| 108 St Georges Terrace | |
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.jpg) 108 St Georges Terrace tower in 2017 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Perth, Western Australia |
| Address | 108 St Georges Terrace |
| Coordinates | 31°57′16″S 115°51′25.5″E / 31.95444°S 115.857083°E |
| Construction started | 1981 |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Cost | A$120 million |
| Owner | Lendlease Realside Financial |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 247 metres (810 ft) |
| Roof | 214 metres (702 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50 (plus 2 below ground) |
| Floor area | 39,500 square metres (425,000 sq ft)[1] |
| Lifts/elevators | 15 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Cameron Chisholm Nicol |
| Developer | Austmark International and R&I Bank |
| Main contractor | Multiplex |
| Website | |
| palacetower | |
108 St Georges Terrace, also Palace Tower and formerly the South32 Tower, Bankwest Tower, Bond Tower, and R&I Tower, is a fifty-storey office building in Perth, Western Australia. The project was initiated in 1981 and completed in 1988, and the building measures 214 metres (702 ft) to its roof and 247 metres (810 ft) to the tip of its communications antenna. Upon completion, it was Perth's tallest building until Central Park surpassed it in 1992. It is the third-tallest building in Perth.
The tower, designed by the architect firm Cameron Chisholm Nicol, features a triangular cross-section and stepped front to maximise natural light and corner offices. Extensive testing ensured the building's resilience to extreme weather conditions. The completed building rests upon 43 belled concrete and steel piles, with a sixteen-metre-deep basement featuring a diaphragm wall to prevent water ingress.
The site occupied by the tower was previously the location of the Palace Hotel. There was organised opposition to save the hotel from demolition to make way for an office tower. The businessman Alan Bond subsequently acquired the site, and the tower was approved and constructed in a way that retained much of the Palace Hotel. The building served as the headquarters of Bond's companies until their collapse. It later became the headquarters of Bankwest (formerly the R&I Bank) until 2012. In 2015 it became the headquarters of the mining company South32.