Yep - they just keep coming:D

103 Mary Street - looks about 25 stories but is inserted between Vision and River City so it will make bugger all impact.

Check it out here:
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/government/transactions/search/stuff/psf//q/j/q/sfeb/p889924_0002.pdf

and here
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/government/transactions/search/stuff/psf//u/t/y/jtqb/p889924_0004.pdf

Nothing to get excited about - just more 'bog'.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2442/103mary2vc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

God damn it's actually quite nice.

I like it because it will pack in a small gap between Vision and River City...

=D

I like this one too... reminds me of 212 Margaret... should fit in with Rivercity and 212...

BankWest Tower, Perth, Western Australia
Australia Place - commercial office building, Perth, Western Australia
Allendale Square, Perth, Western Australia
Westralia Square, Perth, Western Australia
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Building, Subiaco, Western Australia
RACWA Headquarters, Perth, Harbour Town at Old Markets Site
389 Newcastle Street, Northbridge, WA
Central Park Office Building - Ground Floor, Perth, Western Australia


So apparantly they designed most of the stuff in Perth (Prominant stuff at least)

Meh, not that exciting. Given its location though, that's probably a good thing. At any rate, it's not offensive...

yeah i spose its ok that its small coz it would create a massive shadowing wall if you had 3 talls side by side. will work out ok!

that blank wall makes me shudder. This is the side facing the gardens right? :bash: Lets hope that render has absolutely no bearings on the real colour scheme. They REALLY need to stop with this mediocre residential garbage in the CBD. Why dont they design somthing interesting...they manage to do so on the Gold Coast.

^ actually, thats the face that vision will see. the slim elevation will be the view from the gardens and mary street. im imagining that a wall similar to that will face rivercity as well

You wont see either side really...

People in River City and people in Vision will see it. That is all.

I like it, great little gap filler!!!!

yes, a nice little gap filler.....but it is also directly in front of 212 margaret so you're not going to see it from many places

If that is the case, and given what I've said previously in this thread, it is a good little gap filler :D

Looks to be roughly about 96-97m.

92.15 to the toof of the top apartment.

+ another 5 (Plantroom/roof which is slightly taller than the other floors)

so i agree with Brizzy Chris

In regards to the blank wall, I think they have actually made an attempt to make it a little interesting, looks like it has a tiny bit of feature to it, unlike the much more predominant wall of Metro 21 (ex Metropole).

the thing is...

Look at 212 on Margaret. 2 blank walls.
But it looks good.

Metro21 aka Metropole is just an ugly FuXnUt with 2 blank walls.
Such a terrible tower... but it has a good podium.

This is reminiscant of 212, ie shape etc... So im bound to like it.
Unless.. they take a dump on it. unlikely...

92.15 to the toof of the top apartment.

+ another 5 (Plantroom/roof which is slightly taller than the other floors)

so i agree with Brizzy ChrisThose are RL's. It's 92.15 to roof and ground is at 4.15 = 88m to roof. I scaled the top bit at 5.94m which round to 6m, therefore official height = 94m

Notice this has actually got 3 floors of offices in the podium, so I suppose we should call it a mixed use?

Oriolus- i wouldnt call 3 office floors from 25 total mixed use? i would of thought it would have to have a lot more.? you will find most resi towers now will sit on an office/retail podium. but there still an apartment tower.
ill add this to ss.com
total now-249
completed-205
uc-12
prop-12
app-2

Sure Cul. But where do you draw the line. I'm sure I've seen some figure before of what proportion has to be of another usage before a building is considered mxed use.

Like 270 Adelaide has 15 floors of offices topped by 5 floors of apartments - should we consider that mixed use?

^ yes 270 Adelaide is definatley mixed use. i think its a percentage game when working out if its mixed. 10% rings a bell.
so for 103 mary st. 25 floors= 3 office, 22 resi = 12% office. so maybe it is mixed. just seems weird how the tower part is all resi but it still might be called a mixed development.

