unfortunately no one wants a tower these days 
DOCKLANDS > ANZ HQ > 55m / 12L - nation's largest office building
Oh where shall it be?
AFR
13/03/06
Matthew Dunkley
The ANZ Bank insists it will bite the bullet and spend an estimated $350 million plus on a new home in Melbourne.
There has been some cynicism in property circles about the bank's commitment to its ongoing expression of interest process, seeking a new 80,000 square metre campus.
Those doubts were bred by two previous "fashion parades" by the ANZ in the past six years that led to no action.
ANZ's head of property, Jane Hamilton, told The Australian Financial Review that this time the intent was firm.
"We are serious," she said.
"With our lease expiries we have a huge opportunity to consolidate."
Having spent last week receiving presentations from the short-listed hopefuls, Ms Hamilton said she hoped to make a recommendation to the ANZ board within two weeks and have a decision on a preferred bidder by the end of March.
"We have had some absolutely fantastic proposals," she said.
"Once we have selected a developer we will be working with our employee group [because] we have to make sure it suits the people who will be occupying it.
"There is a long way to go yet."
She said the shift to new headquarters with a completely different workplace design was an important part of the bank's cultural transformation.
"The feeling I get in the ANZ is people are very ready for it. We are not going to have to do as much as you would expect in a culture that is more traditional," she said.
"People are ready for this . . . I'm not saying we won't have to do some work, but all the surveying we have done is that everybody is up for it."
The short list was made in January from about 50 expressions of interest after ANZ announced a new property strategy in early December.
Lend Lease and Malaysia's Kuok Group, both of which are offering sites in Melbourne's Docklands, are regarded as the frontrunners.
Three of the short-listed bidders have proposed the former Carlton & United Breweries site for the new facility, which would consolidate 10 buildings and several thousand staff under one roof.
Grocon and Multiplex have both lodged ambitious proposals to build over railway lines to the east of Federation Square at the end of Russell Street.
ANZ wants to move into the new building by July 2009 at the latest and has proposed a lease term of 15 years with two additional five-year options.
The bank's strategy also includes a major refurbishment of its Melbourne headquarters at 100 Queen Street and an alternative to its Sydney premises in Martin Place.
Last week it announced five shortlisted sites for its 20,000 sq m requirement in Sydney, after fielding offers from 16 owners and developers.
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Next to Fed Square / Jolimont =kay: from me.
Or an 80,000sqm Melbourne Central sized tower on the CUB site :lol:
AFR
13/03/06
Matthew Dunkley
The ANZ Bank insists it will bite the bullet and spend an estimated $350 million plus on a new home in Melbourne.
There has been some cynicism in property circles about the bank's commitment to its ongoing expression of interest process, seeking a new 80,000 square metre campus.
Those doubts were bred by two previous "fashion parades" by the ANZ in the past six years that led to no action.
ANZ's head of property, Jane Hamilton, told The Australian Financial Review that this time the intent was firm.
"We are serious," she said.
"With our lease expiries we have a huge opportunity to consolidate."
Having spent last week receiving presentations from the short-listed hopefuls, Ms Hamilton said she hoped to make a recommendation to the ANZ board within two weeks and have a decision on a preferred bidder by the end of March.
"We have had some absolutely fantastic proposals," she said.
"Once we have selected a developer we will be working with our employee group [because] we have to make sure it suits the people who will be occupying it.
"There is a long way to go yet."
She said the shift to new headquarters with a completely different workplace design was an important part of the bank's cultural transformation.
"The feeling I get in the ANZ is people are very ready for it. We are not going to have to do as much as you would expect in a culture that is more traditional," she said.
"People are ready for this . . . I'm not saying we won't have to do some work, but all the surveying we have done is that everybody is up for it."
The short list was made in January from about 50 expressions of interest after ANZ announced a new property strategy in early December.
Lend Lease and Malaysia's Kuok Group, both of which are offering sites in Melbourne's Docklands, are regarded as the frontrunners.
Three of the short-listed bidders have proposed the former Carlton & United Breweries site for the new facility, which would consolidate 10 buildings and several thousand staff under one roof.
Grocon and Multiplex have both lodged ambitious proposals to build over railway lines to the east of Federation Square at the end of Russell Street.
ANZ wants to move into the new building by July 2009 at the latest and has proposed a lease term of 15 years with two additional five-year options.
The bank's strategy also includes a major refurbishment of its Melbourne headquarters at 100 Queen Street and an alternative to its Sydney premises in Martin Place.
Last week it announced five shortlisted sites for its 20,000 sq m requirement in Sydney, after fielding offers from 16 owners and developers.
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Next to Fed Square / Jolimont =
kay: from me.Or an 80,000sqm Melbourne Central sized tower on the CUB site :lol:
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LOL if I were the ANZ Bank I would build something say .....
at least 20 Floors high at 4000sqms a Plate , so to look down on the other Banks !
