NEVER BUILT SYDNEY: Mid City Centre Office Tower (1989)

For the next ten weeks, I will present a new series of "Never Builts" in Sydney. My collection in this area continues to grow.

Source: Chancellor, J. 1989. "Developer shelves $350m Mid City tower". The Sydney Morning Herald, April 18: 25. 

This week, I have selected the Mid City Centre Office Tower that was proposed in 1989. The current 34 level office tower at 420 George Street was completed in 2010 along with a new retail complex in its podium, bearing the same name as its predecessor.  It replaced the original Mid City Centre retail complex which opened in 1982 and was designed to accommodate a future highrise tower.

In 1989, plans for a 36 level office tower were shelved due to "oversupply" in the Sydney CBD Office Market and it led to disputes between the owners of the complex, City Freeholds Pty. Ltd and their tenants over the state of the complex.

Source: Totaro, P. 1989. "Brawl over Mid City Centre redevelopment plans. The Sydney Morning Herald, April 19: 8. 

It was not the first highrise tower that was proposed for the site. In 1971  a 46 level office tower was proposed by Tjuringa Securities Ltd. Click here to view an entry on that proposal which was published last year.