Giant Southbank tower to be Australia’s tallest
Melbourne’s Southbank is set to become home to Australia’s tallest building after a vertical mini-metropolis featuring apartments and an “urban resort” was given the green light. See what it will bring to the city.
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Melbourne will host Australia’s tallest building, with the green light given to a stunning $2 billion inner-city project.
Dubbed a vertical mini-metropolis, Southbank by Beulah will feature apartments, a rooftop garden, an “urban resort” and the promise of nearly 8000 construction and ongoing jobs.
The state government revealed the plan’s approval on Thursday as it announced that a high-level taskforce would investigate construction opportunities for Victoria amid the current economic downturn.
The proposed 100-storey Beulah green twisting towers, on the BMW site at the corner of City Rd and Southbank Blvd, will soar to 365m, about 65m higher than the nearby Australia 108 building, and almost 70m taller than Eureka Tower, also in Southbank.
Beulah will surpass the Gold Coast’s Q1 tower, currently the nation’s tallest, by 43m, with the Queensland building’s height boosted by a spire above the rooftop.
Designed by Dutch firm UNStudio and local outfit Cox Architecture after a global competition, Beulah will include luxury apartments, a five-star hotel, sky and vertical gardens, town hall, offices, shops, health precinct and a series of pocket parks.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the go-ahead was a huge vote of confidence in Melbourne at a time of economic uncertainty.
“The rippling style of the building is unique and will be a striking addition to Melbourne’s skyline,” she said.
Beulah managing director Jiaheng Chan said the “world-class vertical village” would cover an area of 270,000 sqm.
“Southbank by Beulah will transform the way Melburnians work, live, learn, revitalise and play,” he said.
City of Melbourne planning portfolio chairman Nicholas Reece said the city had “never seen anything like Beulah”, with much effort gone into the design of apartments, services and green spaces.
Meanwhile State Planning Minister Richard Wynne and Treasurer Tim Pallas announced that a new taskforce would seek investment opportunities to boost the state’s development industry in the short to longer term.
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