West Side Place

Building complex in Melbourne, Australia

West Side Place

West Side Place in May 2023

General information
Status|

* Tower A: Completed
* Tower B: Completed
* Tower C: Completed
* Tower D: Completed

Location| 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates| 37°48′51″S 144°57′10″E﻿ / ﻿37.8143°S 144.9529°E﻿ / -37.8143; 144.9529
Estimated completion|

* Tower A: 2021
* Tower B: 2021
* Tower C: 2022
* Tower D: 2022

Cost| A$2.4 billion
Height
Roof|

* Tower A: 268.7 m (882 ft)
* Tower B: 211 m (692 ft)
* Tower C: 230 m (750 ft)
* Tower D: 240 m (790 ft)

Technical details
Floor count|

* Tower A: 81
* Tower B: 65
* Tower C: 70
* Tower D: 72

Floor area| 97,000 m2 (1,040,000 sq ft) (in 4 towers)
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Cottee Parker Architects
Developer| Far East Consortium
Engineer| Winward Structures

West Side Place is a completed A$2.4 billion complex of four buildings, located on 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne.

## The complex

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The tallest of the buildings within the complex, Tower A, will comprise 600 apartments spanning across 81 levels. At a height of 268.7 metres, it will become the fourth-tallest building in Melbourne, and one of the tallest buildings in Australia.[1] In addition to the apartments, a 5-star hotel of 263 rooms and a 500-seat ballroom will occupy the building.[2][3] Hotel chain The Ritz-Carlton have signed on to manage the hotel, opening in March 2023.[4] It spans floors 61 to 80, with its sky lobby located on floor 80.[5]

The 65-level Tower B will comprise 520 apartments and 260 rooms in a 3-4 star hotel and will reach a height of 211 metres. The third skyscraper (Tower C) reaches 230 metres (750 ft), 70 levels, and comprises 684 apartments as well as Melbourne's first Dorsett Hotel. The 240-metre (790 ft) tall Tower D includes 853 apartments across 72 levels.[2][3]

The A$1 billion project will be Melbourne's biggest inner-city development, encompassing 97,000 m2 (1,040,000 sq ft) of floor space.[6] Developed by Far East Consortium, the complex was initially proposed in 2013, and was later approved in mid-2014 by then-Planning Minister, Matthew Guy. It was proposed to be fully completed in 2022.[7] Most of the building's residential apartments have opened as of February 2022[update]. Construction was suspended in February 2022 when contractor Probuild went into administration.[8] The remaining two towers were completed by Multiplex in 2023.

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Melbourne

## References

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1. ^ West Side Place Tower A - The Skyscraper Center. The Skyscraper Centre. Retrieved 23 June 2020
2. ^ a b Dragomir, Lawrence. (21 November 2013). "The Dawn of a New Age... and Melbourne's new tallest building?". UrbanMelbourne.info. Retrieved 28 January 2015
3. ^ a b 250 Spencer Complex - The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 23 June 2020
4. ^ (1 August 2014). "New Melbourne skyscrapers approved for Spencer Street". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 28 January 2015
5. ^ "The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Melbourne". West Side Place. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
6. ^ Fedele, Angela. (26 November 2013). "New Skyscraper May Surpass Melbourne’s Tallest". Sourceable. Retrieved 28 January 2015
7. ^ Baljak, Mark. (4 August 2014). "Far East Consortium's massive 250 Spencer Street design unveiled?". UrbanMelbourne.info. Retrieved 28 January 2015
8. ^ "Probuild in administration as South African parent calls time". Australian Financial Review. 23 February 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

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Skyscrapers in Melbourne over 150 metres in height

Completed

| Over 300 m|

* Australia 108 (316 m, 2020)

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250–299 m|

* Eureka Tower (297 m, 2006)
* Aurora Melbourne Central (270 m, 2019)
* West Side Place Tower A (268 m, 2021)
* 120 Collins Street (265 m, 1991)
* 101 Collins Street (260 m, 1991)
* Prima Pearl (254 m, 2014)
* Rialto Towers (251 m, 1986)

200–249 m|

* Queens Place North Tower (249 m, 2021)
* Victoria One (246 m, 2018)
* Premier Tower (249 m, 2021)
* Swanston Central (237 m, 2019)
* Melbourne Square Tower 1 (231 m, 2021)
* Vision Apartments (229 m, 2016)
* 568 Collins Street (224 m, 2015)
* Bourke Place (224 m, 1991)
* Light House Melbourne (218 m, 2017)
* Telstra Corporate Centre (218 m, 1992)
* 380 Melbourne (217 m, 2021)
* Melbourne Central (211 m, 1991)
* West Side Place Tower B (206 m, 2021)
* Freshwater Place North (205 m, 2005)
* Eq. Tower (203 m, 2017)

150–199 m|

* Empire Melbourne (198 m, 2017)
* Collins House (190 m, 2018)
* Abode318 (187 m, 2015)
* 80 Collins South (187 m, 2019)
* Sofitel Hotel (185 m, 1980)
* ANZ Tower (185 m, 1978)
* Nauru House (182 m, 1977)
* LK Tower (178 m, 2019)
* MY80 (173 m, 2014)
* Melbourne Square Tower 2 (226 m, 2021)
* Victoria Police Centre Tower 2 (171 m, 2020)
* Upper West Side Tower 5 (170 m, 2016)
* 385 Bourke Street (169 m, 1983)
* Zen Apartments (168 m, 2012)
* Platinum Tower One (167 m, 2016)
* Avant (167 m, 2018)
* Australian Stock Exchange Building (167 m, 1991)
* Southbank Place (166 m, 2018)
* Casselden Place (166 m, 1992)
* 35 Spring Street (166 m, 2017)
* The Fifth (166 m, 2017)
* Ernst & Young Tower (165 m, 2005)
* SX Stage 1 (163 m, 2005)
* Royal Domain Tower (162 m, 2005)
* ANZ World Headquarters (162 m, 1993)
* National Bank House (161 m, 1978)
* 2 Southbank Boulevard (161 m, 2005)
* Verve 501 (159 m, 2006)
* 477 Collins Street (158 m, 2019)
* Upper West Side Tower 2 (156 m, 2014)
* Shadow Play (153 m, 2018)
* Southbank Central (153 m, 2017)
* Optus Centre (153 m, 1975)
* Crown Towers (152 m, 1997)
* 140 William Street (152 m, 2005)
* Urban Workshop Lonsdale (150 m, 2005)

Melbourne skyline in 2015

Under construction

| 200–249 m|

* West Side Place Tower D (239 m, 2022)
* Shangri-La by the Gardens (231 m, TBA)
* West Side Place Tower C (230 m, 2022)
* Sapphire by the Gardens (218 m, TBA)

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Approved

| Over 250 m|

* Green Spine Tower 1 (366 m, TBA)
* 25–35 Power Street (280 m, TBA)
* Green Spine Tower 2 (252 m, TBA)

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200–249 m|

* Queens Place South Tower (251 m, TBA)
* Elysium (244 m, TBA)

150–199 m|

* Melbourne Square Tower 5 (180 m, TBA)
* Melbourne Square Tower 3 (175 m, TBA)
* Melbourne Square Tower 4 (175 m, TBA)
* Full list of approved projects

Proposed

* Full list of proposed projects

* Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
* Building data source: Skyscraper Center

* See also: List of tallest buildings in Melbourne
* Category:Buildings and structures in Melbourne
* Category:Skyscrapers in Melbourne

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