10 stories at 40m

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Extra floor for Trilogy after strong demand

24.01.2006
By Sarah Vogler
sarahv@thechronicle.com.au

ROGER Telford wiped his brow in relief as the bulldozer got to work on the site of the Trilogy Apartments on Ruthven Street at the weekend.

Demand for the inner-city apartments has been so great, Mr Telford said it set work back slightly.

"We've put another floor in because the demand was there – that's why we've delayed it a bit," he said.

The principal of National Properties Group said the progress was concrete proof the project was finally under way. The development, which now has a sales value of $40 million, is the project of a consortium including local developer Mr Telford and Prime Property Investment managing director Sid Knell.





"We've completed an early works contract with Hutchinson Builders," Mr Telford said.
"And then next month we'll complete a building contract and we'll have the building program in place."

"It's definitely a project that is proceeding. We've reached a 65% sales level for the residential."

The development was tipped to be finished in September this year, but Mr Telford said he expected it to be nearing completion in July or August next year, subject to the building program.

"There's going to be at least five retail spaces on the ground floor, two mezzanine levels and then 2000sq m of commercial space," he said.

"We're looking at four levels of Quest serviced apartments, then another two levels of sub-penthouse apartments – ten each level – and then one level of eight penthouses."

There will be a small conference room, basement parking, gym, lap pool and barbecue facilities.

Prices range from $350,000 for the sub-penthouses to $600,000 for the penthouses.

Mr Telford said currently there were five sub-penthouses and about six penthouses left to sell.

LJ Hooker project co-ordinator Margaret Rose said she was surprised by the interest shown for the apartments, with the majority of buyers from the Toowoomba area and its western surrounds.

"It's new for Toowoomba and off the plan ó we were very surprised by the interest," she said.

Not much happening on site... just a big hole behind the fence with piece of machinery.... it was spose to get going about 2 months ago.... The agency said there were only 7 units left

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just quoting joe from an old thread.

At long last trilogy towers is underway again. Stopped for the extra storey then here comes toowoomba 40m building. Its been lean over the years for toowooomba.

Trilogy Towers Update (http://www.thechronicle.com.au/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3685839&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=)

What's the height limit in Toowoomba ATM. I heard that it was pretty low.

can this thread be moved from this section back to the queensland one?

yeah for the last 10 years its been 8 stories in the city or 36m i suppose. Trilogy was only to be approved if it was 8 stories, but they got away with 9. Then council decided to approve 10 stories. At least there looking to the future.

where did you get that information from?? heritage and condamine centre are both over 40m. i dare say the height limit is about 45 or 50.

The Toowoomba Chronicle (http://www.thechronicle.com.au)

25.05.2006
By Kate McIntosh
katem@thechronicle.com.au

LOCATION, location, location, so the saying goes.

And residents of a new $40 million Trilogy Apartments will certainly have that.

Once the bastion of metropolitan areas such as Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney inner-city living has finally arrived in Toowoomba.

Mounds of dirt and a single back hoe marked the start of construction at the vacant Ruthven Street site yesterday of the cityís first high-rise development, which blends residential, commercial and retail living in the heart of the CBD.

The 10-storey development comprising retail space, including a restaurant and wine bar on ground level, commercial space, three floors of serviced apartments, 10 sub-penthouses and eight luxurious penthouses is set to revitalise Toowoomba’s CBD

Conference room facilities, gym, pool and barbecue area have also been incorporated.

Unlike the hefty prices commanded for inner-city apartments in metropolitan or coastal areas, Toowoomba prices for inner-city living are relatively modest, ranging from $350,000-$680,000.

Developer Roger Telford said the development had already attracted great interest with apartments selling fast off the plan.

Support for the project in the community had also been strong, Mr Telford said, with the development application passed without a single objection.

"It’s (the development) purely lifestyle living," he said.

"Toowoomba really needed something like this. It was time."

Hutchinson Builders area manager Robert Weymouth who learnt this month of the company's successful bid for the $25 million construction contract, said the development would bring the city to life and spur economic growth.

