Greenland Centre Sydney

Greenland Centre Sydney
Part of the art deco façade of the former Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board building at 339 Pitt Street, which was turned into a hotel as part of the Greenland Centre Sydney development. Primus Hotel Sydney opened for business in December 2015.
General information
Status Under construction
Type Residential
Location Sydney, Australia Australia
Coordinates 33°52′26″S 151°12′32″E / 33.873916°S 151.208871°E / -33.873916; 151.208871Coordinates: 33°52′26″S 151°12′32″E / 33.873916°S 151.208871°E / -33.873916; 151.208871
Estimated completion 2019
Cost A$600 million
Height 235 metres (771 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 66
Design and construction
Architecture firm BVN, Woods Bagot
Developer Greenland
Structural engineer Arup Group & Robert Bird Group
Services engineer Wood & Grieve Engineers

The Greenland Centre is a residential skyscraper under construction located on the corner of Bathurst and Pitt Street in the heart of Sydney central business district, Australia.

Upon completion, the building will stand at 235 m (771 ft) high making it the tallest residential building in Sydney. It will overtake the World Tower, the tallest residential building in Sydney since 2004, by 5 metres.

The Sydney Water building stripped down to its frame

The project is being developed by the Shanghai government-owned Greenland Group and was designed by BVN and Woods Bagot. The main part of the project will involve the gutting and conversion of the existing Sydney Water office tower on the corner of Bathurst and Pitt Streets, with the construction of further storeys on top, which will result in a residential tower with 470 apartments and six penthouses across 66 levels. The adjoining heritage-listed, Art Deco style former Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board building is being converted into a boutique 180-bed, five-star hotel as part of the same project.

Construction began in early 2015, with the hotel expected to open in 2016 and the residential tower in 2019.[1][2]

Any reference to the number four is avoided in the building because "four" and "death" have a similar pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese. Consequently, the tower will have a level 82, but there will really only be 66 floors with no levels 4, 14, 24, 34, 40–49, 54, 64 or 74.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tower Crane Installation. greenlandcentrecommunity. Retrieved 8 December 2015
  2. ↑ "Sydney's tallest tower expected to sell out". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. November 29, 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "The missing floors in Sydney's tallest tower". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. June 17, 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.


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