45-622: Waterfront Place is an office building in the Brisbane central business district in Queensland , Australia. It is located at 1 Eagle Street, beside the Brisbane River . It was constructed by renowned Queensland builder and developer F. A. Pidgeon and Son who led the projects development in a joint venture with Folkestone Limited. Construction was completed in 1989. The building stands 162 metres (531 ft) tall. The Waterfront Place foyer
90-494: A concern in the interest of public safety in November 2007, after a window pane fell from the building's 27th storey and landed on the road below. The pane shattered before it hit the ground, narrowly missing pedestrians and cars. The pane is one of more than 200 of which that have fallen from Waterfront Place since 1990, due to an impurity of nickel sulfide in the glass, which causes the glass to expand and shatter when it gets hot. In
135-485: Is also colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD", "the city", or simply "town". The CBD is located on a point on the northern bank of the Brisbane River , historically known as Meanjin , Mianjin or Meeanjin in the local Yuggera dialect. The triangular-shaped peninsula is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as Gardens Point , slopes upward to
180-407: Is home to several of Australia's tallest buildings . Brisbane's tallest buildings are Brisbane Skytower at 270 metres, The One at 264 metres, One William Street at 260 metres, Soleil at 243 metres, Aurora Tower at 207 metres, Riparian Plaza at 200 metres, One One One Eagle Street at 195 metres, and Infinity at 249 metres, which was completed in 2014. The Brisbane CBD
225-830: Is laid out according to a grid pattern surveyed during the city's early colonial days, a feature typical of most Australian street patterns. Most central streets are named after members of the House of Hanover . Queen Street (named in honour of Queen Victoria ) is Brisbane's traditional main street and contains its largest pedestrian mall , the Queen Street Mall . Streets named after female members ( Adelaide , Alice , Ann , Charlotte , Elizabeth , Margaret , and Mary ) run parallel to Queen Street and perpendicular to streets named after male members ( Albert , Edward , George , and William ). The CBD's squares include King George Square , Post Office Square and ANZAC Square (home to
270-528: Is one of the major business hubs in Australia. The City contains many tall office buildings occupied by organisations, businesses and all three levels of government that have emerged into a number of precincts. The areas around the Queen Street Mall and Adelaide Street is primarily a retail precinct. A legal precinct exists around the various court buildings located around the intersections of George Street and Adelaide and Ann Streets. The government precinct
315-451: Is regularly used for art exhibitions. A grand piano is featured in the southern end of the foyer and can usually be heard playing during the morning as office workers arrive at the building. During the Christmas season, choirs and instrumentalists perform Christmas music . Waterfront Place is one of Brisbane's landmark office towers, located on the edge of the Brisbane River in the heart of
360-445: The 2021 census , Brisbane City had a population of 12,587 people. There are no schools in the central business district. The nearest government primary schools are Brisbane Central State School in neighbouring Spring Hill to the north and Petrie Terrace State School in neighbouring Petrie Terrace to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Fortitude Valley State Secondary College in neighbouring Fortitude Valley to
405-675: The Australian Government Future Fund purchased a 50% stake in the property from the Stockland Direct Office Trust Number One. In June 2015, the Dexus Property Group and Dexus Wholesale Property Fund purchased Waterfront Place and Eagle Street Pier retail complex for $ 635M from Stockland and the Future Fund. The building's tenants include many major Australian and international firms. Among
450-686: The Queen's Wharf megaproject is under construction along the southern end of William Street, which includes a pedestrian bridge crossing the Riverside Expressway . Like most other Australian capital cities, Brisbane has experienced dramatic rises in rental prices for residential and office space before the Great Recession . At the beginning of 2008, the Brisbane central business district contained 1.7 million square metres of office space. High demand in
495-552: The Brisbane River. It hosts an art gallery and operates Old Government House as a museum; both of these and other facilities are open to the public. A number of other universities have premises in the Brisbane CBD for events, networking, and short courses, but their major teaching and research facilities are not in the CBD. Up until 1964, a Brisbane City Council regulation limited building heights to 132 ft (40 m). Some of