With acoustic design measures and Toowoombaís more subdued nightlife, Mr Telford, was confident a similar furore to that created in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, in which cashed up inner-city residents clashed with local pubs and clubs over noise levels would be avoided.

Construction is expected to be completed by October 2007.

I love this line:

Support for the project in the community had also been strong, Mr Telford said, with the development application passed without a single objection.

Are there not NIMBY'S in Toowoomba??

So Jedmat - you're Joe? What happened, you forget your password or something?

So this'll be Toowoomba's first highrise since Cottesloe Crest was completed in 1998 right? Although Trilogy's only 10 storeys so they're doing well to turn 10 floors of resi into a highrise building - it'd usually be about 30m. Has the design changed at all with the addition of another floor - I notice those renders are of the 9 storey version.

yeah this is joe . been away for a while and lost my password. yeah the design has changed to include another floor.

0 - 12m commercial 4 x 3

12 to 36.5 residential 3,5 x 7

36.5 to 40m plant / roof design

just did a quick impro in paint to show you the impact of trilogy on ruvthren street.

ive also included garden city tower.

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Danubis just a quick note with height limits in toowoomba. when the heritage plaza and condamine centre were built i think there was a 50m limit, but then was reduced to 8 stories for fear that there would be all these 8+ storey building popping up. now it seams that you only need to plead a fair case and anything goes. Garden City Tower 11st Kitchener St Parklands 11st and 10st and 10st Trilogy ,,, hope there is more to come.

ya, i think if you can plead your case well enough, you could probably get anything up to about 60-70 meters approved... above that, well, i dont think toowoomba is ready for that yet, at least in the next 10 years or so

will head downtown today to catch some pics of foundation work

new photos added to realestate.com

new render with extra floor added
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retail area
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looking west from penthouse
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looking north from penthouse (daytime)
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looking north from penthouse (nighttime)
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looking northeast from penthouse (nighttime)
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will wait for a crane to erected to take pics. still a big hole . just bigger than before

any crane yet?

still a hole in the ground . have got some pics to post. must be the bush ... so to get going that is

hey cul, emporis still lists this building as 37m/9st... this is the latest render - can you work out how high it is now? im guessing a little over 40m... also, it has started construction so it can be shifted from 'approved.'

also, you might want to change over to this new render on there.

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new render with extra floor added
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ive worked out trilogy measures 40m to gutter on 10th floor and 43m to LMR.
cheers guys.

thanx cul... legend.

pics are on the way just have to get my computer up and going again .

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Photo above taken about a week ago. Noticed today they have some more machinery on site. Takes time thou.

wow, nice rich soil! is it all this colour in toowoomba?

yeah lots of nice red ... i suppose volcanic soil.

cull can you change i few things on skyscrapers.com

garden city tower 2006 late start .... 2008 finish

kitchener street parklands , i m not sure about , they do have a big banner around the site .

ya, its that colour out to the suburbs, then its jet black

you can see the site in centre of pic.


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excellent,... going along nicely. thanx jedman, good work.

got some nice pics today on my phone. will post tommorrow. 2 big cranes on site, major concrete being laid. the crane closest to the road has go to be 50m.

yay for cranes in toowoomba again!!! its been a while between drinks lol

^^And now two cranes just to build a 10 storey building! I'm impressed (and a little jealous :)) Still got those pics Joe? Are they hammerheads or Favco's?

have not got any new pics but here is one of the mobile cranes that was on site. Two of these babys on site. Sorry no stationary crane yet . I might have been a bit misleading . sorry bout that

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photos taken with mobile phone. did not have my camera on me

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Crane has been assembled today. Looks good on the southern toowoomba skyline

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Would be great if gardencity and K-parklands would get a move on, the cranes would dominate the city would look impressive!!!

a couple of more pics . taken today.

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Construction moving slowly

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Hey jedmat have you any idea how high that crane is?

great pics jedman!! im so glad theres someone in toowoomba to take photos!!

judging by the crane photo, I say 9 stories under the hook.

