At 102m high, it’s the bar destined to be Brisbane’s hippest and likely its highest.
The Sky Deck will be the crowning feature of the futuristic Arc building that’s set to become the centrepiece of the new multi-billion dollar Queen’s Wharf casino and resort.
The Sky Deck will be one of the most exciting public features of the mammoth development on the city’s north river bank and was designed with an eye to celebrating the very best of Brisbane.
“There was this notion of coming up with something that was uniquely Brisbane, quite distinctive, and certainly iconic. Something that really leverages the fantastic climate through outdoors, through restaurants, and ... we ended up designing the Sky Deck,’’ said Echo Entertainment Group’s CEO and managing director Matt Bekier.
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Echo Entertainment, which owns Brisbane’s Treasury Casino & Hotel, and Hong Kong partners Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium, are the preferred proponents to develop the Queen’s Wharf site.
The nearly 9ha site will be transformed with a resort boasting 50 restaurants and bars from hatted fine dining establishments to pop-up coffee shops on the riverfront.
The culinary line-up could include existing celebrity chefs such as Luke Nguyen, who is currently operating Fat Noodle at Treasury Casino & Hotel and at The Star, Sydney, Teage Ezard from Black at The Star, and Chase Kojima, whose Sokyo and Kiyomi restaurants are award winners at The Star and Jupiters Hotel & Casino respectively.
Foodies will also love the development of various markets on George Street — a fresh food extravaganza showcasing the state’s best local produce.
Fashionistas, too, will have a whole new precinct to discover.
They’ll be able to shop the space between Queen Street Mall and Queen’s Wharf through a new premium retail development in the existing Treasury Casino and underground retail precinct beneath Queen’s Park.
Bekier says the retail experience will be complementary to the great shopping Brisbane already offers to cater for both local shoppers and tourists who want a local flavour.
“When we look at what the customers are looking for they’re not looking for another Louis Vuitton store,” he said.
“You have to have that in the portfolio of things because that’s part of the five-star experience, but that’s not why they’re travelling.
“They’re travelling because they like to have an authentic experience and the only way to make an experience authentic is to be linked into the local community.
“Brisbane has a lot to offer. There’s no point us building up additional high end retail when there’s a retail mall just up the road — Edward Street which is one of the best performing retail precincts in the country.
“We need to leverage that so the local linkages are all about highlighting what the city has to offer.”
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