Quick facts for kids Southern Cross Tower |
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East Tower (SX1) in June 2009
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General information |
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Type |
Office |
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Location |
121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
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Completed |
2004 |
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Height |
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Roof |
161 m (528 ft) |
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Technical details |
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Floor count |
39 |
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Design and construction |
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Architect |
Woods Bagot |
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Southern Cross Tower, also known as 121 Exhibition Street, is a 161-metre (530 ft) skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tower was built in 2004 and comprises 39 levels of office accommodation. The complex is a twin tower. The SX1 (or East tower) delivers 76,700 square meters of space over 39 floors. The SX2 (or West Tower) provides 45,200 square metres and 22 levels. The tower was once the location of Melbourne’s prestigious Southern Cross Hotel.
History
Before development of Southern Cross, the Victorian Government was concerned because its key departments were scattered among more than 15 office buildings throughout the Melbourne central business district. It decided to consolidate financially and allow the bureaucracy closer access to Spring Street, giving it access to the Parliament and Treasury. A consortium of private bodies, including Multiplex and Babcock & Brown, suggested a skyscraper in the location of the old and derelict Southern Cross Hotel. A key condition of the Victorian government's involvement in the project was its demand that the building be a state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable development.
Ownership
The building is 75 per cent owned by Multiplex Property Trust and 25 per cent owned by Multiplex Acumen Prime Property Fund. According to valuer Jones Lang Lasalle, the building's current market value is A$130 million and its major tenant is the Victorian State Government.
Tenants
SX1 (East Tower) is occupied by the Victorian Government's Department of Justice and Community Safety, some branches of the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources and the State Revenue Office.
SX2 (West Tower) is home to Australia Post and the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) (EWOV).
Gallery
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Southern Cross East Tower (SX1) from corner of Little Bourke Street and Exhibition Street
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Southern Cross West Tower (SX2)
Skyscrapers in Melbourne over 150 metres in height
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Completed
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250–299 m |
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200–249 m |
- Victoria One (247 m, 2018)
- Swanston Central (237 m, 2019)
- 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)
- Melbourne Central (211 m, 1991)
- Freshwater Place North (205 m, 2005)
- Eq. Tower (203 m, 2017)
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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)
- 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)
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 Melbourne skyline in 2015
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Under construction
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Over 250 m |
- West Side Place Tower A (270 m, 2022)
- Queens Place North Tower (250 m, 2020)
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200–249 m |
- Premier Tower (249 m, 2020)
- Shangri-La by the Gardens (231 m, TBA)
- Melbourne Square Tower 1 (226 m, 2021)
- Sapphire by the Gardens (218 m, TBA)
- 380 Melbourne (218 m, 2020)
- West Side Place Tower B (211 m, 2022)
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150–199 m |
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Approved
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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)
- West Side Place Tower 2 (240 m, TBA)
- West Side Place Tower 4 (230 m, TBA)
- Melbourne Square Tower 2 (226 m, TBA)
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150–199 m |
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- Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
- Building data source: Skyscraper Center
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