What would be a good name for the proposed Auscorp tower on Margaret street?

Its possibly going to be 250m high and 80 stories and our tallest for a long time so a great name is what it needs?

How about:

Sunshine State Building/Tower
Golden Tower ?


anyway you get the idea - what would you call it?

jt

Chode City

Phallus

Jayt its Austcorp, not Auscorp. That is a totally different company.

I reckon the towers name should stem from brisbanes historic past- (eg- Eureka for melbourne).
In 1823 john Oxley, the surveyor General sailed up the brissy river on the "MERMAID" and called it "the Brisbane".
1. MERMAID TOWER
i think it does need a iconic name since its going to be the tallest building in Brisbane forever!
so maybe just stuff like- BRISBANE PLACE ,
QUEENSLAND PLAZA, BRISBANE AUSTCORP CENTRE,

:cool:

Keeping with the old theme, how about Brisbane's old name:

'EDINGLASSIE' TOWER

jt

im half expecting some crap like "smart" tower

heres another possibility ive heard rumours about

hoffburger house

How about 'Meganchin Place'.

Meganchin being the local Aboriginal name for the area of land that is now the CBD.

Note that by sheer coincidence the word 'Mega' is subtly weaved into this name.:D

Q1.1

Originally posted by Grollo
Q1.1 lol.
what about Q2?

lol, why not call it "We love lesbians".

They could call it "Landmark Tower", B1, The Outlook, "The tower formerly known as Baroque", Southern Plaza, Icon, "Taller than CP1", "Taller than CP1 but not as tall as Q1"...heck, you would think naming a tower would be easy. I got jack.


Hang on, Bundaberg Rum Tower.
There's your Queensland icon.

how about calling it "it will never be built" tower??

Originally posted by bum
how about calling it "it will never be built" tower??
thats a bit negative? This baby is a goer! Austcorp have the funding and will get the landmark tower built at 200m+!

article from AFR-

Austcorp plans $400m tower
Nov 05
Kathy Mac Dermott

Sydney's Austcorp yesterday announced plans for a $400 million mixed-use development for Brisbane's CBD after acquiring one of the city's last major sites.

The company could build a tower of up to 70 levels and has earmarked the commercial and retail components for inclusion in a new property trust.

The managing director of Austcorp, Trevor Chappell, said the company had a target of listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2005-06.

It is proposed that the company and its diversified property trust would float as a stapled entity, similar to Multiplex.

In the lead up, Austcorp has been on a bullish expansion push, demonstrating a particularly strong appetite for Queensland properties.

Austcorp last week bought the 5478 square metre parcel in Brisbane from Singapore's Bloomberg Inc, as foreshadowed in The Australian Financial Review.

Austcorp paid $24 million for the site after an earlier sale to local developer Phillip Canham struck in the middle of last year failed to proceed.

Mr Canham was to pay $21 million for the land which has frontages to Mary and Margaret Streets, and had announced plans for a 49-level apartment complex.

The sale to Austcorp represents a massive profit for Bloomberg which acquired the parcel in 1993 for just $6 million from Kern Corp's receiver and Commonwealth Funds Management.

The deal also represents Austcorp's first foray into Brisbane's CBD market.

Austcorp's proposal for the site represents the company's most ambitious high-rise undertaking, having previously completed projects of between eight and 12 levels.

Mr Chappell said Austcorp was looking to build up to 30 floors of office space, topped by 40 levels of units. In total the project could include up to 250 apartments.

Mr Chappell is hopeful that construction will start in the middle of next year.

"What attracted us to this property is its twin uses," he said.

The apartments are timed to enter the market from mid-2006.

"The residential market in Brisbane is still strong."

Austcorp yesterday announced a 170 per cent rise in its full-year profit to $14.1 million and an $800 million increase in its development work book to $2 billion.

The above article is also in this thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69344

anybody have a clue what it will look like ???? Im hoping for something glassy like the Rialto in Melb. that will stand out not something concrete and battleship grey and very unique archictecture.

I'd like to see something clad in granite and mirror glass - could call it the Queensland Toombstone!

jt

I would call it "Australia One", or A1 for short:) or maybe A101:) or maybe just the 'Australis Tower'.

Of course it would have to be the tallest building in the country to pull it off though;)

I hope it's all glass, and twists:)

I'd have to say my fav so far is 'Meganchin Place' from B2.

jt

My fav's so far would be something historical, like Mermaid Tower, or something aboriginal, like Meganchin Place. But Australis Tower doesn't sound too bad either. To add my two cents, back on the historical theme maybe something like the John Oxley Centre (sounds a bit too Chicago tho..). Also, what about something like Capricornia One, or Capricornia Tower...

Or as someone mentioned it may end up being the Smart Tower lol.. or the Beattie Tower - hopefully not!

Sunshine Tower

Vision??

Vision??

yeah, good on you.

lol

big blue

I still prefer "Meganchin" after the peninsular that Brisbane CBD is located on.

jt

how about calling it "it will never be built" tower??

lol.

how about calling it "it will never be built" tower??

Hahaha that would sound a bit stupid if it does get built. oh look its the tower that will never be built that was built lol.

You stole my Camel.

What would be a good name for the proposed Auscorp tower on Margaret street?

Its possibly going to be 250m high and 80 stories and our tallest for a long time so a great name is what it needs?

How about:

Sunshine State Building/Tower
Golden Tower ?


anyway you get the idea - what would you call it?

jt

Golden Tower?

Get a few drunks out on the balcony and it'll be "Golden Shower".

You stole my Camel.

This is probably the funniest thing ive ever read on here! :hahaha:

You stole my Alpaca.