It was a low set building adjacent to the higher Boans building, which later was demolished to make way for the Myer building. The city buildings housed a range of businesses,[5] and associations with significant organisations as tenants at various stages.[6]
They were a part of a set of buildings associated with William Padbury (nephew of Walter Padbury) in Western Australia. Due to the location on Forrest Place, it was photographed regularly throughout its history.[7][8][9][10] In 1937 a series of sectional photographs were made along the Forrest Place frontage.[11][12][13]
The buildings were demolished in 1987, in preparation for the site of the Forrest Chase complex.[14][15][16] In 1990, the buildings and contribution of Walter Padbury were memorialised in Padbury Walk, the walkway between the Carillon City shopping centre and Forrest Chase.[17]
^"FORREST PLACE LAND". The West Australian. Vol. XXXIX, no. 6, 703. Western Australia. 17 November 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia.