Southbank's Australia 108 marketing underway offshore through Knight Frank Singapore

Southbank's Australia 108 marketing underway offshore through Knight Frank Singapore
Jonathan ChancellorSeptember 21, 2014

Offshore marketing of Melbourne's tallest building, Australia 108, on Southbank Boulevard, is underway through Knight Frank Singapore.

At 319 metres it will be the tallest block in the southern hemisphere.

There will be 1,105 apartments in the complex, located up to its 100th level.

Property Observer understands it has a 2019 estimated completed date.

Singaporean developer Aspial bought the Australia 108 site in Southbank which has building approvals from the Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy.

They paid $42.3 million in January for 70 Southbank Boulevard with its permit for 312-metre tower design by architects Fender Katsalidis

The southern hemisphere’s tallest building, Australia 108 will stand at 319 metres — 25 metres higher than the Eureka Tower.

The name stems from a previous mooted incarnation when it was set to be 108 stories high.

Aspial began as a single-store jeweller in 1970 to become a major retailer, financial services business and property group.

 PS The Knight Frank website pages soliciting registrations have been removed in the wake of claims they had no authority.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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