I know that the mecure hotel is 7st at about 3.5 so 24.5 to roof plus plant about 3.5 also .... 28m ... have read other forums saying that it is only 26m but i have been in there and the ceilings and ceiling to floor gap looks 3.5m so 28m is a minium.

ok back to the crane... this is only an educated guess.... 45m to crane arm and 55m to top of crane. I think the arm has to reach past the max height of the building 40m.

Favco750 might be able to judge it better... 9st that would make it 36m ... 46m to top.

it will be tall compared to the burke and wills

will have to do a draw a pic up with the different sized buildings in toowoomba
28m to 40m is a big jump...

i remember your old alias did one last year...

will have to complete the new improved version.. working on it

Thanks guys good estimation, it will certainly tower over burke and wills.

btw - welcome leothelion!!! we need more toowoomba people!!!

I'm only guessing by looking at the photo...

Plus that is about the height a Liehberr in Oz will freestand without putting beefier towers in at the base, which this doesn't appear to have...

:cheers:

btw - welcome leothelion!!! we need more toowoomba people!!!
Thanks Danubus!! Haven't noticed to many in here from the mountains lol.

im an expat, but i think you and jedman are the only other tmba forumers on here

Go Toowoomba ...leothelion its good that you are on board

Go Toowoomba ...leothelion its good that you are on board
Awesome!!! cheers jedmat.

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Triology has reached street level. will get a better pic the end of this week

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yay! street level... wont be long now.

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partly above ground level now . starting to get a move on.

sorry bout the quality. phone photos

pictures fine jedmat, yeh there definitly getting a move on, think there up to about the 3rd level at the rear

its a pretty wide building isnt it! great job jedmat

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A clearer picture with my camera. you can see that at the rear the wall is quite high

floor up to 2nd level. other parts to 3rd level

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yay 3 stories now :)

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Up to 12m at front and bout 18m at back

its a pretty big floor plate!!

yeah i will have to get some mesurements ... huge floor plate

rare design

Starting to grow now. Will post some pics . 3 stories at front 4 or 5 at back

It's not far off the height of burke and wills at rear. At least triligy's moving quickly, the other developments can't even get started!!!!

the burke and wills is only 6/7 stories isnt it? so trilogy will tower 4/3 stories (plus the roof feature) above the burke and wills in this pic.

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Up to 12m at front and bout 18m at back

Yeah Burke and Will is ground +6 stories + Roof. Not sure where i have placed the exact meaurements.

ground (1) 3.5m
rest (2-7) 3.3m
Roof 2.9m

~ 26.2m

Trilogy 40m

Trilogy floor heights are much greater 4m for the first 3 and 3.5 for the next 7.

It will tower above it.

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WIll get a camera pic but for the time being here is the latest phone pic

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Rising fast now

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great pics joe! thanx for making the effort to keep us informed! much appreciated.

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picture from the western side of the cbd. Getting taller now

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looking big

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Got to be bout 25m now.

Starting to look imposing, it's really stamping it's authority on that part of the skyline now.

yeah bankwest is 18m to top of plant on left and mecure hotel is 26m on right

i count 6 stories now? with 4 to go?

Yeah 3 or 4 floors to go, hard to tell how many floors are above the commercial levels but should bring it up to about the arm of crane when finished, nice pic joe:-)

7 stories yet?? :)

Danubis I think its up to about 8 or 9 storeys now, its well above burke and wills, its certainly standing out downtown!!

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Yeah looks tall now pity the other highrises in toowoomba were near this one

is that as high as it gets or another story do you think??? cheers joe, good job.

I count 9.. maybe one more to go but there could be ten there, so its got to be about 36m or so.

sunday 8th April

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Cool pictures. Were you in toowoomba on the weekend danubis

yup :) went up to see a couple of friends. had breaky at jilly's... twas really good breakfast!

Wednesday 11th April


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Monday 16th April

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This ones through my car windscreen

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Thats a great camera ya got there joe!! I think that is the 10th floor, so just the plant room to go to make it to 40m:-)

the roof should look pretty cool aswell... it reminds me of a mini qld gallery of modern art roof lol!

has this one topped out yet?

will get some pics today

MONDAY 30th April

Still not quite topped out

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lookin good, its such a wide building too.