I would call this residential. GFA percentage could be another way of determining usage.

Yep, the Building Code of Australia says that once a minor use (of a different class) in a building exceeds 10% of the building area, then it is considered a multiclass building - which we could equate to saying a mixed use building.

when i chatted to BCC planner last year she mentioned that many new projects will consist of an office podium with grd flr retail crowned with a unit tower. Also half office/half resi will become more popular. This is hppening now in Sydney. Developers have best of both worlds with there new project.
its all good

APPROVED!!!

Today's city news said that this tower has been approved by BCC - see page 6.

The tower was approved on September 6th.

According to Citynews its 27 stories high, and includes four commercial floors, 22 one bedroom apartments and 64 two bedroom apartments. It also includes 1 three bedroom apartment and 84 car parks.

the development application claims its 27.7 levels lol.

wtf @ that.


New Elevations:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1813/rlelevatiojn7hf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)




Interesting facts:
Its a Multi-Unit Dwelling, Shop, Office and Restaurant building as stated in the DA

good news....we could do with a few more approved buildings about.

this will be a rreally dense part of the city. 39st Rivercity, 29st 212 Margaret, 25st RPC, 27st 103 Mary and 72st Vision. real dense!!!!!!!!

Good news. Is the height still 94m?

malt, that elevation is Rivercity. you can just see top of 103 mary st at bottom of elevation.

Is this project "dead', still proposed or is something in the pipeline to replace it as yet?

I completely forgot about this little project. I'll see if I can find any news on it. I'm pretty sure I've never seen any ads for it.

^^ Or even some pictures?

Any news yet??

There is no application up anymore? This might mean it really is dead.

^
no, it was approved and the application was thus removed

maybe someone needs to change the thread title to approved.

ive changed status to approved. any sign of action yet?

It's been Approved since September 6th 2005. I wonder what's happened to it!

BTW Cul, there is no action on site yet.

This one may have fallen by the wayside when the resi market took a dip, we'll have to see.....

This would probably be a good place to create a park to help with FSR's of another tower (such as Stocklands on Eagle Street maybe)

No more news...Looking even less likely now!

Devine has purchased this site from Bennison Holdings & John Jamieson Nominees for $10.1M Jul-07. The site is suqeezed in between Vision and River City.

Devine will be lodging a new DA late this year for a Strata Office building, 310m2 floor plates. Total NLA will be 10,000m2.

By the time this project starts, the site will have the shoring already done on three of its sides.

Strata is coming back in to favour with Icon PLace now under way. Typically new office strata projects come in to the market towards the end of the cycle. Interesting timing by Devine!

^^So that seems to be about 30 storeys! Much taller than the previous proposal and height wise will fit in better!

^^ I agree that the height will fit in better...but if the design is of a similar standard to other Devine residential efforts in the past, I suspect it might just be a more prominent eyesore :D

I wonder what they'll name it...

Yorkminster? Kensington Palace?

^^Why would they do that? It isn't even near a church.

Hahaha, maybe they might get some inspiration from next door and call it Vision Plaza?

^^Why would they do that? It isn't even near a church.

Because they have absolutely no concept of what is good taste or design, all the way from the look of their buildings down to their advertising material. They're totally stuck in the 1980's. If something they've produced looks good, its either an accident or because someone there was too busy to intervene and turn it into cheap trash.

:soapbox:

Sorry been wanting to get that out for a while.

What does that have to do with my comment?

wah wah wah, you are a pack of whingers :p

Agree, Devine have said that they want to improve their image. We should wait for the design to then start complaining.

Hahaha, maybe they might get some inspiration from next door and call it Vision Plaza?

LOL BrizzyChris! I was going to say Vision Towers hehe...

They have labeled it 99 Mary.. but yeah..

99 Mary Street, Brisbane – A strata titled office development is being
progressed on this CBD site, with commencement expected to occur by mid
2009.

DA should be in fairly soon then for this one if they expect construction to start in about 15 months!

