Designed by Fender Katsalidis, the $700 million Midtown Centre is the “first-of-its-kind” full merging of two adjoining but separate commercial buildings in Brisbane’s CBD.
The project involves the $175 million connection and refurbishment of the former Health and Forestry Buildings located at 155 Charlotte Street and 150 Mary Street.
The buildings were acquired by a private developer in 2017 for $66 million.
Rather than using the conventional method of joining the existing 20-storey buildings by a skybridge, the buildings have been merged from top to bottom using a base podium and exterior, to provide large campus-style 2,500 m2 floor plates.
The infill is locked in by a new Level 20 slab supporting an additional six levels above, to form the single 26-storey tower.
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