Cbus Property lodged 40-storey office tower at 280 Elizabeth St

The outlet describes the applicant as the development arm of the Cbus industry super fund. The design team it names is Hassell with Richards and Spence, with Urbis as town planner and Hutchinson Builders as builder. Hassell and Richards and Spence describe the scheme as a “quiet, recessed tower”, according to the outlet.

The numbers

Brisbane Development reports the following for the proposal:

• 40 storeys, about 26 of them office levels, reaching 155.8 m AHD.
• About 38,225 sqm of premium office floor space.
• A site of 1,037 sqm, including easements.
• 6 car spaces and 192 bicycle spaces with end-of-trip facilities.
• Non-office uses: food and drink venues, an indoor recreation use, health and wellness suites, and a public ground-level space.

On sustainability, the outlet lists targets of 6 Star Green Star (Design and As Built), a minimum 5.5 Star NABERS Energy base building rating and a minimum 4 Star NABERS Water base building rating.

Brisbane Development does not state a construction cost or a separate gross floor area figure for the tower, and we have not seen either in any source for this story. The office figure above is the outlet’s own number, not a total we have calculated.

What’s next

The application is with Brisbane City Council, and the outlet’s report does not give a decision date. The status of A007073249 can be checked on the council’s Development.i register.

For another CBD office application on the council’s books, see our earlier report on PGIM’s approved use application at 450 Queen Street.

This story is based on Brisbane Development’s reporting of the lodged application.