111 George Street Twin - not exactly sure of the name?

Hey Gang, this is the 111 George St Twin tower currently under construction on Charlotte St in Brisbane’s CBD. It is yet another office tower and fully leased!

Currently there is just one tower crane at the site and its up to level 2.

Sorry about the quality of the pictures but they are of the model which I took earlier this year.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid40/pf404bef8825e81dcfd2939d9cd2d2d19/fcfd0f76.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid40/p3ccc4d0079119578bea7be99cf846337/fcfd0f79.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid40/pf5d838e95c3016b8e66a450d970bde7e/fcfd0f7c.jpg

JayT

I did have a rendering of it, but I lost it. I don't mind the design too much. I mean, it isn't great, but it matches 111 George very nicely and will just sit quietly next to it, filling in a gap.

Yeah, its good for fill and density. I also like the sky bridges into Education house next door.

Add Festival towers and there will be quite a nice skyscraper wall along that section of street. The block it sits on will also be one of the most dense in Brisbane with Capital Hill, Education House, The Chifley and George 111 and twin.

jt

It does look nice as the little brother to 111 George, with the similar materials, but different design. I don't know why it feels like a little brother instead of a little sister - the two of them just look masculine rather than feminine. ;)

so this what the 111 geoge st twin will look like. How disappointing. It's not even a twin, it's nowhere near the same height as 111 george street, bares no resembelense to its bigger brother, looks shit and would hide amongst the skyline instead of making its presence within it. disappointing. only good thing is it will make the street more dense.

I'm ashamed to admit these are the first renderings I can remember seeing of the project.
I like the design. It's a shame it will be overshadowed where it is though.

it dont look so tall, how tall it it?

Its only 19 stories. What did everyone expect???

Originally posted by BrizzyChris
Its only 19 stories. What did everyone expect???

I expected more because it was called the "111 george st twin" which i thought would be a replica of it, just a tiny bit shorter. I didn't even know it was going to be 19 stories. i only knew its name, and im disappointed by the height and design, the roof is ok i guess.

Well, I used to call it 111 George St Stage 2, but someone started calling it a "twin", so I didn't want to confuse anyone.

Yeah that was me:D

BTW, what is its propper name?

Can't believe we have a highrise office tower under construction in our CBD we know nothing about - at least I know very little.

jt

Its called 33 Charlotte Street, there alot happening at the site, all that goes unnoticed. I found a better picture of the model.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/16-05-02/photo6.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/elevation.jpg

Its actually 16 levels, 14 office, 2 carpark. Will hold the QLD Treasury.

Also some construction pics,

November
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/15-11-02/photo5.jpg

View from Level 14, 111 George
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/01-11-02/photo2.jpg

I count 18 levels in that diagram.

I'm going on what the Queensland Government is saying, but I suppose they might be wrong.....

Sometimes they don't count mechanical floors, but you should for ss.com.

Why the hell is it called a Twin??? I am thinking Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Danny Devito here!!!

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lol thanks brissy phil, ill think about that everytime i see these 2 buildings in the future. gotta luv that movie by the way
:D

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Well I'm not going to guess for ss.com, so I will put the amount of floors the QLD Government website has stated. Its definately not 19 floors that was first said anyway...

Love those shots Brissythomas!
I especially love the shot below, you can see 4 different construction sites.
Riparian @ the end of the street.
River City - far right
Felix - top right and of course 33 Charlotte St.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/01-11-02/photo2.jpg
Soon hopefully Festival towers will rise up in the centre of the pic while River park Central should rise up just to the right of River City in the next few months. Devine also has a mystery site in the middle of the pic to watch.

Its all happening and in a few years you won't recognise that picture as being Brisbane.

JayT

renamed to The Official 111 George Street Phase #2 Construction thread

for linking purposes.

tays

Construction pics from 28.02.03

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-2-03/photo01.jpghttp://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-2-03/photo02.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-2-03/photo03.jpghttp://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-2-03/photo04.jpg

Great shots - i love the way that it is going to be conneted to Education House as seen in the 4th pic.

Also in the 3rd pic check out River City.

Love that density in the 3rd and 4th pics too.

Great Job.
Jt

this is the thing that really P***es me off. The same company which construct this building and FELIX. Felix started construction 8 months before this one yet, they are the same height. :bash:

A ground level shot from across Charlotte Street today.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/111georgetwin.JPG

Photos from 21/March 2003

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo01.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo02.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo03.jpg

the brisbane office market seems to be powering ahead with the recent completion of the eagle street tower, riparian, this mcarthur, queens square etc....
is there and expected lull once these come onto the market ? are there alot of tenants on the move ? do they have large pre-commitments ?

