Waterfront Place, Brisbane
| Waterfront Place | |
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| General information | |
| Type | office |
| Location | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 27°28′13″S 153°01′49″E / 27.470306°S 153.030329°ECoordinates: 27°28′13″S 153°01′49″E / 27.470306°S 153.030329°E |
| Completed | 1989 |
| Opening | 15 February 1990 |
| Owner | Dexus Property Group & Dexus Wholesale Property Fund |
| Height | |
| Roof | 162 metres (531 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 40 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Cameron Chisholm Nicol |
| Developer | F.A. Pidgeon & Son Pty Ltd |
| Main contractor | F.A. Pidgeon & Son Pty Ltd |
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 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 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 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 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.
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