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#1732880198530540-512: The Brisbane central business district. The building features views of the City, the Brisbane River and Story Bridge , and, from its upper floors, the islands of Moreton Bay . Waterfront Place is only a short walk from stops of ferries ( Eagle Street Pier ), CityCats ( Riverside ), buses , and the City Botanic Gardens . The architects for Waterfront were Cameron Chisholm Nicol. The building
585-464: The Brisbane congregation having previously met in a range of public buildings since forming in 1855. It was designed in the Early Italianate style and was built by Andrew Petrie . The church was 57 by 34 feet (17 by 10 m) and could accommodate 250 people. The cost was £2000 for the land and building, but part of the cost was covered by donations, e.g. Thomas Blacket Stephens partially donated
630-586: The CBD include City Hall (including the Museum of Brisbane ), the Story Bridge , the Howard Smith Wharves , ANZAC Square , St John's Cathedral , the Brisbane River and its Riverwalk network, the City Botanic Gardens , Roma Street Parkland , Queensland Parliament House , Old Government House and Customs House . Brisbane has many heritage-listed sites, including: By road, four road bridges connect
675-816: The CBD with the southern bank of the Brisbane River: the Captain Cook Bridge , the Victoria Bridge , the William Jolly Bridge and the Go Between Bridge . The Story Bridge connects Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point and provides access to the city from the southern bank. The Captain Cook Bridge connects the Pacific Motorway , south of the river, with the Riverside Expressway which runs along
720-587: The Victoria, William Jolly, Go Between and Story road bridges. The Kangaroo Point Green Bridge is being built between the CBD and Kangaroo Point. The Brisbane central business district is the central hub for all public transport services in Brisbane. Bus services are centred on the Queen Street bus station and King George Square busway station . Suburban train services pass through Central railway station , and Roma Street railway station . Roma Street also serves as
765-596: The central business district along the river bank. The Brisbane CBD has featured in a number of films, including: Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Hobart Darwin Canberra State Emergency Service The State Emergency Service ( SES ) is the name used by a number of separate civil defence organisations in Australia that provide assistance during and after major incidents. Specifically,
810-576: The city's central war memorial ). The Brisbane central business district was built on a spur of the Taylor Range with the highest spot in the suburb being Wickham Terrace . North Quay is an area in the CBD that was a landing point during the first European exploration of the Brisbane River . Petrie Bight is a reach of the Brisbane River ( 27°27′49″S 153°02′06″E / 27.4636°S 153.0351°E / -27.4636; 153.0351 ( Petrie Bight ) ), which gives its name to
855-456: The country. Each state or territory is broken into regions , then units , and finally groups or teams . The SES is one of many public safety organisations using AIIMS (Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System). Typically, small incidents (AIIMS type 1) are assigned to a 'unit' and dealt with by a 'team'. AIIMS type 2 or 3 incidents are coordinated at the regional level. Each State Emergency Service has an Executive appointed by
900-447: The east and west faces to create ten "corner" offices per typical floor. The elliptical shape maximises the views to the river and city. The forty storey tower is of reinforced concrete construction and externally is clad in polished granite with double glazed solar tinted windows. The building has thirty six lettable floors with a Total Net Lettable Area of approximately 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft). The major features of
945-451: The first skyscrapers built in the CBD include the SGIO building (now Suncorp Plaza ) in 1970 and AMP Place in 1977. Other notable openings included Comalco Place (1984), Riverside Place (1986), the two towers of Central Plaza (1988 and 1989), and Waterfront Place (1990). In the last few decades the number of apartment buildings that have been constructed has increased substantially. Brisbane
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#1732880198530990-526: The foyer and two underground car parks. There are stand-by power facilities designed to generate 100% backup power in the event of mains power failure. Part of the equipment installed on the roof serves the communications needs of the Queensland State Emergency Service . In 1986, Folkestone Limited decided to join the project, and entered into a joint venture arrangement with F. A. Pidgeon & Son. Obayashi Corporation of Japan
1035-513: The land. In 1881, the church was enlarged, but the need for further growth resulted in a decision to build a new church, the City Tabernacle in Wickham Terrace . The Wharf Street church was sold, holding its last service on 5 October 1890 with the tabernacle being dedicated on 9 October 1890. The building is no longer extant. On Tuesday 25 May 2021, a Baptist Historic plaque was placed at
