Article in today's Commercial section of the paper confirming that Quest is planning to occupy the hotel component of this development.

New Torrens Riverbank development plans allow bigger casino, new hotel by: DANIEL WILLS STATE POLITICAL EDITOR From: The Advertiser July 17, 2013 3:51PM NEW development guidelines have been announced for Adelaide's Riverbank precinct to allow cafes, an expanded casino and new hotel and commercial b...

Well the 40 level building was always just a concept and to expect that with a Government court upgrade was unrealistic. This latest concept is on par if not better than the court upgrades interstate i.e. Perth and Brisbane's recent upgrades. Hopefully the square box design at least gets a few more ...

It appears this one may be back (at a much lower height) and Goodman's are the developers.

http://au.goodman.com/property/properti ... iam-street

Love these recent photos from flickr ... more photos in the user's photostream: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8584837186_775d2e9937_b.jpg Adelaide Oval WIP-155.jpg by Steve _ Beaumont , on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8584817122_3d1c0b4dcb_b.jpg Adelaide Oval WIP-124.jpg by Steve _...

Some recent pics of the tree and paving removal from people posting on flickr: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8572851379_ae8a916b60_o.jpg I am extremely surprised that they could just cut down all these trees in Victoria Square. I figured they'd at least have tried to move them. #adelaide by joh...

Wish they'd do something about the office portion of the Myer facade, it's looking more nasty each year. Pics from flickr: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8562876493_8fba036fed_c.jpg Cranes in Adelaide by deanwiles , on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8562876493_bdd7404b14_o.jpg Cranes ...

Also I wonder who'll take out naming rights for this building, Piper Alderman have relocated today: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/law-firm-piper-alderman-takes-itself-to-a-brand-new-space/story-e6fredel-1226594351116 A few other tenants have already moved into this build...

I noticed the white strip at the top of 70 Franklin Street a few weeks ago during the day and thought it may be a lighting feature. Thanks for the pics Ben. Also noticed the other night during a 7 news update it appeared that Westpac had a new lighting feature on the top plant roof area. The upper m...

Reb-L you have seen the state of the existing 'exotic' trees in Victoria Square? A lot of these trees are close to dead and hardly worth saving. They are a victim of Adelaide's extreme weather (months of hot dry weather aren't appropriate for many 'exotic' trees) and I bet the soil contamination tha...

Don't even get me started on this issue. Seems to be a messy situation between different Council boundaries and DPTI. DPTI appears to have responsibility for a lot of the main road watering. Ever since the drought they've just basically given up. Another bad example is Anzac Highway. It is bad enoug...

Well my memory of 20-25% pre commitment for the Hills development was close, it was 30% (see quote from that thread below). Talk about boom time pre commitments, no wonder that proposal got canned as a result of the GFC. This is a totally different situation with 75% pre commitment, it should procee...

This development has 75% pre commitment Ben (15,000 sqm).

I thought Hills had only agreed to lease a couple of levels in the failed KWS development? Something like only 20-25% pre commitment?

Thanks Ben. Shows office buildings can still be constructed without a single elevation having a blank wall in Adelaide! Something that's very rare these days. If only the building had a few more floors height to make it stand out more in that location. The link with the Santos building is interestin...