111 George Street is a building on George Street in the

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, Australia which was completed in 1993. The building is owned, managed and occupied by the

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. With its repetitive grill pattern, it is sometimes colloquially referred to as the '

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'. A sister project known as 33 Charlotte Street was later built on the adjoining site, and has a very similar façade. This smaller building is 75 m high and was completed in September 2004. As with all Queensland Government assets, the Department of Housing and Public Works manages the building on a day-to-day basis.

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111 George Street is currently occupied by three departments of the

: *Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (the Office of the Director-General is housed at

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) * Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors (the Office of the Director-General is housed at

) * Arts Queensland The building used to be occupied by additional departments of the Queensland Government, which have since moved to other buildings or

, where most executive branch and executive-level units are housed.

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