TAS - General Projects & Discussion (-5 lvl)

[Chuq]

Originally Posted by 1st Division Marine

is hobart getting a new high rise skyscraper this will be interesting.

Not a new one - just adding to one of the existing ones to make it taller!

[Danubis]

Do you have a picture of the existing building?

[Chuq]

Originally Posted by Danubis

Do you have a picture of the existing building?

Yes - I posted it previously but the URL has since changed. I have edited my post above to the new URL, and the picture should now be showing up!

[CULWULLA]

i finally spoke with building managment today and he gave official height as 52m or 48m to roof. The 5 penthouses will be added to roof but wont add more height.
checkout the website>>

http://www.188collins.com.au/

[Chuq]

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/co...5E3462,00.html

Park apartment project
By CHARLES WATERHOUSE
11mar05

THE former Telstra exchange building opposite Hobart's St David's Park is to be transformed into luxury serviced apartments.

Tasmanian tourism group Doherty Hotels expects the complex, called One Sandy Bay Rd, to be completed by October.

A development application for its conversion to 55 strata title, one-bedroom apartments was before the Hobart City Council and the apartments go on sale today.

The development joins a string of hotel and apartment developments in Hobart including Zero Davey, the Henry Jones IXL Art Hotel and George Giameos's One Collins St, which is approaching completion.

There are also new apartments in Macquarie St and a 12-storey, $9 million hotel in Collins St, both being developed by Ali Sultan, and a recently approved 13-floor, 40-room hotel, restaurant and conference centre in Market Place.

Doherty said the former Telstra building was an elegant example of 1940s architecture and the redevelopment represented an opportunity to secure an individual serviced apartment as an investment property in one of Hobart's icon buildings, in one of Hobart's icon positions.

The building overlooks St David's Park and is just a short walk from Salamanca Place and Sullivans Cove.

Many of the apartments will have views across the park and towards Mt Wellington.

All apartments will be self-contained and will be sold fully furnished, with the furnishings contained within the purchase prices.

Apartment prices start at $170,000.

The complex would be run and operated by Queensland-based serviced apartment operator Aquavista Resort Management.

However, Doherty said investors would also have the right to withdraw their apartment from this management and operate it themselves or to occupy it themselves.

During the first two years of operation, the apartments would provide a bank guaranteed 6.5 per cent net return, which the operator expected to exceed once the business was established.

When Doherty's Hotel Apartments Pty Ltd completed the redevelopment, Aquavista Resorts would start operation the following month.

Edwards Windsor Real Estate recently sold the building to Dohertys after significant national interest and Edwards Windsor has been named as the exclusive sales agent for the apartments.

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All I have to say is, what is the go with all these apartment buildings named "One ___ ____" - One Collins, One Market Place, One Sandy Bay Road... they must all be trying to outdo Zero Davey.. :P

[CULWULLA]

how tall is the existing telstra exchange? will it be added to?
whats the 12st hotel in Collins st?
wow, even hobart has embraced the inner city highrise units!

[Auxodium]

interesting

[castrovalva]

G'day Everybody,

First post, first thread, first everything really. (except first look...)

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/co...5E3462,00.html

Skybridge plan gets go-ahead
By NICK CLARK
19apr05
AN APARTMENT and hotel project for Launceston, valued at $126 million and including a skybridge, was passed by Launceston City Council yesterday.

The proposal, by 1980s entrepreneur Serge de Kantzow, stirred lively debate before being approved 9-3.

Mr de Kantzow said after the meeting he had a lot of interest from investors.

He would not reveal when building might start.

The development, which is proposed for a controversial heritage site on the northern edge of the central business district, includes a raised walkway supported by two 73-metre-high towers.

Mr de Kantzow has an option to buy the C.H. Smith site from the owner, Tasmania's Own Redline Coaches.

The development would consist of an 87-suite hotel, 149 apartments, two exhibition spaces, public plaza and 530 parking spaces.

The proposal was originally valued at $80 million but this was increased.

Mr de Kantzow had sought $11 million in funding from the State Government for the skybridge but was refused.

In January the Tasmanian Heritage Council allowed the development with conditions governing the height of the building.

However, Mr de Kantzow's firm has appealed to the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal on the heritage issues.

Mr de Kantzow's wife's firm Lido Pty Ltd operates the award-winning Hatherley House in Launceston and is involved in the Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart.

It paid $550,000 for a part of the site and has Apartments in Launceston on the market.

Launceston mayor Janie Dickenson said the new project was a quite exciting, courageous and bold development.

Other aldermen expressed concern that the skybridge was inappropriate.

"The development application attracted 33 representors about the skybridge and height of buildings," Ald Jon Walters said.

Opponent Ian Routley said the development would have a detrimental impact on the city.

"Because of the current sorry state of the site it is almost as though the people of Launceston are being blackmailed into accepting any development to get rid of the so-called eyesore rather than development which is appropriate in scale and design," he said.

The council also considered in a closed session yesterday whether it would allow the skybridge to be built on council land and whether it would pay for its maintenance.

[Gertzy]

Any renders etc.

[Oriolus]

Welcome to the forums castrovalva - I've merged your thread with an earlier one about this project, which includes some renders. Great news for Launceston - do you live there?

[castrovalva]

Thanks.

Yeah, after I posted I found this earlier thread (d'oh). I live in Penguin on the North West Coast of Tasmania, about 1.5hrs drive from Launceston. I visit Lonny reasonably regularly.

After seeing pics my responses are: wow; I'm surprised at the scale of projects (like this) going on in Launceston, but perhaps I'm being naive; and it's a darn side more exciting looking then those boring Seaport Apartments.

[Will]

Great news for Launceston, it's an attractive development which will undoubtely improve the city.

[castrovalva]

Here's another link with a few more pictures

http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s1349168.htm

[sirhc8]

It has also approved a controversial skybridge.

From the above linked site. Why is it controversial? It'll be a fantastic landmark for the city.

[castrovalva]

Why contraversial?

A couple of possible options:
1. Contraversial is a nice journalists' word,
2. Old fashioned conservative "architecturally illiterate" people kicking up a stink about "greedy developers building their big/ugly/modern developments and destroying/overshadowing our beautiful/peaceful/historic city etc..."

Personally, I think that this development (bridge included) will create an interesting modern counterpoint to the rest of historic and pseudo-historic city - a post-modern oasis in an historic jungle. (mixed metaphors???...)

[Saif]

what is a skywalk?

[Oriolus]

A fancy marketing term for a pedestrian bridge Some pics from the link castrovalva gave:




Unfortunately, a group led by the National Trust is appealing the approval of this project - the week long hearing began on Monday.
http://launceston.yourguide.com.au/d...ews&m=8&y=2005

[Saif]

pedestrian !!!

it looks nice but why they are throwing all this money for Pedestrain Bridge??

sounds like a stupid idea, instead they should've thought of building a 10 Floor building or something in that city which looks more like a village.

[Oriolus]

Well their building a 8s & 6s building, how's that? It's not just the skybridge, it's also hotel, apartments, gallleries, public pool - read the first post.

[Saif]

lol

yea i read that post and the links too and some of the comments in that link too, ok the 8 s and the 6 s are good,

but why the skybridge? looks like this city is looking for some land mark or something and i guess the cheapest would be that skybridge, unlike hobart which i visted last month has that huge tasman bridge.

and that tasman bridge is actully there for a good porpose which serves the city while this " Sky walk bridge " sounds silly.

instead they could've thought of building an observation tower or something, i know Tasmania has lots of natural veiws .