A new DA has been submitted for this one in April (A002776254) but lacking in fundamental information. The number of floors has been increased to 32 floors (29 labeled, 'mezanine', recreation floor, roof floor), but no height details are listed anywhere in the document. Assuming they've used correct perspective on the plans and utilising River City Apartments the height could be guestimated to be about 101m.

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3089/brc1.jpg (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/brc1.jpg/)

This isn't still Devine is it?

^^ No it's Zashvin, a private investor who also owns 102 Adelaide St.
The Architect is NRA.

The NRA?

Well I shall refrain from rubbishing the facade as usual.

we now have prettier renders. guessed pretty close to the actual height: at 106.15m RL, it totals 102m tall

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/999/102mary.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/102mary.jpg/)

It looks like it's wearing a hat.

Oh and the wall of concrete with little slits in it, word of advice to the architects, that's not a good look in real life, especially when the building ages.

All in all, I give it 4/10, should fail but in Brisbane that's a pass grade.

^^ looks alright, very thin!

New 32-storey hotel planned for CBD

Tony Moore
November 30, 2010 - 5:55AM (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/property/new-32storey-hotel-planned-for-cbd-20101129-18e1i.html)

http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2010/11/29/2071060/29-hotel420-420x0.jpg
An artist's impression of the CBD's newest hotel development. Photo: Supplied

The loss of the Royal in the Park Hotel will not be felt for long with Brisbane City Council expected to approve a new inner-city hotel today.

The decision will come at a time when the city has just one-third of the four and five star hotel rooms that are available in Sydney and Melbourne.

The new 32-storey hotel was proposed for a site at 103 Mary Street, where a two-storey office building now stands.

Advertisement: Story continues below It would have a ground floor restaurant fronting Mary Street, 216 hotel rooms and 15 serviced apartments, along with 53 car parks spread across three levels.

Council's neighbourhood planning chair Amanda Cooper said Brisbane was facing a hotel room shortage.

“The Brisbane CBD has just one third of the number of quality hotel rooms that are available in Sydney, and this needs to be addressed if we're going to continue to attract quality business investment in this city,” she said.

“This is a vital development for Brisbane's economy on both the jobs and tourism front and will help fill the gap to be left by the demise of the Royal on the Park."

If it receives the green light from the neighbourhood planning committee, the hotel would go to the full council meeting next Tuesday for final approval.

Earlier this month, Queensland Tourism Industry Council CEO Daniel Gschwind told brisbanetimes.com.au the loss of the Royal on the Park was symptomatic of a larger problem in Brisbane.

"We are actually in desperate need of CBD hotel rooms," Mr Gschwind said.

Brisbane Marketing figures showed Brisbane had about 13,000 hotel rooms. The Royal on the Park had about 150 rooms, or just under 10 per cent of the city's five-star market.

A review of Sydney's hotel and serviced apartments by PRP Valuers and Consultants showed there were 32,892 rooms in March 2010, compared to Brisbane's 13,228.

I'd forgotten about this one too...this is to be where the post office used to be, right between Rivercity and the hole in the ground, right? Doesn't look too bad.

That's the one.

Weird that they are even bothering putting 15 serviced apartments in there. Wonder who will run this.

this building looks like its on a quite small site, anyone know the dimensions roughly

Weird that they are even bothering putting 15 serviced apartments in there. Wonder who will run this.

serviced apartments are just big hotel rooms (aka suites)

site is 20x45m

todays finrev
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5221501945_706e070eba_b.jpg

^^ A no-frills hotel and not a luxury one? I thought this was going to be a 4 star hotel and essentially a replacement for the Royal on the Park?

Sounds as though we will be lucky if it is an Ibis even. Maybe a Formula #1....that would be classy :(

todays finrev
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5221501945_706e070eba_b.jpg

Does anyone know which office building on Margaret Street China Pacific have bought for $12 million?

Does this mean they are planning to refurb the existing office building or knock it down and rebuild?

A third hotel would be good for the Brissie market but I guess this one would be some years away.