ANZ tipped for berth at Docklands
Peter Taylor
04apr06
SPECULATION is mounting that banking giant ANZ is on the cusp of choosing Melbourne's Docklands for its proposed 80,000sq m office base.
ANZ is widely tipped to have all but settled on the harbourside precinct in a move that would secure the Docklands as Australia's new financial services hub.
The bank is keeping mum about where it will consolidate its 10 Melbourne offices, despite earlier saying an announcement was likely by the end of March.
A spokeswoman said yesterday a decision would not be revealed this week and the bank could not put a time frame on when an announcement would be made. But agents expect ANZ is on the brink of detailing its plans.
One senior agent said the Kuok Group's site, south of the Collins St extension, had emerged as the likely winner for the $350 million development.
Other frontrunners, including the RMIT-owned former brewery site in Swanston St and the air space above the rail tracks east of Federation Square, were only remote possibilities, he said.
The Flinders St site was particularly unlikely given the problems developers had encountered recently working around public transport infrastructure elsewhere.
"I thought it was a great idea but given all the issues they have had with the Southern Cross development, the timing was just too dangerous," he said.
Another senior agent told BusinessDaily that Kuok and Lend Lease sites at Docklands were the most logical for a company of ANZ's scale.
ANZ chief executive John McFarlane was a "serious cookie" who wouldn't defer a decision longer than necessary, the agent said.
"I don't think it's a fishing exercise. I think it's got real legs.
"It would be very embarrassing if they did it again," the agent said, referring to the bank's decision late in 2001 to jettison plans then for a Docklands move after a year of planning.
But a third agent believes those problems have increased the bank's resolve to make the appropriate decision now, and bank executives were scrutinising details thoroughly before confirming the move.
"They don't want to stuff it up," he said.
If it does choose the Docklands, the site will be within several hundred metres of the National Australia Bank headquarters, AXA's Asia-Pacific base and Bendigo Bank's Melbourne offices.
ANZ global head of property Jane Hamilton has previously revealed that the bank wants a low-rise "campus-style" building with large floor plates.
The bank is likely to keep its 100 Queen St head office but move from its other Melbourne offices, with the new office likely to have room for several thousand staff.
at least 20 Floors high at 4000sqms a Plate , so to look down on the other Banks !
ANZ tipped for berth at Docklands
Peter Taylor
04apr06
SPECULATION is mounting that banking giant ANZ is on the cusp of choosing Melbourne's Docklands for its proposed 80,000sq m office base.
ANZ is widely tipped to have all but settled on the harbourside precinct in a move that would secure the Docklands as Australia's new financial services hub.
The bank is keeping mum about where it will consolidate its 10 Melbourne offices, despite earlier saying an announcement was likely by the end of March.
A spokeswoman said yesterday a decision would not be revealed this week and the bank could not put a time frame on when an announcement would be made. But agents expect ANZ is on the brink of detailing its plans.
One senior agent said the Kuok Group's site, south of the Collins St extension, had emerged as the likely winner for the $350 million development.
Other frontrunners, including the RMIT-owned former brewery site in Swanston St and the air space above the rail tracks east of Federation Square, were only remote possibilities, he said.
The Flinders St site was particularly unlikely given the problems developers had encountered recently working around public transport infrastructure elsewhere.
"I thought it was a great idea but given all the issues they have had with the Southern Cross development, the timing was just too dangerous," he said.
Another senior agent told BusinessDaily that Kuok and Lend Lease sites at Docklands were the most logical for a company of ANZ's scale.
ANZ chief executive John McFarlane was a "serious cookie" who wouldn't defer a decision longer than necessary, the agent said.
"I don't think it's a fishing exercise. I think it's got real legs.
"It would be very embarrassing if they did it again," the agent said, referring to the bank's decision late in 2001 to jettison plans then for a Docklands move after a year of planning.
But a third agent believes those problems have increased the bank's resolve to make the appropriate decision now, and bank executives were scrutinising details thoroughly before confirming the move.
"They don't want to stuff it up," he said.
If it does choose the Docklands, the site will be within several hundred metres of the National Australia Bank headquarters, AXA's Asia-Pacific base and Bendigo Bank's Melbourne offices.
ANZ global head of property Jane Hamilton has previously revealed that the bank wants a low-rise "campus-style" building with large floor plates.
The bank is likely to keep its 100 Queen St head office but move from its other Melbourne offices, with the new office likely to have room for several thousand staff.
^^
He's not gay, but he's slept with a bloke who is !
Lozza
Go ANZ at Docklands !
He's not gay, but he's slept with a bloke who is !
Lozza
Go ANZ at Docklands !
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