1080-789: The late 1970s the site was in ownership of both the Queensland Government and the Inchcape Group of the UK. F. A. Pidgeon and Son purchased the part of the site owned by the Inchcape Group in 1982 with the intention of developing an office building in the future. The crumbling dockyard area was gradually redeveloped after 1984 into the current Eagle Street riverfront complex. The original waterfront site covers approximately 5,200 square metres (56,000 sq ft), has two prominent street frontages and 110 metres (360 ft) frontage to
1125-559: The lobby are granite floors and walls, water features, high ceilings and polished steel columns. In December 1989 the property was purchased from the construction venture partners by the AMP Society . In 2003, the Ronan Property Group purchased a 20% stake from AMP. In 2004, Stockland and Westpac purchased the property, each holding 50%. Later Westpac sold its half to the Stockland Direct Office Trust Number One. In May 2011,
1170-421: The mid-1990s, more than 300 windows containing the impurity were replaced in the building, however it is understood that there are still more windows with the defect. Following the 2007 incident, additional awnings were constructed across Felix Street to prevent falling window panes from landing on vehicles and pedestrians, and the marina in the Brisbane River has been dismantled. The building's two-level carpark
1215-626: The name Your Church. The Brisbane City Library opened in 1965, moving into Brisbane Square in 2006. The city centre was damaged by the 2010-2011 floods . In the 2016 census , Brisbane City had a population of 9,460 people.The most common countries of birth other than Australia were China 16.0%, South Korea 8.3%, England 3.7%, Taiwan 3.2% and Brazil 2.8%. 43.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.3%, Korean 7.7%, Cantonese 3.6%, Spanish 2.9% and Portuguese 2.7%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 43.0% and Catholic 16.8%. In
1260-598: The north-east and Kelvin Grove State College in neighbouring Kelvin Grove to the north. Queensland University of Technology has its major campus at Gardens Point ( 27°28′36″S 153°01′41″E / 27.4767°S 153.0281°E / -27.4767; 153.0281 ( Queensland University of Technology (Gardens Point Campus) ) ), located between Parliament House , the City Botanic Gardens, and
1305-616: The north-west where the city is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill to the north. The CBD is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley . To the west the CBD is bounded by Milton , Petrie Terrace , and Kelvin Grove . In the 2021 census , the suburb of Brisbane City had a population of 12,587 people. The Brisbane central business district is an area of densely concentrated skyscrapers and other buildings, interspersed by several parks such as Roma Street Parklands , City Botanic Gardens and Wickham Park . It occupies an area of 1.367 km . The city
1350-409: The office market had pushed vacancy rates in the Brisbane CBD to 0.7% by January 2008, the lowest in Australia. Premium grade office space was even less vacant with an occupancy rate of 99.9%. By the end of 2009 the situation had reversed. In mid 2013 the market for office space had declined to its worst position in two decades with a vacancy rate of just under 13%. Major landmarks and attractions in
1395-480: The preference for wharves was due to the site being directly downstream from the central business district. Wharf Street Baptist Church opened at 38 Wharf Street (corner of Adelaide Street, 27°27′55″S 153°01′47″E / 27.4652°S 153.0296°E / -27.4652; 153.0296 ( Baptist Church (1859) ) ) on 6 February 1859. It was the first Baptist church to be built in Queensland,
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1440-645: The river. However, the adjoining Norman Wharf site owned by the State Government was unsightly and acted as a barrier between the site and the rest of the Brisbane central business district. To develop the site to its best potential it became necessary to purchase the Norman Wharf site from the State Government. The final site area was approximately 23,400 square metres (252,000 sq ft) including both freehold and leasehold, and enjoyed frontages on Eagle Street, Felix Street and Mary Street . The building became
1485-448: The services deal with floods , storms and tsunamis , but can also assist in other emergencies, such as vertical rescue and road crash rescues, missing persons searches, and medical evacuations. In other scenarios the SES may provide a support role to other agencies, particularly police and fire. The SES is operational 24 hours a day. The SES is constituted as separate organisations operating in
1530-808: The site to commemorate the church. On 2 April 1860, the Queensland Government opened its first school, the Brisbane National School in Adelaide Street under headmaster John Rendall with an initial enrolment of 50 boys and 8 girls. A congregation of the Church of Christ was established on 23 September 1883 in the Brisbane central area. In the late 1890s the congregation purchased 430 Ann Street ( 27°27′46″S 153°01′49″E / 27.4628°S 153.0302°E / -27.4628; 153.0302 ( Your Church (Church of Christ) ) ) to establish their first church, still operating as at 2021 under