Let's hope its a bit more upmarket!

I hate all the extremely skinny 100-130m ish buldings in this part of the city.. It looks like a mish-mash of mostly unsightly buildings. Needs Bulk and Height, Carrington will be good for this but still..

New application in from Felicity Hotel Pty. Ltd. (Application number: A003039531)

No documents up yet.

Documents are up. Only had a quick glance at it, but it doesn't look like there's much to report, just tinkering to the existing design and most of it internal changes.

This one is still ticking along in the background. Soul posted these latest renders in the Midtown thread. Still looking alright compared to some of the filler we're use to seeing:

Found the docs. I wonder if this will be a public bar or just for the residents/hotel? It does say "recreation level" which makes me believe it might not even be a normal operational bar but rather one which you can hire out.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn131/SoulVisionQ3/Screenshot2011-08-09at73103PM.png

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn131/SoulVisionQ3/Screenshot2011-08-09at73149PM.png

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn131/SoulVisionQ3/Screenshot2011-08-09at73251PM.png

it looks absolutely atrocious :s

^^ The earlier version of the design looked better, but I still think it looks much better than this:

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ed5y5s.jpg

And yes, this is probably my most hated building under construction in Brisbane!

I actually don't mind the new design of this... The circular roof kind of looks cool.

don't mind the roof, could've done something to cover up the plain, boring walls.

Looks really just like a 30 story modern style house that you would see in new farm or bulimba

don't mind the roof, could've done something to cover up the plain, boring walls.

It will have. It's called 111 Mary Street. LOL

could've done something to cover up the plain, boring walls.

agreed... looks like a lot of painted concrete.

curved screen on the roof adds little value. not something you see from ground and wont really be discernible from afar.

Street scape is dominated by the driveway which I hope BCC find unacceptable. Not a good addition to the city in my opinion (but still better then the option with the hideous blade running up the building)

Street scape is dominated by the driveway which I hope BCC find unacceptable.

Pretty sure its approved, I think..

How else would you have vehicle access?

It's a small, narrow block this one, and the street frontage is very limited. Any driveway that meets relevant vehicle access regulations will have to take up a fair whack of the frontage.

As for the painted concrete, remember that this will be wedged in between Rivercity and whatever goes in the Vision hole (hopefully 111+222!) which will block out a fair portion of it.

From the look of the render, RiverCity apartments on that side are going to lose their views and privacy. Lucky that they are on a corner so that they can only have two adjacent buildings.

212 on Margaret are screwed!

How else would you have vehicle access?

Basement ramp is only one lane wide and port cochere is only one lane also. Therefore 2way traffic is almost impossible into/ out of the property at any one time - so reduce the footpath crossover (and driveway frontage) to one lane.

Given the one way issue and also since the basement has tandem bays and is so tight, a valet service is surely going to be used. BCC should do what every other city in the world does and create a no standing zone out the font of the hotel for valet to take car from there.

The port cochere is a similar width the the tighest part of the two way entrance way. It is therefore 2-way all the way to the turntable.

The 2-way exit is less than half the width of the site frontage and is next to a development site where the crossover will take up approx 20% of the site frontage. Therefore, the street frontage would not be a mass of crossovers as you suggest. The 2-way crossover also clears cars from the street and reduces confusion.

A friend of mine who lives in River Park Central has just been informed that demolition on this site will begin on Sunday.

^^ About time, the little building on site has been empty for months! Nothing overly exciting here, but still good to see some filler go in here.

Basement ramp is only one lane wide and port cochere is only one lane also. Therefore 2way traffic is almost impossible into/ out of the property at any one time - so reduce the footpath crossover (and driveway frontage) to one lane.

Given the one way issue and also since the basement has tandem bays and is so tight, a valet service is surely going to be used. BCC should do what every other city in the world does and create a no standing zone out the font of the hotel for valet to take car from there.

Can confirm that a valet service is the system being used. Crossover and driveway also needs to cater for use by refuse collection vehicles and large/medium regid vehicles which by BCC requirements need to enter the site and leave it in a forwards moving direction.