Starting to make an impact...I like!

Yes very wide building. It makes a greater impact on the skyline than the Heritage Plaza or Condimine Centre, because the town dips away very fast towards the creek.

I say she has topped out . No more room under crane

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must be topped out by now?? crane starting to come down yet?

no crane is still there, think there still moving parts of the roof up

not very good quality. just a quick snap from the other day off the top of grand central shopping centre

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Looks good!

Joe (or anyone) - do you happen to have any good skyline pics of Toowoomba that you can post? I literally have *never* seen a good shot that really shows all of Toowoomba's skyline - a pic from Mt Lofty or Mt Kynoch would be fantastic!

How long do you think before the crane comes down? Will this be the last crane we see on the Toowoomba skyline for a little while?

Maybe another month or so, their still working on roof.....There are other buildings planned but are at a standstill for a while.....not to sure when next crane will be, shouldn't be to far away.

yeah i dont think it will be long before there is another crane on the horizon. The city is still growing quite fast.

any sign of the roof feature as yet? :)

nah still all covered up.... they've cleared all the scaffolding from the front commercial levels..... looking pretty sweet.

yeah scaffolding coming down in the next few weeks, will b interesting to c how it looks, would b cool if they had a light feature on top around the roof say like a blue neon or sumfin:|

yeh would look pretty cool.... doubt it'll happen though.
I think the only neon light feature will b the name at the front entrance:-)

looking good thou

They've cleared off the top level of scaffolding so the roof is clear for all to see. Doesn't look bad, i'll have to get a pic. I suppose the rest of the scaffolding will be up for quite a while (my pessimistic thoughts)... i hate the wait..

They've cleared off the top level of scaffolding so the roof is clear for all to see. Doesn't look bad, i'll have to get a pic. I suppose the rest of the scaffolding will be up for quite a while (my pessimistic thoughts)... i hate the wait..

Welcome mr-jay. cant wait for pix! it is quite a baulky building, even tho its not terribly high.

Yeah can get a pretty good look at the roof now... the plant room is all finished so trilogy now at full height I think at 43m to LMR.... and when finished building will be called Toowoomba Central Plaza for sum reason, I think that's right? no sure why thou.....

Welcome aboard mr-jay and jimmydeeb:cheers:

cheers leo, where bouts did you get that info on the name
change? sounds pretty shity to me!!

Thanks for the welcome Danubis, Leo.

Have to agree with you there jimmy, Twba Central Plaza sounds too basic... it's just boring. Hey do any of you know what is going on at the corner of West and James in Toowoomba (opposite SSS and Highland Fling Restaurants)? They've cleared a fair whack of land for some development.

probably a 'good guys' or some other baulky goods store :(

Agread the name change sux, there's a sales office for trilogy just down from it on the opposite side on ruthven st and is called TCP toowoomba central plaza sales office, hopefully might just be the name of the commercial shops on the bottom 3 levels but I don't think so though, that would be pretty lame...

Yes leo I saw the sales office u r right looks like it will be TCP, I still hope it stays as trilogy, TCP is crap:down:

You can see a little of the roof section here

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and here

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Front commercial section, pic doesn't do it justice, seems bigger when you're there:

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That middle pic is great!

The name change is fucked: Trilogy was a nice name; Toowoomba Central Plaza is the most generic, boring, 'nothing' name they could have picked.

excellent! good work mrjay! im a little disappointed that the roof dosnt have more of a cantelevered overhang... but overall, impressed by the finished product.

yes you are right, the rendered version looks much better. This one is just flat, still happy with it I suppose.

Very impressed. What camera have you got?. Love all the pics and i agree when you are beside the building it is huge.

agread. also when driving east on herries st towards town you really get a great view... looks bigger than it really is.... great pics mr-jay:)

Cheers. Joe - camera is my mate's - Fujifilm S5600, agree with you leo driving East down Herries is a great view. Can also see Grosvenor on the skyline dead ahead - looks good.

