http://www.pradella.com.au/parklands/parkhome.htm

In what other capital city in Australia - or the world for that matter - could you actually live in a picturesque 40 acre park right on the very fringe of the central business district?

We believe there is only one place where you could possibly enjoy such a unique lifestyle and live in the world's largest sub-tropical garden in a city centre.

The city, fortunately for you, is Brisbane.

The place, naturally, is Parklands.


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Or so the site says, one view you will have the parklands, the other side you will have noisy train station.

what about 5th Avenue looking at Central Park in NYC. It may not be subtropical. It's definitely bigger than 40 hectare.

It would be nicer if the parklands were built over the Roma Street train station itself. The station is an eye sore.

Or the 'super stadium' should of been built there, instead of upgrading the old Suncorp Stadium at Milton.

bump

the second stage is now marketing - another rather wide 15 storey building....website has been updated with new renderings of the entire complex. It is the first time I have seen the entire proposal in full - it's not too bad....

this is the first stage's second tower, they are all fairly similar:

http://www.ntp.com.au/projects/Images/q1833/m3.gif

There hasn't been much talk about this one for months now!
I drove past this morning, and I could see cranes and foundation work.

Are the developers concerned about the recent comments in relation to CityWest about the airspace over Roma Street Station??

Surely an investor would not want to lose out??

Bump.

Parklands!!
posted by JAYT!!

Funny, Brisbane’s second largest apartment project, Parklands, doesn’t have a thread about it!!!

Anyway here are some pics and info.
Cost - $190,000,000
Apartments = 441
Pinnacle Tower below – just released.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/5314/101295314ml1074809147.jpg

http://www.pradella.com.au/parklands/images/parial.jpg

There are about 5 other towers which have all sold out – so no pics.
http://www.pradella.com.au/parklands/umasterplan.htm

jt

Gmac has sent me these to post on forum>

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126parklands1-med.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126parklands2-med.jpg

Will all the units face towards the parklands? Or will a handfull face the railyards??

4th hammerhead was erected today

gotta love apartments next to huge train-station like Roma st, place for plebs to live, unless their going to cover up Roma st

A friend at work has bought one, my only concern would be noise, and if long term if they build over Roma Street Station.

5th Hammerhead going up this morning :)

bump!

I noticed a while ago some of the green covering had come down. I havn't passed it in awhile so I'm not sure whether they're removing all of the stuff.

19/12/2004
http://ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/romastreet00.jpg

^ ^ Topped out?

Check out Observatory Tower topping out in the background to the left.

What are the rail lines behind the development? Are they the commuter trains for the line that goes onto Toowong, Indooroopilly and beyond? Looks like it from the tagged aerial that CULWULLA posted on 31 Jan. (the tracks look rusted tho').

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Roma Street Station is the biggest train station in Qld.

The in the foreground of that photo is the Exhibition line, which is like an inner-northern loop. Goes from Roma St, Exhibition, Brunswick St, Central, Roma. It's only used at Ekka time. Where you can see the train at the right, all lines pass through this area. The tracks split about 200m further west, the Ipswich, Gold Coast and the Cleveland lines all go west. The Airtrain, Ferny Grove and Sunshine Coast lines all go in the opposite direction.

No, not topped out yet. Completion moved forward to Dec. 2005

Am I blind cos I cant see observatory topping out anywhere in that pic?

And Toadman, you mean Pinnacle dont you, surely the rest will be completed in the next couple of months?

Don't worry, I can't see it either. Pinnacle and the final stage will both finish at the end of next year.

I thought Pinnacle was the last stage?

Looking good. The scaffolding and framework look really dominant coming in from the fiveways.

I thought Pinnacle was the last stage?


From the way I interpreted the website and that photo before, there's another building towards the Exhibition Line that is about to be released. I'm not 100% sure about this, I may be wrong.

Hopefully a road/pedestrian bridge across the rail lines to Countess St won't be far away either. What I'm hoping as well, is that the Parklands development has been built so that it can potentially link with a development over the railway lines and station in the future - if that ever happens.

I thought Pinnacle was the last stage?
It is - in the photo above its the closest one to the camera, its only just started construction.

jt

They really need to conceal those tracks somehow. They are a bit of an eyesaw when your coming into town from paddington/ bardon area.

It is - in the photo above its the closest one to the camera, its only just started construction.

jt

But there's another stage towards the Countess Street end.

See map (http://www.pradella.com.au/parklands/umasterplan.htm)

Quite right Toadman, cant believe I didnt notice that before, that makes it even better.

With regards to building over the train tracks, it sought of surprised me that when they built the inner northern busway between the tracks and Countess St, that they didnt cover it over. And it looks quite permament with no noticable allowance for future covering even though it has been sunken so far down.

i have some pics to post when i get the USB cord for this camera (i forgot to grab it :()

Can't wait expert Malt :)

Don't worry, I can't see it either. Pinnacle and the final stage will both finish at the end of next year.Well, what is the building in the very background then? Similar shapes to Observatory with red 'n white cranes.

http://img102.exs.cx/img102/8365/parklands0501019ws.jpg
http://img116.exs.cx/img116/152/parklands050101b6mp.jpg

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Looks quite impressive.

What's happening with this, anyone got any news????????????????

Going up still. lol.

In the 'smaller developments' thread in this forum someone posted a render of one of the towers yet to be built.

The first 4 buildings are pretty much complete...painted, just finishing touches. It is the remaining 2/3 that only started last year that are still going up.

It's good to see more plans like this going up just out of the CBD. I like it when you first enter the outskirts or brisbane and make your way through, you see the structures building up slowly untill you hit the center and go, wow!