More pictures from 21 March 2003

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo04.jpg
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo07.jpg
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/21-3-03/photo05.jpg

28 March 2003 construction update

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-3-03/photo03.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-3-03/photo05.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-3-03/photo04.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-3-03/photo02.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/28-3-03/photo01.jpg

Update 11 April 2003

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/11-4-03/photo01.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/11-4-03/photo03.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/11-4-03/photo07.jpg

I noticed today that there are now two cranes on this site. This part of Brisbane currently has nine cranes - River City has 2, Casino Towers has 2, 111 George St Phase 2 has 2, 212 Margaret has 1, Riverpark Central has 1 and Metropole has 1.

Photo from today.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay/7june111twin.JPG

June 6 2003

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/6-6-03/photo04.jpg http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/6-6-03/photo01.jpg http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/jan_june/6-6-03/photo02.jpg

Taken today - its grown a bit in the last four months!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/25octtwin.JPG

You've done it yet again, Duke! :cool:
A superb photo update for multiple buildings.

Thanks!

Pics from the 13 Oct 2003

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/july_dec/13-10-03/photo01.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/july_dec/13-10-03/photo02.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2003/july_dec/13-10-03/photo03.jpg
View from Level 14 in 111 George St

Photo taken from Albert Street showing the links to Education House in Mary Street.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/1novtwin1.JPG

This one has topped out as well - must be topping out month for Brisbane with Felix, Lexicon, Macarthur office tower and this one!

Here's a photo taken yesterday from Queen's Park.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/15novtwin.JPG

Photo taken today.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/7dectwin1.JPG

This tower really is a waste of a good site.

This was arguably the second last site available for govt ofices in the CBD, and they built this little tower.

I think that they should have incorporated some leasable office space into the tower which they could have reaquired later on.

Originally posted by Brizbane2
This tower really is a waste of a good site.

This was arguably the second last site available for govt ofices in the CBD, and they built this little tower.

I think that they should have incorporated some leasable office space into the tower which they could have reaquired later on.
Yeah it would have made a good 'MLC' sydney look alike if they had gone to 70 stories!!

jt

Originally posted by Brizbane2
This tower really is a waste of a good site.

This was arguably the second last site available for govt ofices in the CBD, and they built this little tower.

I think that they should have incorporated some leasable office space into the tower which they could have reaquired later on.

I tend to agree. I was originally enthusiastic about this project, but have since developed the above attitude - I think they should have done something else with the site, such a shame - oh well, that's government for you. By the way - if this was the second last site available for govt offices, what is the last?

Originally posted by Ausilencer
I tend to agree. I was originally enthusiastic about this project, but have since developed the above attitude - I think they should have done something else with the site, such a shame - oh well, that's government for you. By the way - if this was the second last site available for govt offices, what is the last?

I don't know who owns the land but there is the empty site bounded by William, Alice and Margaret Streets, adjacent to the Riverside expressway. Currently used as carpark and right in the middle of the State Govt precinct.

Also I guess, as possible third site, they could actaully use the site that was created after the demolition of the Bellevue Hotel.

That bit of land is I think owned by the state. It did feature in the Northbank concepts. It was proposed to have a 20+ highrise built on this site.

Has this bit of fluff had the cranes come down yet?

Barclay's 350 favco was being climbed down today the 750 will probably last another month or so

Thanks FAVELLE :)

Photo taken today looking up Charlotte Street.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/10jan0433charlotte1.JPG

Here's some pics form the website, from 27 January (a while ago i know)

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2004/jan_june/27-1-04/photo02.jpg


Good view of connection with Education House
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2004/jan_june/27-1-04/photo03.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2004/jan_june/27-1-04/photo04.jpg

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2004/jan_june/27-1-04/photo06.jpg

View of inside
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/aps/33charlottest/arch2004/jan_june/27-1-04/photo07.jpg

Barclay's 750 Favco was being climbed down today,won't be long and this one will be in the completed section.

A pic of the general precinct.

(WARNING: IMAGESTATION)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p276589e24d64e87bece3f941d13cfd92/f980e791.jpg

Crane has now gone. Interesting shot oztraelian of the view which has opened up after demolition of Festival Hall.

Originally posted by duke
Crane has now gone. Interesting shot oztraelian of the view which has opened up after demolition of Festival Hall.

It was comming down last night.

Also the lights were on - all of them from about ground to 2/3rds of the way up.

jt

So is this stump externally complete, has anyone been past it lately?

Not quite, they still seem to be working on the top bit - it hasn't changed much, only one row of panels is in place, the rest is still bare (on the top that is).

A pic of the general precinct.

(WARNING: IMAGESTATION)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p276589e24d64e87bece3f941d13cfd92/f980e791.jpg

What is that building going up behind Mineral House??

The building is Metropole.

^^^^
Metropole.

Edit: damn you Duke! :D

New office tower just completed in Brisbane - second one from the left with the stepped roof.

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/6792/101716792al1089936868.jpg

jt

View soon to be obliterated by Festival Towers, M on Mary, Casino Towers and Brisbane Square!

holy shit! i just realised how big brisbane square will be from this picture!!
hitachi building is 111m
b.square 153

wow...

Nice compliment to the original. Also looks like it would be at home in Wellington, NZ.