In more proof of Australia’s life sciences precinct boom, Adelaide is getting a brand-new $450 million biomedical office tower in Trinity City in the heart of the city’s $3.8 billion BioMed City precinct.
In the grounds of one of the state’s oldest buildings, and oldest church – Trinity Church, built in 1836 – 88 North Terrace will be the first commercial building within the city’s life science precinct.
Driving the project are 1835 Capital and Marlborough Capital.
The church and two other historic buildings on the site will be restored. Beside it, the new Trinity City tower will rise 28 storeys and 40,000 square metres.
In order to maintain the historic gardens, the new building will include 173 EV charging car parks, a 70-place child care centre and an auditorium for up to 200 people.
Designed for a pandemic (or post-pandemic) workforce, the interiors feature no-touch entry and fresh air ventilation down the building’s spine.
Adelaide’s biomedical precinct includes the Royal Adelaide Hospital – South Australia’s largest public acute care teaching hospital known to locals as “the Rah” – as well as the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Other hospitals in the surrounding suburbs include the Calvary North Adelaide Hospital, Calvary Adelaide Hospital, and Adelaide Day Surgery.