Adelaide's Development Assessment Commission to consider tall building proposals
PROPOSALS for Adelaide's second tallest building and the highest residential tower will be among projects to be scrutinised by planning authorities.
PROPOSALS for Adelaide's second tallest building and the city's highest residential tower are among projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars to be scrutinised by the Development Assessment Commission on Thursday.
A 32-storey hotel and residential tower for Currie St would stand 110m tall, making it second only in height to the 132m Westpac House.
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The proposal from Palumbo Building has more than 250 hotel rooms and 80 apartments in a complex towering above the Adelaide TAFE campus.
Company director Daniel Palumbo declined to put a total value on the project, which would cost close to $40 million to build. The application is one of four major CBD building proposals recommended for approval today.
Asian Pacific Group is seeking to build a $100 million, 27-storey tower at the southern end of King William St, to be Adelaide's tallest residential building. The Vue on King William would be a 85m tall, 205-apartment building with a five-floor base with a rooftop garden and recreation centre on the sixth floor, below a 21-level glass tower.
Asian Pacific Group CEO Will Deague said site works would start in July, pending approval. "The project will add to the vibrancy of the city, which is already enjoying a resurgence with the redevelopment of key precincts within the CBD," Mr Deague said.
A major tower proposed by Catcon would rise above and incorporate the state heritage-listed former G & R Wills Warehouse building on North Tce, opposite the State Library.
Designed by Woodhead, the $50 million, 19-level development would have high-end shops and a cafe in the heritage building, parking and offices on the lower floors of the tower, nine apartments each occupying whole upper floors and a rooftop garden.
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FOUR major Adelaide CBD development projects that could transform the city's skyline will be scrutinised by the state Development Assessment Commission today.
104-108 Currie St
Palumbo Building has ambitious plans for a 32-storey mixed-use tower on Currie St that would be second only in height to Westpac House.
The 110m tower at the Rosina St corner would have 80 apartments over the top eight levels, above 14 floors housing 252 hotel suites.
Bars and shops and a mezzanine gallery space would occupy the ground level, while a seventh-floor "resort level" would have a terrace, pool, spa, and breakfast area.
Inbetween would be several floors of "mini" hotel rooms.
Apartments would range from one to three bedrooms and from 52sq m to 134 sq m, excluding balconies.
Of 140 carparks, 90 would be for residents and 50 for the hotel. More than 94 bicycle parks would be spread through the building.
The tower would be on one of Adelaide's few "island" sites with frontages to Solomon and Burnett streets as well as Currie and Rosina streets.
Two small buildings of no heritage value would have to be demolished.
The project, which would also have function and conference space, is recommended for approval despite not having an affordable housing component.
Construction would cost $39.5 million but Palumbo Building declined to put a total value on the development.
411-427 King William St
At 27 storeys and standing 85m, Vue on King William would be Adelaide's tallest residential building.
Valued at $100 million with a $30 million construction cost, the Asian Pacific Group project between South Tce and Gilles St would have 205 apartments with no more than 10 any level.
The building would have a five-floor base with a rooftop garden and recreation centre on the sixth floor, below a 21-level glass tower.
About two-thirds of the apartments would be one-bedroom and the rest two-bedroom, plus four three-bed penthouses.
The building would have 172 parking spaces over six levels and and room for 226 bicycle parks.
There would be two ground floor commercial tenancies.
Vue on King William would add to the rapidly growing precinct at the southern end of King William St that in recent years has seen the addition of The Wave and Edge buildings, the Credit Union Centre and a soon to open Quest Apartments building.
If approved, site works would begin in July.
Asian Pacific Group would partner with local development firm Starfish Developments for the project, which would create around 200 construction jobs.
203 North Tce
The state heritage-listed former G & R Wills Warehouse building would be transformed into a high end retail centre as part of an exclusive highrise development on North Tce.
A consortium largely from civil construction and engineering firm Catcon is behind the $50 million, 19-storey project opposite the State Library and SA Museum.
Each of the top nine floors would be devoted to a single apartment, some already reserved, with floor areas of more than 400sq m including multiple balconies.
The historic 1878 building at the project's base would house high end fashion and perfume retailers and possibly a cafe.
According to architect firm Woodhead, many historic internal features including timber floors, cast iron columns and exposed stonework would be retained.
Above the heritage building would be three levels of carparking and four levels of boutique office space.
The tower would be crowned above the apartment levels with a rooftop garden for residents with views over North Tce and across to Adelaide Oval.
The Development Assessment Commission's planning report says there will be some "significant" impacts on the heritage value of the original building but "the benefits of
the overall project are considered to outweigh the loss of heritage fabric".
Construction would start later this year and be finished by late 2015 if the plans are approved.
174-180 Wright St, Adelaide
Hotel Ivaritji would be the Adelaide CBD's first eco-hotel, overlooking Whitmore Square.
First revealed by The Advertiser in November, the $11 million development would be clad to resemble the fur skin cloak of the revered Kaurna ancestor Ivaritji.
Troppo Architects director Phil Harris would form a co-operative with friends to build, own and run the nine-storey hotel.
Adelaide City Council has opposed the project because it requires the demolition of two local heritage-listed, 1895 villas, now used as offices.
The hotel would be split into two towers. A cafe at the base would double as a check-in desk for the 23 suites.
There would be no airconditioning apart from an evaporative system in the cafe to save power.
An array of solar panels, green walls and an "edible" rooftop garden would be among the other environmental features.
A rooftop function space would be planted with citrus and olives while art shows would be held in the cellar.
The fitout of the suites would feature recycled materials and possibly an Aboriginal art theme.
The development would also include a three-storey building facing the square for a business with a "shop top" apartment, and townhouses behind the hotel.