Yeah, I think most of the scaffolding is coming down from the near-complete buildings closest to the city (just looked at them yesterday).

i think the 1st three buildings are finishing around may and the last building is planned for the end of the year.

got some quick drive-by pics of parklands yesterday (Sunday 20th March 2005)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/parklands1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/parklands2.jpg

excellent!

Fairly decent in the end.

so no3 on parkland is now completed? or bit more to go?

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Structurally it is complete, but I don't think they've pulled off all the green protective stuff yet. You can see it in the Danubis's 2nd pic as the only one not totally revealed.

I'm a wee bit confused. How many buildings altogether in this project? I've looked through this thread, checked the Parklands' web site and went to ss.com (Emporis), all to no avail.

dp

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5 buildings - 3, 4, 5 and 7 Parkland Boulevard and Pinnacle; the last two still have quite a bit of construction left. Only 3 Parkland Bvd and Pinnacle are included in Emporis, the others are too small.

According to http://www.seqrents.com.au/parklands , apartments in 4 Parklands will be avilable from 26.4.05 and in 3 Parklands from 15.5.05.

Parklands 3
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p75d8a7843c60873ea2aff51d01a2862c/f4abe54c.jpg
Parklands 5
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p72450afa54b07c578d5ddb6dd6005233/f4abe565.jpg
Parklands 5 with waterwall
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p40ecb5bf363a7af030a3af07c2ba31e6/f4abe56f.jpg
Parklands 3,4 and 5
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p92182d37a77d00cb38fa1ed10d03d072/f4abe537.jpg
Pinnacle (left) and Paklands 7 (right) UC
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid162/p7955171beec3703f99727454c11d7a01/f4abe53f.jpg

Correct me if I am wrong with what I have called each building, am I right in saying that Parklands 4 is the small long building in front of 3 and 5?

The small block of 2 story buildings is 5 in front of the larger 4

Great work GMAC, nice update.

excellent gmac. top shots.

good shots indeed.. especially the waterfall one :)

just a note.. building numbers and street addresses differ (poor subbies)
3 parklands - building #1
4 parklands - building #2
5 parklands - building #3
6 parklands - building #4

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5 buildings - 3, 4, 5 and 7 Parkland Boulevard and Pinnacle; the last two still have quite a bit of construction left. Only 3 Parkland Bvd and Pinnacle are included in Emporis, the others are too small.Thanks Orfeo. This along with subsequent posts and GMAC's pic post make it clearer.

Great shots.

I'm really liking this developement, a park that INCLUDES some nice buidings to fill the Roma.St area with

Great photos!

Taken today through the blinds at work:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Ausilencer/Parklands_20050613_512x384_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Ausilencer/Parklands_20050613_512x384_02.jpg

i like these buildings but i think they will date very quickly. in about 10 years we will be wondering what were they thinking? it hasnt got that lasting appeal in simpistic yet attractive design like waterfront place, CP1, BOQ building etc.

i like these buildings but i think they will date very quickly. in about 10 years we will be wondering what were they thinking? it hasnt got that lasting appeal in simpistic yet attractive design like waterfront place, CP1, BOQ building etc.

Waterfront Place and CP1 look extremely 1980's - definitely not timeless! But I like them very much anyway, particularly CP1. :)

Waterfront Place and CP1 look extremely 1980's - definitely not timeless! But I like them very much anyway, particularly CP1. :)

well then u sorta understand what i mean. 15 years on and they are still some of Brisbane's most attractive buildings

Parklands 6 (Pinnacle) & 7 taken 8/7/05. Second crane on 7 was only taken down a couple of days before.

http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/1619/parklandsuc6vd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I reckon they should have covered over Roma St Station when they developed Roma Street Parklands. As it is the station is a barrier between the gardens and the rest of the city. Although I suppose as is Parklands would be a pretty good home for an avid ferroequinologist.

Wednesday 20th July 2005


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/roma6.jpg

From the ABC online news ----

BASE jumper charged over Roma Street plunge
Police have charged a man over a BASE jumping incident at Brisbane's Roma Street Parklands.

It is alleged the 24-year-old from Mt Gravatt leaped from a crane early on Monday morning.

He will appear in court next month.

BASE (buildings, antennas, spans and earth) jumping involves skydiving from a fixed structure, instead of an aircraft.

An Australian BASE jumper died in Norway in July when he opened his parachute too close to the ground.

The roof is in the process of going on Pinnacle and painting is well underway on No7. Its all looking fantastic from the Parklands and coming down Countess St.

Ouwh, missed this thread. I know they're a few months old, but great pics Danubis and Oriolus. Loves it!

New pics though preeeetty puhleeeeease :master:

All the balcony's are now visible and progress on the painting is coming along.Most construction supports on the roovwes are gone.

Both Pinnacle and No 7 have been complete for some time, so could someone update Emporis? No 7 Parkland Boulevard made it all the way through construction without being listed....

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5823/img08795vp.jpg

Cheers Orfeo. Had been wondering.

For what they are, they've turned out reasonably well.

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Yep.

I couldn't fit them all in, but here is a photo with most of them....

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/566/img08831wd.jpg

Cool. LOL I was just wondering about the rest of em too. Way cool! Ta :okay:

Perfect CBD fringe apartments. Be great (& convenient) to have an abode there.

Can this be archived yet?

Heres a slightly brighter photo of Pinnacle and 7 Parklands for the archives - click to enlarge:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3594444312_85d17eca34.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29289211@N05/3594444312/sizes/o/)