I noticed another crane here this morning on my way to work, might be to pull the hammerhead crane down maybe?

Crane is now down. Be looking tops in a few months

I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished result. This is the most exciting part of the construction sequence in my opinion, seeing the scaffolding come down. Just like unwrapping a b'day present.

do we have a widepanning picture of this building in the skyline :)

will try and get some good pics

Building now officially called toowoomba central plaza, what a drag:gaah:

Enough scaffolding down now to get a good look at those weird slat-like shutters they have over some windows on the front and rear sections of the building. Doesn't look bad - different. After looking at the render i was expecting worse.

Driving past i've been wondering how it's going to look when all is completed and it's after dark in Toowoomba. The building is so clearly visible from so many locations in the city i'm thinking it should be pretty impressive. The other two main (middle of the city) skyscrapers remain pretty dark come night time, i think (although Heritage generally has it's big sign all lit up)...

will be interesting

I can't work out how add my pictures, I go into advance then click add pictures then put in the url for pics but nothing happens...am I doing this right?

I can't work out how add my pictures, I go into advance then click add pictures then put in the url for pics but nothing happens...am I doing this right?

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(take out the spaces before both IMG's)

hey leo did you work out those pics yet?

lol ya, we're all waiting with baited breath!!!! dont tease us!! lol

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what the? what's that pole sticking up from the back of the building? surely not some kind of spire... when did you take that photo joe? Did you see a crane or something over there?

i think its a small crane, thanks for that joe!

Its a small crane moving some roof features. Be kind of funny for a spire but anything for more height.

That is one big building

Grand Central Shopping Centre is where i took the photo from.

yeah you get a good view from grand central. I was just thinking it must have been pretty amazing watching Grand Central getting built, such a large building as well.

apparently had 2 of the largest cranes in australia to build it. acording to cul anyway lol.

you get a fantastic view of the city from the top level of the base hostpital carpark, TCP really makes a huge impact.. I did get some great shots from there but can't get the images through... joe or mr-jay if you are in that area of town maybe get a few shots it really is a great view:)

there's also a pretty cool little lake just in front of the carpark... stands out pretty good with the city in the background...

they've taken away another level of scaffolding, 3 top levels now visible. there's 1 thing not to sure about is the orange feature at the south eastern part of the building, don't reckon is a good match with the rest of the building colour. oh well might grow on me, maybe lol.

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Let's try that again

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Can really see the size of the Air Con in this one: (sorry that first pic is so large, let me know if anyone with dial up, or any other reasons, wants that one gone.)

Got another pic from the side of the building with the big orange wall, will post it in next couple of days (or tonight if i get a chance).

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from the side

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It really stand out on the skyline. You can see there is a drop of 10m plus when heading into the cbd.

nice shot. Is the hospital car park 5 or 6 stories? have to be 20m

definitetly quit a large drop down to condamine centre, makes it look alot higher than really is... think the carparks bout 5 levels plus the top level with the coro-iron roof, it seems higher than 20m when on top but that would probably be about right because is a least half the size of the hospital when looking at them from town....

Can definately see the difference in height between TCP and the other scapers from that angle, thanks for the idea leo.

Yeah, Looking up at the hospital from the city is a pretty impressive sight, such a large building overlooking the CBD.

Yeh is a great view, Now all we need is a couple more of that size downtown then toowoomba would be looking quite dense from that angle, would look pretty sweet lol:)

^^ Agreed Jimmy, a few more downtown would be great. Or at least one on the other side of Ruthven St, it would make the drive along Ruthven pretty impressive with scrapers on both sides.

The orange wall (on the south side) - i think i like it.

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^^ Yeh i don't mind that colour.. definitely stands out:)

I just noticed the balconies in pic #165 are huge almost as long as the hole apartment...

Thats right Mr-jay just realized there are no highrise buildings at all west of ruthven st other than the base, so maybe a couple on the western side would be good... has there ever been any proposed over ruthven? I don't think there has been
The balconies are quite large leo I like

Scaffolding almost completely down looking fantastic,I like...:)

Jimmy I think there was 1 proposed on the current city mcdonalds site about 10 years, think it was around 10 levels or so of only hotel accommodation but at the time I don't think was really needed so for obvious reasons was scratched...

