Planet nightclub site on Pirie Street, vacant since 2004, would be demolished for proposed $72.6 million office tower

THE Planet nightclub — once home to cheap beers, glow sticks and thumping bass — could be demolished for planned $72.6 million, 21-storey CBD tower.

An artist impression of the proposed tower at 83 Pirie Street, which would replace the existing Planet Nightclub. Picture: Adelaide Development Company

• $35 million apartment planned for Hutt St
• Adelaide’s billion-dollar construction boom
• Interactive: bird’s-eye view of Adelaide

THE former Planet nightclub building which has been vacant for 14 years would be demolished and replaced with a $72.6 million office tower under plans lodged by its owner.

The Adelaide Development Company wants to build a 21-storey, 84.5-metre-tall office building to replace the Pirie Street superclub, which closed in 2004.

The proposal, designed by architects Woods Bagot, includes ground floor retail, three levels of parking for 122 cars, 17 levels of office space equivalent to 30,000 sqm, a rooftop terrace and 205 bicycle spaces.

The State Commission Assessement Panel has been recommended by government planning staff to approve the application when it consider it at a meeting this Thursday.

Artist's impressions of the proposed building at 83 Pirie Street which would replace the existing Planet nightclub building which closed in 2004. Picture: Adelaide Development Company.

Inside The Planet nightclub during its glory days.

The development, which would also involve demolition of a building to the east of the Planet site, would cover a 2911 sqm site with frontage onto Freemasons Lane and Pirie Street.

It comes more than 12 years since Adelaide City Council approved designs for an 18-storey office and retail development on the site.

Approval for that plan lapsed in 2012.

The Planet, which opened in 1994, had an enduring rivalry with Heaven as Adelaide’s pre-eminent superclub.

The Planet nightclub building as it looks now. It’s been vacant since 2004.