Tower 5 'Tops Out' at Collins Square
18 May 2018
Walker Corporation:
The $480 million Tower 5 rises 33-levels and
is 117 metres high. Upon completion, Tower 5 will provide a total net
lettable area of approximately 40,000 square metres of
commercial office
space.
Designed by high-profile architects
Woods Bagot, the fifth tower
features high quality office space with an
architectural curtain wall
façade to provide a light-filled spacious entry and public circulation
space.
Leading global contractor
Multiplex was engaged by Walker to construct
the tower, with 570 people having worked on-site to date and a total of
22,000 cubic metres of concrete used to get the final tower to its
33-level height.
The base building is on track to be complete by July 2018 and tenant fit
outs by November 2018. Tenants of Tower 5 include Transurban, nbn, Grant
Thornton and The Executive Centre. There remains only one small suite on
level 21 of the Tower bring the occupancy up to approx. 99%.
Collins Square is one of the largest commercial office developments in
Australia. Spanning an entire city block, it consists of five commercial
office
buildings, the Lantern Building and the refurbished historical Good
Shed, providing a combined total of more than 250,000 square metres of
commercial space and 10,000 square metres of retail area.
Once complete each building within the Collins Square development will
achieve a 5 Star
Green Star Rating. All the completed building have
achieved a minimum
NABERS Energy 5 Star Rating with some achieving close
to 6 Stars.
The final configuration of the site will include over 75 lifts, 3
Megawatt of power generated on site from Tri-Generation systems and
solar plant, rainwater storage, and reuse systems throughout for
amenities.
Many of the expected 20,000 people to eventually work at Collins Square
are utilising the precinct’s many award winning restaurants, cafes and
bars, staff wellness facilities, supermarket, as well as childcare
services, pharmacy, dry cleaning and much more.
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