Looks ok, a good little gap filler.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x9C7czx0a_A/TqFXksGqbNI/AAAAAAAAAtA/O7-gG37HLaw/s1600/mary+st.JPG

I would hate to own an apartment (http://www.brisbane-apartment.com/2011/10/mary-street-development.html)in in the rear of 212 Margaret St or the back or side of River City. No light after the new Mary St apartment is built.

^^ To be honest, anyone who bought an inner city apartment thinking that their neighbour would remain a low set, non-heritage listed building permanently isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed!

Not going to get good reception from the mobile phone receiver/transmitter when this is built either. Might be a microwave link to another building, but still.

so this is approved ready for construction?
site cleared?
its hotel? not resi?

It's all approved and is still slated to be a hotel as far as I know. It's been a long time coming!

thanks

Actually, sorry, I've lied. I just double checked, and while the original version was rubber stamped, there were some changes that had to be made as a result of the flood immunity measures Council introduced after the January floods, and I don't believe those changes have been approved yet. They're tearing down the old building, so it can't be too far off!

And they are digging.

Actually, sorry, I've lied. I just double checked, and while the original version was rubber stamped, there were some changes that had to be made as a result of the flood immunity measures Council introduced after the January floods, and I don't believe those changes have been approved yet. They're tearing down the old building, so it can't be too far off!

Correct. DA for the revised design has not been approved. But as the basement did not change since the original DA approval, a staged BA approval for the construction of the basement was issued. Hence the demolition of the existing building and the commencement of the basement works.

Lots of activity on this site at the moment. Should it be changed to under construction?

It should. The basement is being excavated as we speak

so this should be status UC?

^^ I believe so.

so this should be status UC?

Yes.

Perimeter piling is almost complete and top down excavation is about to start.

This is one of the most complex sites in Brisbane's history, as the rock anchors from vision's all run right across this projects site. Its defeintely under construction...am working on this project every day.

THIS IS NOW ADDED TO MONTHLY DIAGRAMS.

Thanks to a friend who lives in RPC, I believe this one has had the basement floor poured. I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but there seems to be an entrance to the carpark on the corner of Margaret and Albert St in the back corner where the sites meet.

Looks like it is about street level now. Not 100% sure though.

I was wrong, they are still digging from what I saw from RPC on Friday, will try and upload pic tomorrow.

updates?

^^ Nothing to see above ground level just yet.

http://i.imgur.com/L61qN.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/cSAxs.jpg?1

Crane is being erected on site this weekend.

^^ It'll be good to see one go up, a nice little filler and a new hotel for Brisbane to boot. A few more beds in time for the G20.

^^
A whole 48 rooms!

^^
A whole 48 rooms!

could be nice rooms though, 48 rooms/32 stories. Could be some luxurious suites.

Given its a Chinese developer, maybe the Chinese President will rent out some floors for the G20.

^^ Don't think this one is Chinese backed Soul. The Midtown on Charlotte Street is.

^^ Sorry, I meant Malaysian. Sam Chong

http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-3630-m-sian-man-sam-chong-among-aussie-s-richest-digs-a-950m-from-coal-mining.html

^^ That's right, I remember reading something about him. Although, if he lives in Brisbane, would you still consider it Malaysian-backed? Either way, good to see a couple of new, albeit smaller, hotels going up (this, and the Grand Chiefly in Mosaic).

^^
A whole 48 rooms!

Its actually 250 rooms, there are 9 per level

I have no idea what I was talking about there. I was referring to Grand Chifley Mosaic. I dont know why I posted that there. Moment of lack of proper brain function.

Is this 99 Mary Street, or 103 Mary Street?

Pictures today

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/420/p7220002t.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/p7220002t.jpg/)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2023/p7220003z.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/p7220003z.jpg/)

thanks for all your updates, AB

The numbers on the hoarding is a bit confusing, but it's what we know as 103 Mary Street. Thanks for the update AB!