I really dont like the look of trilogy towers. sorry if the sounds offensive

Not offensive at all bud....you're entitled to your opinion... (now fck off)

kidding :)

I kind of understand why you don't like it, I'm not sure i would either if it wasn't in my home town. Something about it seems a little messy and not a good match for Twba. But it's not finished yet, give it time...

^^ your good Mr-Jay, your good...:lol:

I am very offended tville, I don't think I will be able to sleep for some time
now thanks alot lol

Actually, this building could have appeared much worse, architectually i dont exactly like it, its alright but ive seen better small rise buildings elsewhere (not neccessarily in Townsville, cause we have some pretty shocking ones up here too), but this building has turned out much better because of its colour scheme, which is pretty nice to look at.

Ha ha, cheers leo - yeah I lost sleep too lol. Have to agree with Gertzy on the colour scheme, without that it might've been pretty ordinary.

I don't care what any outsider has to say lol, but if its in my town and at a reasonable height even if its ugly, I'll like:okay:

All true... if the building was all same colour scheme say all white
I reckon it would look very ordinary but the grey, orange and white
all sorta mix in well together, much better.....

It looks pretty ordinary and kinda dull now lol

Not offensive at all bud....you're entitled to your opinion... (now fck off)

kidding :)

I kind of understand why you don't like it, I'm not sure i would either if it wasn't in my home town. Something about it seems a little messy and not a good match for Twba. But it's not finished yet, give it time...
:nuts: OK (now fck off)?? I doubt you were kidding!

^^ How'd he know!!?...I've clearly underestimated your genius Theville

:stupid: :deadthrea

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as Mr-Jays says "JKS"

^^ This deadshit dosen't have much to do that's for sure!!!
Pissoff to your own forum...
If he answers this message than its true!!!:lol:

Deadshit WTF this is a forum iam aloud to have my own opinion, you sound like a wanka "jimmy deeb" learn to correct your grammar "If he answers this message than its true!!!" :lurker:

Listen, we are all entitled to our opinion, but i dont want to see Toowoomba vs Townsville (alphabetically, not picking favorites), or Townsville vs The Darling Downs or whatever. Just leave it at that, just say you dont like the building, and disregard what other forumers claim in their supposed or truthful joking. You could still say that for a Regional city that lacks abit of a skyline, you could congratulate Toowoomba based forumers for now looking at a reasonably more plentiful skyline.

The same goes to me and other forumers, even if he did start this whole debarcle, dont be more sarcastic and stir him on (Toowoomba members), and theville, as i said disregard their joking, and dont take it too seriously. I've taken minor things too seriously a few times, like someone stepping on my foot by accident and next thing im literally strangling the poor bloke.

Iam just sayin that iam aloud my own opinion, and on other forums when people dont like certain buidlings on other forums,people have never rected the way the Toowoomba people have

:stupid: :deadthrea

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as Mr-Jays says "JKS"
This is just a clear sign of disrespect for our city!:ohno:

Not offensive at all bud....you're entitled to your opinion... (now fck off)

kidding :)

I kind of understand why you don't like it,

^^ But I did say I was joking wright? so if you think thats disrespect that i believe this is disrespect.:ohno:

as Mr-Jays says JKS

So as you can see you brang the hole shabangle on yourself with that first, uncalled for comment, Iam happy to leave now with were its at knowing I didnt do anything wrong!

All cleared up then bro:)

^^ Nicely put.

I probably shouldn't add fuel to the fire but LOL at Jimmy Deeb:

If he answers this message than its true!!!


BTW Theville, if you read this, first of all don't take offense to above comment - just pullin piss. Secondly I apoligise for reacting to your original message in the way I did. I don't want to see a Townsville/Toowoomba clash either, we're all queenslanders. But perhaps you could use a little more tact in future - i guess same could be said for me.

