Greenland Centre, Sydney

The Greenland Centre is a residential skyscraper in Sydney, Australia, located on the corner of Bathurst and Pitt Street. At a height of 237 m (778 ft), it is the tallest residential building in Sydney.

Greenland Centre
Greenland Centre nearing completion in November 2020
General information
StatusTopped-out
TypeResidential
LocationSydney, Australia
Coordinates33.873916°S 151.208871°E / -33.873916; 151.208871
Construction started2017
Estimated completion2021
CostA$700 million
Height236.7 metres (777 ft)
Technical details
Floor count68
Design and construction
Architecture firmBVN, Woods Bagot
DeveloperGreenland
Structural engineerArup Group & Robert Bird Group
Services engineerWood & Grieve Engineers
Main contractorBrookfield Multiplex
Probuild

The project is being developed by the Shanghai government-owned Greenland Group and was designed by BVN and Woods Bagot. The main part of the project will involve the gutting and conversion of the existing Sydney Water office tower on the corner of Bathurst and Pitt Streets, with the construction of further storeys on top, which will result in a residential tower with 470 apartments and six penthouses across 67 levels. The adjoining heritage-listed, Art Deco style former Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board building has been converted into a boutique 180-bed, five-star hotel called "Primus Hotel Sydney", as part of the same project. Primus Hotel Sydney is part of the Primus Hotel chain owned by the municipal government of Shanghai, and is the first five-star hotel developed outside China by the Chinese government.

Demolition on the site began in early 2015, and construction on the main tower began in 2017.[1] Initially, the hotel was expected to open in 2016 and the residential tower in 2019. However due to significant delays in construction, the opening of the tower was delayed to 2021.[2][3] The tower topped out in July 2020.

Any reference to the number four is avoided in the building because "four" and "death" have a similar pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese. Consequently, the tower will have a level 83, but there will only be 68 floors with no levels 4, 14, 24, 34, 40–49, 54, 64 or 74.[4]

  • The internal frame of the previous Sydney Water Board building was retained and reused as part of the structure for the lower section of Greenland Centre. Pictured here in March 2018 is the frame being retained after the demolition of the previous building.
  • The former art-deco Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board building was turned into a hotel as part of the Greenland Centre Sydney development. Primus Hotel Sydney opened for business in December 2015.

References
  1. "Sydney Greenland Centre - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. Tower Crane Installation Archived 10 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. greenlandcentrecommunity. Retrieved 8 December 2015
  3. "Sydney's tallest tower expected to sell out". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. "The missing floors in Sydney's tallest tower". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.


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