BEEN 7 WEEKS, ANY UPDATES GUYS

Fully topped out. Just finishing off the tower now. I think it opens in October?

^^ Are you sure you're not thinking of the The Midtown on Charlotte Street?

Whoops! You are correct.

There is definitely a crane up and it is around street level give or take a floor or two. I need to go for another walk around this part of town again.

Core box seems to be reaching 2 storeys. Floorplates looks to be at either ground or B1.

thanks

Photo update from Saturday. It's rising...slowly but it's rising!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/8045270715_0acbe6ca4f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8045270715/)
P9291197 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8045270715/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

Definitely growing now! These are from Tuesday:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8102422429_88f112b129_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8102422429/)
PA161480 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8102422429/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8102423229_07f796b7b8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8102423229/)
PA161475 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8102423229/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

From today -

http://imageshack.us/a/img811/7343/dsc0063fr.jpg

They sure are going slow on this one, especially considering the small floor plates. Cheers for the updates!

^^ I was thinking exactly the same! Compared to the rate that Infinity is rising, this is moving at a snail's pace! Hurry up! This one could be quite a nice little filler too!

Well at least we get to watch this and 111+222 rise at the same time now ;) (or the basement at least :lol:)

This might explain why progress has been slow!

International luxury tourism brand Sheraton has struck a deal with a Malaysian mining billionaire to open a 32-storey hotel tower on Mary Street in Brisbane's CBD by January 2014.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which owns the Sheraton name, has signed a long-term operating agreement with Paul Chong's family-run Felicity Hotels group to manage the 246-room hotel.

Named Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane, the development will be the first internationally branded, new-build hotel property launched in the city in the last 10 years.

Following the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Perth in June 2012, the Brisbane property also marks the expansion of Sheraton across Australia partly inspired by the growing need for accommodation in cities hit by the mining boom.

Last year, Brisbane's Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said an accommodation shortfall was costing the city, and announced a moratorium on infrastructure charges to stimulate four- and five-star hotel and motel development.

While Cr Quirk welcomed the news today, he said the city needed an additional 300-plus hotel rooms a year to meet the current demand.

“This investment by Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Felicity Hotel reinforces the opportunities for hotel investors into Brisbane,” he said.

“It is also perfect timing for Brisbane as the city gears up to host thousands of delegates who will attend the G20 Leaders Summit in our city in November 2014 and it means we are even better positioned to comfortably accommodate everyone.”

A recent Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey ranked Brisbane the fourth most sought-after location for hotel acquisitions in the world.

Starwood Asia Senior Vice President Acquisition & Development Matthew Fry said the city's boom-town reputation was well known.

“We have been seeking an opportunity in Brisbane's sought after business district for a while now,” he said.

“Brisbane is a thriving business city on the east coast of Australia, and we look forward to working with our valued stakeholders to ensure Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane is the city's leading select-service hotel in terms of its location, comfortable accommodation and extensive business facilities.”

Designed by Brisbane-based Noel Robinson Architects, hotel will be located at 99-103 Mary Street and plans to cater for both business and leisure travellers alike.

Room sizes will average 27 square metres and hotel facilities include an all-day restaurant, a cafe bar and 200 square metres of function space.

Other key hotel developments recently announced for Brisbane include a $35 million refurbishment of the Chifley at Lennons, a boutique hotel as part of Leighton's Mosaic development in Fortitude Valley, and the Mantra-managed Dunmore Hotel on Brunswick Street.

The Brisbane Sofitel, above Central Station, was previously a Sheraton Hotel.

This might explain why progress has been slow!

International luxury tourism brand Sheraton has struck a deal with a Malaysian mining billionaire to open a 32-storey hotel tower on Mary Street in Brisbane's CBD by January 2014.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which owns the Sheraton name, has signed a long-term operating agreement with Paul Chong's family-run Felicity Hotels group to manage the 246-room hotel.