1575-419: The small pocket of land centred on the area under the Story Bridge 's northern point, around the Brisbane River to Admiralty Towers II . The location was originally known as Petrie Gardens and was an early settlement farm, one of two that provided food for the colony. The site was named after Andrew Petrie and has been the base for water police and in earlier times wharves. The location of Customs House and
1620-536: The south western edge of the city. Heading under and bypassing the CBD is the Clem Jones Tunnel . Because on-street car parking is in high demand, parking meters are installed across the inner city. By bicycle and foot, the Goodwill Bridge allows cross river access to South Bank. The Kurilpa Bridge allows cross river access from North Quay to South Brisbane. Cyclists and pedestrians may also cross while using
1665-556: The tenants are the 21st Governor-General of Australia , Bill Hayden , Senator Ron Boswell , and the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia . The first federal cabinet meeting of the Rudd Government was held in the building on 6 December 2007. Brisbane central business district Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane , the state capital of Queensland , Australia. It
1710-464: The terminus for long distance and country services. The central business district is served by various city ferries. Brisbane's CityCat high speed ferry service, popular with tourists and commuters, operates services along the Brisbane River between the University of Queensland and Northshore Hamilton, stopping at several CBD wharves. The Brisbane Riverwalk , a pedestrian and cyclist pathway adjoins
1755-547: The various Australian states and territories . Eight of the SES organisations co-ordinate through the Australian Council of State and Territory Emergency Services (ACSES). During World War II the National Emergency Service was created on 1 February 1939 to provide air raid wardens . The organisation was disbanded six months after the end of the war. The Civil Defence Service began in Australia in 1955. It
1800-496: Was an area centred on the Executive Building that includes many Queensland Government offices. 111 George Street , Mineral House , and Education House are also located here. 1 William Street was completed in 2016, now serving the role of the former Executive Building. The Executive Building and Neville Bonner building were demolished for the state's largest infrastructure project. An urban renewal project based around
1845-604: Was completed in December 1989, and was officially opened on 15 February 1990 by the Honourable Wayne Goss , the then Premier of Queensland . The site now occupied by Waterfront Place was part of Brisbane's original port. In 1888 Naldham House , (part of the original Waterfront Place development, but subsequently sold in 1994), was built for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company . By
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1890-484: Was completely flooded during the 2011 Brisbane flood and the whole building was inaccessible for a week. Typical floor size ranges from approximately 1,816 to 1,867 square metres (19,550 to 20,100 sq ft). Floors are a column free space with a 12-metre (39 ft) window-to-core distance. There are ten corner offices per floor. Other statistics include; The building is serviced by 22 lifts: six each for three floor sections, two goods lifts, and two lifts between
1935-426: Was formed as a precaution to any potential attacks on Australian soil. The name was changed to the "State Emergency Service" (abbreviated to "SES") during the 1970s, to reflect a change of emphasis into providing emergency help related to floods , storms and other natural emergencies. Every state and territory in Australia has its own State (or Territory) Emergency Service, and there are 43,000 volunteers spread across
1980-487: Was invited to participate on the basis of becoming the project head contractor. The joint venture appointed Indosuez Australia to arrange finance. Cameron Chisholm Nicol were appointed to design the complex. Construction commenced in September 1987 and was completed 27 months later on Christmas Eve 1989. During the buildings construction over 600 people worked on the site, 53,000 cubic metres (69,000 cu yd) of concrete
2025-523: Was used, 9,500 panes of glass were used, 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) of granite was used and 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) of marble was used. In December 1989 AMP Society purchased the Waterfront Place complex from the joint venture partners. The office tower is the dominant element of the complex. The architectural design outline of the tower is framed by matching elliptical curves with triangular projections in each of
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