[APP] 108 Franklin Street | 74m | 23 Levels | Hotel and Apartments

[Mpol02]

The previous design was a lot nicer. More dumbing down for Adelaide

[phenom]

Congrats to indaily for doing their best impression of AdelaideNow trying to stir up the crazies. Including a photo of the 1914 (but not heritage listed and unused) bar and calling it 'the site' isn't designed to be provocative at all. Classic, look at us replacing this cute little pub with a monstrous tower tactic:

As the actual address might suggest, 108-112A isn't one parcel of land - it's clearly 4 from the application. The largest part of the site is crumbling warehouse and this stunning bit of architecture below:

Maybe in an ideal world the frontage of the pub would be retained for some interest but that entire block is atrocious. I live nearby and this is not a very 'active' part of the city despite being in the 'busy' part of the CBD.

[AAA]

This is on the agenda of upcoming SCAP meeting, with design revised to 22 levels apartments and 18 levels hotel

[AAA]

Renders from SCAP reports

[Mpol02]

Eh now that this will be what 70-85 meters, the design and overall appeal is a lot less. More of the same. At least its something...

[Dvious]

It isn't a masterpiece, but certainly miles better than the previous proposal/renders.

[dbl96]

Nothing exceptional, but its a good filler. Put it in context - this whole area of the city is going to see massive change over the next few years, and it’s just going to be one part of that.

It looks like there will be decent street activation too, extending up the side streets, not just Franklin St, which is good.

Auta have done a good job with the Victoria Tower, and there was very little of the dilly-dallying that typically goes on with large developments like these, despite what the naysayers were claiming at the time. Let’s hope that they can carry that through to this project.

[HiTouch]

A solid 7/10

[Smithy84]

Planning approval granted.