gilbert + Tobin who occupy more than 80% of the tower's space. IT2 was the first tower to start construction from July 2013 and was completed in June 2015, with Westpac Group employees starting to move into the precinct from August 2015.
Tower 3 is a 168m tall building comprising 39 floors. Main tenant
KPMG
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signed a 14-year lease to occupy the top 15 floors from January 2016 and Lendlease also made Tower Three its Sydney headquarters from July 2016. IT3 was topped out in November 2015
and was completed in mid 2016.
Tower Three has a new medical centre, MyHealth Barangaroo Medical Centre, on the 1st floor at 300 Barangaroo Avenue. Also on the 1st floor is National Dental Care. Together these will provide a convenient medical and dental service for the growing community.
Timeline
File:Barangaroo South during the Barangaroo site open day.jpg, June 2014 (Tower 2)
File:Barangaroo South Dec 2014 (cropped).JPG, December 2014
File:Barangaroo construction Jan 2015 (cropped).JPG, January 2015
File:Barangaroo tower 2 under construction.jpg, April 2015
File:Barangaroo, Sydney (23744646044) (cropped).jpg, December 2015
File:Barangaroo Feb 2016 (cropped).jpg, February 2016
Towers
File:Barangaroo Tower 1.jpg, Tower 1
File:Barangaroo Tower 2.jpg, Tower 2
File:Barangaroo Tower 3.jpg, Tower 3
File:International Towers Barangaroo Sydney 02.jpg, The towers at dusk from Darling Harbour
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File:One International Towers Sydney Lobby 2017.jpg, The lobby of Tower 1
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Sydney
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Skyscrapers in Sydney
Office buildings in Sydney
Modernist architecture in Australia
Skyscraper office buildings in Australia
Office buildings completed in 2016
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