Pretty impressive for Toowoomba, was there Saturday past and it certainly stuck out. Though after getting the shits with Air conditioning plants on Brisbane buildings and now seeing this, i think councils need to be very strict on how they are integrated into building design. Hate the afterthought industrial look they give.

I used to live just outside of toowoomba and always love to see the trilogy towers slowly get taller. Where is it up to now???:)

its finished now :)

I quite like the orange wall. It is a great add to the skyline. :)

I noticed some struts going up around the huge air con outlet/inlet thing, hopefully they're going to hide it with some sort of plant room. Also noticed the lower level business frontage is starting to look pretty cool with a pretty big overhanging roof section jutting out over Ruthven St, should look good when done.

BTW - Welcome SkyscraperMad :)

Lets hope those struts are to erect a wall or sumkind of covering for that air-con unit, it spoils the top of the building I reckon.

All cleared up then bro:)

This is old school but well finished mate:cheers:

thanks Mr-Jay for welcoming me... :) Is there any pics of the completed building on this thread. ?

^^If there were theyd be posted

If you haven't already seen it, check out Skybar/post your pic thread from page 6 (i think) onwards, absolute pissa :lol:

Check out Queensland Airports thread kinda funny also.

I think maybe those struts are just antanea's, but there are a lot of em all around the air-con not sure, they don't really seem to be doing much with them thou

yeah strange as. They seem to have been up for too long for them to be doing anything with them... not sure.

Still can't wait to see how it looks at night when all lit up.

all together i am happy with the end result :banana::banana::banana:

Yeh dudes those struts were to erect a wall around air-con unit, looks pretty good i think and i reckon makes it look that little bit higher to...:)

Would anyone like to post some photos of the end result?

totally agree ads some class to the top

Looks great I think, now i just hope it's lit up good at night.... also can't wait to try the jazz bar at the bottom level when it opens in december should be good..

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3464/img9062dy1.jpg

Just a quick pic of tcp off the top of the garden town shopping center downtown

Yeah heaps happy they decided to cover the ugly air con duct, looks tonnes better.

So does anyone know if the original proposed 40m (or was it 42m) is still valid now there is the air con room (and even a really small spire, or antennae, or something) on top? Just wondering where trilogy sits in Toowoomba's top 10 building heights. How does one find out?

Looks pretty good, thanks for the pic Joe. So time to change status to Completed huh? I was checking out the website (www.toowoombacentralplaza.com.au (http://www.toowoombacentralplaza.com.au/)) and the hotel seems to be open for business. And I guess we should face up to reality and acknowledge its bland new name in the thread title heh?

Yeah heaps happy they decided to cover the ugly air con duct, looks tonnes better.

So does anyone know if the original proposed 40m (or was it 42m) is still valid now there is the air con room (and even a really small spire, or antennae, or something) on top? Just wondering where trilogy sits in Toowoomba's top 10 building heights. How does one find out?
I'm pretty sure it was 43m to the top of air-con room, it has to be atleast 4m high...

It sits in 4th tallest in town behind cottesloe, comdamine, heritage and parks. I did the new top 10 a little while back, it's in toowoomba projects thread page 15:cheers:

It is too good a building to have a name like "Toowoomba Central Plaza"

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3464/img9062dy1.jpg

Just a quick pic of tcp off the top of the garden town shopping center downtown
Actually, this has turned out much better than I expected. The air-con unit looked really ugly a few months ago, but they've fixed that up nicely. Overall, not a bad addition to the Tmba skyline at all. :cheers: The name could be more original, but you can't have everything.

amazing. . . . an amazing building for an amazing city.... could someone please post pics of the bottom floor and random pics of toowoomba. . . :banana::banana:

A couple of photos from TCP website (the finished product)


Front View:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6515/frontviewug5.jpg



Side View:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/16/sideviewgy2.jpg


Can't wait for toowoomba's next midrise/scraper... waiting... waiting

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Its looking real good in those photos. Turned out quite good.

archive? who looks after the regional sections?? they really need to tidy it up a bit. theres pages and pages of random stuff from all over queensland and some left overs from when it used to be shared with the gold coast thread.