JWDT website proposes 60-storey tower in Adelaide CBD
A MAMMOTH 60-storey tower called Dominator 1, potentially 200m tall, has been proposed for the Adelaide CBD.
A MAMMOTH 60-storey tower called Dominator 1, potentially 200m tall, has been proposed for the Adelaide CBD.
But is it the project that will significantly raise the ceiling of the city skyline or just pie in the sky?
The company behind the proposal is JWDT which, according to its website, is a partnership between developers Jinwei and Datong.
Datong built the Aria apartments on Gouger St and is developing the U2 apartment project on Waymouth St.
While the location of the proposed Dominator 1 has not been revealed, property records show a company named JWDT Land paid $11.6 million to buy lots 207-209 Pulteney St, at the Flinders St intersection, from Australian Datong Investment and Development in September, 2016.
JWDT Land also owns the property at 101 Grenfell St, between Wyatt and Chesser streets.
“In 2016 JWDT Group acquired a block of land in the core area of Adelaide CBD and will develop an iconic building, namely DOMINATOR 1, on the site,” the JWDT website says.
Before the Sunday Mail made inquiries, it also said: “The project will be around 230m height, 60 floors high rise building with conference center (sic), a high-end boutique hotel and city skyline apartments, it is scheduled to be officially introduced to the market in 2017 and fully launched in 2018.”
However, references to the height and number of floors have since been removed.
At 230m, the building would be almost 100m taller than Adelaide’s current tallest, Westpac House.
However the figure may be a reference to height above sea, rather than ground, level.
The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure said there was no specific height restriction in planning regulations for the section of the CBD where the two JWDT properties were but “the operation and safety requirements of Adelaide Airport constrains this allowance for height”.
Airspace studies “are undertaken to determine the maximum permissible height that any building (proponent) seeks … within that part of the CBD,” a department spokeswoman said.
When the Sunday Mail visited the JWDT office on Pulteney St, a worker who identified himself as a company consultant said the Dominator 1 concept was in “very early stages” and subject to change.
Attempts to speak with JWDT, made through Datong, were unsuccessful.
In an email, JWDT said: “Everything of our project is still under preparation. Therefore, unfortunately, we cannot reveal any details of our project.”
JWDT Land and JWDT Holdings were both registered in New South Wales in August, 2016.