CBD CENTRE - #Completed: ANZ Centre (161 Castlereagh) - 46L / 195M / office

[CULWULLA]

part 1-(May 11,2003-aug8,2006)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=39276

Approved as an office tower, A residential tower and a mixed use tower (bottom half office,top half resi)
height-188m/roof-170m
44 office levels or 50 resi levels
- 1,500 sq m floor plates
- 3,000 sq m of retail
- 113 car parking (650 if resi)
renders-






current site-


site is currently available for $130mil as resi project.



50 Level DA Site on 4490m2 with Views
$130,000,000
238-248 PITT ST & CASTLEREAGH ST SYDNEY
Features: Ensuite, Intercom, A/C, There is a combination of Studio, 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments with basement parking
Total FSA: 62,618m2
Retail FSA: 2,254m2
Car Spaces: 665 Basement Parking
Suit: Residential Development Private & Serviced Apartments

Private Apartments: 522 Apartments
33 x Studio, 176 x 1 bedrooms, 228 x 2 bedrooms, 85 x 3 bedrooms
Located (mid rise) Level 13-21 x 326
(high rise) Level 22-40 x 331
(sky rise) Level 41-50 x 65
Serviced Apartments: 195 Apartments
39 x Studio, 117 x 1 bedrooms, 39 x 2 bedrooms
Located (low rise) Level 3-12 x 195

Recent model pic showing the curved line of approved office bldgs awaiting erection with 163 castlereagh at top.

[Avatar]

While I don't love it ... at least we are getting some smooth glass for a change it seems.

[sydney_lad]

Another residential tower!!

Excellent.

[CULWULLA]

^ well not sure yet. maybe Meriton willl be wise and buy the mixed use DA, have bottom 20 floors office and top 20 resi. best of both worlds.

[papervagina]

The second render makes it look like the IAG/NRMA building on George Street. I prefer the colours of the first one.

[sydney_lad]

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

^ well not sure yet. maybe Meriton willl be wise and buy the mixed use DA, have bottom 20 floors office and top 20 resi. best of both worlds.

Yeah let's hope that's what they do.

[Gargarensis]

from the multiplex site



funny they've got it under "current projects" and "mixed use", alongside their other known project for Mac Bank at King Street Wharf. perhaps something IS happening behind the scenes... maybe?

[Trances]

thats the worst render ever
how can they even dare to place that anywhere !

[CULWULLA]

gee, it even blots out 243m Citigroup tower.

[CULWULLA]

heard around the traps today Com bank are intrested in making 163 castle its new 65,000sqm HQ. excellent. best news ever.
set to start 2007.

[zulu69]

It is great news. A bit of a downgrade in the minds of comm bank i would think tho. They would be hesitant not to be located in the finiancial district with all the other banks. But i'm sure a quick glance at one of the world's largest banks across the rd would be reassuring and vindicate moving to 'midtown'.

[rob_]

not the discount CD store! little Chinese takeaway building things will be missed

[Fabian]

Originally Posted by rob_

not the discount CD store! little Chinese takeaway building things will be missed

I'm not going to miss it one bit. The place is a dump

[SA BOY]

why has this taken so long to get going. I remeber this when I worked in citigroup tower abouit 3 years ago

[CULWULLA]

one word- tennants. It needs 65000sqm of space filled. com bank were thinking of going into it but now there going to Homebush.
Sydney is picking up with its office vacancy so 2007 and on is looking promising. it has everyhting. great design, great location, great views.
this tower will eventually get going, its just when?

[ausharris]

Why is it so hard to influence companies to move their HQ to Sydney these days! Back in the old days (well prior 2000) I remember they were fighting over 2sqm of Sydney. To get your foot in Sydney was enough! Maybe Im wrong, but I remember it was all about Sydney, what happened? How did we get here? It feels like for the passed few years we are regressing. I blame it on decentralisation... its ALWAYS a bad thing for a city and its economy. There are too many mini cities in Sydney- Parra, St leonards, Nth Ryde, Chatswood, Blacktown, Liverpool, Nth Sydney... Not good. Other Aus. cities are taking over too... Companies should head back, more money should be spent in to trying to maintain Sydney as one of the financial capitals.

[sydney_lad]

Not to mention the various "Business Parks" around the place.

[Westonian]

not saying that ceventralisation is bad as we have some awesome skylines (not to mention facilities/shops) at Chatti, North Syd and Parra, however i do hold to same fear as you.

People need to say "I wan't my office THERE" whilst pointing to some new 300m scraper :P

[SYDNEYAHOLIC]

CULWULLA keeps on saying it's a matter of WHEN but we keep waiting!!!

I'm desperate.

Will anything actually happen this year???

[gazmo]

It's a question of access - Public Transport for the employees.

There's been a trend to develop where the population is, and so more localised mini-CBD's are rising.

Originally Posted by ausharris

Why is it so hard to influence companies to move their HQ to Sydney these days! Back in the old days (well prior 2000) I remember they were fighting over 2sqm of Sydney. To get your foot in Sydney was enough! Maybe Im wrong, but I remember it was all about Sydney, what happened? How did we get here? It feels like for the passed few years we are regressing. I blame it on decentralisation... its ALWAYS a bad thing for a city and its economy. There are too many mini cities in Sydney- Parra, St leonards, Nth Ryde, Chatswood, Blacktown, Liverpool, Nth Sydney... Not good. Other Aus. cities are taking over too... Companies should head back, more money should be spent in to trying to maintain Sydney as one of the financial capitals.