Named Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane, the development will be the first internationally branded, new-build hotel property launched in the city in the last 10 years.

Following the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Perth in June 2012, the Brisbane property also marks the expansion of Sheraton across Australia partly inspired by the growing need for accommodation in cities hit by the mining boom.

Last year, Brisbane's Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said an accommodation shortfall was costing the city, and announced a moratorium on infrastructure charges to stimulate four- and five-star hotel and motel development.

While Cr Quirk welcomed the news today, he said the city needed an additional 300-plus hotel rooms a year to meet the current demand.

“This investment by Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Felicity Hotel reinforces the opportunities for hotel investors into Brisbane,” he said.

“It is also perfect timing for Brisbane as the city gears up to host thousands of delegates who will attend the G20 Leaders Summit in our city in November 2014 and it means we are even better positioned to comfortably accommodate everyone.”

A recent Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey ranked Brisbane the fourth most sought-after location for hotel acquisitions in the world.

Starwood Asia Senior Vice President Acquisition & Development Matthew Fry said the city's boom-town reputation was well known.

“We have been seeking an opportunity in Brisbane's sought after business district for a while now,” he said.

“Brisbane is a thriving business city on the east coast of Australia, and we look forward to working with our valued stakeholders to ensure Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane is the city's leading select-service hotel in terms of its location, comfortable accommodation and extensive business facilities.”

Designed by Brisbane-based Noel Robinson Architects, hotel will be located at 99-103 Mary Street and plans to cater for both business and leisure travellers alike.

Room sizes will average 27 square metres and hotel facilities include an all-day restaurant, a cafe bar and 200 square metres of function space.

Other key hotel developments recently announced for Brisbane include a $35 million refurbishment of the Chifley at Lennons, a boutique hotel as part of Leighton's Mosaic development in Fortitude Valley, and the Mantra-managed Dunmore Hotel on Brunswick Street.

The Brisbane Sofitel, above Central Station, was previously a Sheraton Hotel.

Image from above article:

http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2012/11/14/3794130/art-353-Four-Points-by-Sheraton-Brisbane-300x0.jpg

While this was always going to be a hotel, it's great to see that it will bring the Sheraton brand back in Brisbane!

The developers of this tower are rumoured to have purchased 111 Margaret Street from Devine. (on the corner of Albert)

Yeah, I read that in The Australian. Apparently they also own an adjoining site that they may want to amalgamate.

Edit: Sam Chong also owns the O'Reilly's Bonded Stores warehouse next door, and so adding 111 Margaret Street (Hotpoint House) to the Bonded Stores Site creates quite large development site.

Billionaire moves on CBD site
BY: BRIDGET CARTER From: The Australian November 15, 2012 12:00AM


MALAYSIAN-born mining billionaire Sam Chong is believed to have purchased a Brisbane site from the listed property group Devine for $18 million, as he moves to develop the first big new hotel in a decade in the Queensland capital city.

The property at 111 Margaret Street formed part of an amalgamated site earmarked for Devine's $1 billion mixed-use French Quarter project, which was scrapped in 2009.

It was amalgamated by Devine over a number of years for two planned residential towers, a hotel and retail development on Albert, Alice and Margaret streets.

An adjoining site, known as the Carrington site, which formed part of the basis for the French Quarter development, was sold for $25m.

It is understood Mr Chong owns the adjoining property and probably bought the Margaret Street asset as a development play.

He was unable to be reached for comment last night.

According to the accounts of residential developer Devine, the site was earmarked for the development of 360 apartments. The group had been expected to begin the project next year.


Devine chief executive David Keir could note be contacted for comment last night.

The property is close to Mr Chong's hotel project, at 99-103 Mary Street in the heart of the Brisbane CBD. The Mary Street project will comprise a 246-room Four Points hotel in a 32-storey city tower expected to open by January 2014.

Source: The Australian (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/billionaire-moves-on-cbd-site/story-fn9656lz-1226516898694)

Compared to Infinity, this one really is crawling along at a snail's pace! At least it's getting there though, which is more than can be said for a few other CBD developments.

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PB241955 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8220063702/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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PB241956 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8220062430/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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PB241961 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8218981523/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

Up up and away! Nice to see lots of action on site. Some steel is being dropped in in the centre of the image.

http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp329/djmajahbn/Brisbane%20Construction/IMAG0198_zps2d22a746.jpg

Hopefully more action means the speed will pick up! At the rate it's going, I'll be grey by the time it tops out! :lol:

Hutchinsons have a nice long chain of advertising along there now, doing the first stage of 111 Mary as well!

Slow starter, 7 years lol :wink2:

Any ideas on the number of lifts in this? The core looks to be all stairs...2 maybe 3 lifts in the northern section?

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by justdigi (http://www.flickr.com/people/justdigi/), on Flickr

Definitely confused by the layout. Two cores, lift core at the back and stairs core at the sides?

^^ This is looking very weird. I'm not exactly sure what that "second core" structure is, but according to the plans there is only the one core...

http://i.imgur.com/uxQLm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1Z6Oo.jpg

Is it not just the exterior wall? Looks to be the right shape.

^^ Actually, now that you mention it, I think you're exactly right!

It's a really small building if that's the case.

^^ It isn't large by any stretch! That tower floorplan I posted really shows just how small it is!

Good thing now it's a hotel and not resi, would hate to have one of those "rooms" be called an apartment!

^^ It never would have. The current version of the design was only ever designed as a hotel I'm pretty certain. The previous resi tower's design was actually recycled as the Midtown on Charlotte Street.

Noticed yesterday that glass had appeared. Nothing to write home about, at this stage anyway.

Some of you might be a bit interested, others probably could care less.

I for one am excited about this little building!

^^ It is starting to look quite good actually! It's finally starting to really get up there, and they've started to put some very nice blue glass into it too! It makes up for the blank corners (better those than large blank sides though).

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P2172684 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8486989285/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P2172685 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8486986813/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P2172689 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8486984599/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P2172690 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8486982645/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

Everyone on that side of Rivercity will soon loose their views!

Earlier today;

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8514796755_fd58168fdd_c.jpg

The Sheraton Four Point Brisbane (103 Mary) will have no views when 111plus222 finish
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8581/20130306163717.jpg

^^ The views will be there for at least another year or two. But yes pretty short lived!

It's really starting to get up there now!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8563905835_0ed9299489_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8563905835/)
P3160103 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8563905835/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P3160099 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8565009280/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P3160095 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8565010782/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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I'm not going to lie.....I really thought that was just the core.....At least it will be hidden soonish!

that is one small floor plate

^^ It is very small. It feels a bit bigger than it seems when you see it in person, but it's not swimming in space by any stretch. Small block means a small tower I guess

http://imageshack.us/a/img255/442/photomar27172455.jpg

Another view we haven't seen yet.

After many months of seemingly no progress this thing seems to be shooting up now. Good to see! Thanks for the pic

^^ It is a massive change! Hutchies have put their foot on the gas, that's for sure! And not just here either!

I wonder why they didn't build the podium levels to match the surrounding buildings (Rivercity and 212 Margaret)? Hopefully they do something interesting with the blank walls, like put an artwork on them or grow some vines to create a walled garden feel.

A few photos from Saturday:

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P4060593 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8638127567/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P4060595 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8638126917/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P4060601 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8639226246/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

U.G.L.Y

Updates from Friday. This section of town has become a bit more interesting with the crane for 111+222's basement!

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P4260805 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8691173596/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P4260800 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8690055907/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

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P4260808 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8690053935/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

Updates from Friday. This section of town has become a bit more interesting with the crane for 111+222's basement!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/8690053935_0a29853c6d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8690053935/)
P4260808 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76513211@N07/8690053935/) by Nathan Murray (http://www.flickr.com/people/76513211@N07/), on Flickr

I love the look of all the mid-rise towers in that shot. Adds great density and variety to the cityscape.