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• News27 July 2018
  Mirvac refurbishment increases tenancies at 367 Collins Street, Melbourne

  Thursday 26 July 2018 saw Mirvac Group (Mirvac) celebrate the completion of an extensive refurbishment of 367 Collins Street, Melbourne, with the official opening of the new lobby. 
  
  Completed this month, the newly renovated lobby has allowed Mirvac to maximise the footprint of the building, creating space for four new tenancies on the ground floor and three new tenancies on Flinders Lane. 
  
  In addition to Anytime Fitness, Colliers Residential and on-site café Falcon, a range of premium tenants will be introduced to the building. This includes Brickworks Building Products who is set to move in November 2018 in a first-of-its-kind retail offering in Melbourne. 
  
  The new lobby also features a four-metre revolving door entry and triple-height ceilings. 
  
  Andrew Butler, Group Executive, Office – Mirvac Property Trust, said the company invested significantly to deliver an exceptional new office environment for tenants. 
  
  “As part of Mirvac’s vision to reimagine urban life, we’re committed to providing best-in-class assets for our tenants and the wider community. The first phase of the refurbishment in 2016 saw the conversion of a bank vault into brand new, state-of-the-art end-of-trip facilities, The Nest. 
  
  “We’re pleased to be celebrating the completion of the second phase of the refurbishment. The transformation of the lobby has allowed Mirvac to create additional tenancies in addition to an activated space for tenants to work, socialise and relax.”
  
  Hazel Porter, Principal and Lead Design Architect at Woods Bagot, said, “The project presented us with an exciting opportunity to re-invent one of Melbourne’s best known commercial towers by activating and energising its entire ground plane.”
  
  Regarded as one of Melbourne’s most prominent A-Grade towers, 367 Collins Street occupies a prime location at the heart of the city’s financial district between Elizabeth and Queen Street in Melbourne. The building is currently home to major tenants Optus and Sportsbet. 
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• News22 June 2018
  Mirvac secures Norton Rose Fulbright at Olderfleet, Melbourne

  We are proud to announce the signing of global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright to our Olderfleet building at 477 Collins Street in Melbourne. Norton Rose Fulbright will occupy the top floors of the cutting-edge commercial building. 
  
  The firm has committed to 5,100 square metres on levels 35 to 38, taking advantage of the outdoor terrace on Level 37 as a flexible space for entertaining, meetings, socialising and enjoying the spectacular city views. 
  
  Norton Rose Fulbright will be joining anchor tenant Deloitte, who has committed to over 26,000 square metres of office space, upon completion in 2020. 
  
  Mirvac’s General Manager of Commercial Development, Simon Healy said, “As a leading global professional services firm, Norton Rose Fulbright aligns with the high calibre tenants Mirvac has secured at Olderfleet, such as anchor tenant, Deloitte. We are very pleased that the law firm was drawn to our vision for the building as a unique place to work and visit, with leading technology and sustainability design." 
  
  Norton Rose Fulbright managing partner in Australia, Wayne Spanner, said, “We’re delighted to be re-locating our Melbourne office to Olderfleet, a building which we are certain will both reflect our values and provide our partners and staff with an inspiring and technologically advanced physical platform. We are grateful to Mirvac for its support which has enabled us to make this important decision for our business.”
  
  Mirvac is working closely with Grimshaw Architects and Carr Design to bring Olderfleet to life, with construction on the first of the office floors well underway. We have also secured a partnership to provide smart lighting throughout the building with Enlighted, a world-leading provider of IoT platforms for smart buildings, and Honeywell, a global Fortune 100 software-industrial company, to deliver workplace performance monitoring technology.  
  
  Olderfleet will be the first commercial building in Australia to roll out this new system to help tenants and building managers track activity in the workplace, leading to cost efficiencies and better performance. 
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• News14 May 2018
  EY Centre, 200 George Street wins Best Office Development Award at Property Council of Australia Awards

  Mirvac’s flagship Sydney commercial development, EY Centre, 200 George Street, achieved the SAS International Award for Best Office Development at the Property Council of Australia’s 2018 National Innovation & Excellence Awards which were held on Friday night. 
  
   
  Mirvac’s Head of Office and Industrial, Campbell Hanan said, “We are incredibly proud that the hard work of the Mirvac team and our partners has been recognised with the achievement of this prestigious Property Council of Australia Award for the EY Centre. From the project’s inception, we knew it was going to be an exceptional building that would make a significant contribution to the Sydney CBD community. This award is great recognition of the EY Centre and all of those involved in its development.” 
  
   
  Mirvac worked closely with a number of partners to create the EY Centre and deliver one of Australia’s first ‘smart’ buildings, including award-winning architects Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT). FJMT designed a distinctively sculptural, 37-storey building that employs a world-first timber-and-glass closed cavity façade system giving it a unique appearance – an instantly recognisable structure defined by its shimmering, organic, golden-hued curves. 
  
   
  The building’s innovative sustainability credentials and world-class achievements contributed to its success, as the EY Centre has a string of Green Star ratings as well as a 5.5 Star NABERS Energy rating.  It is also Australia’s first fully LED lit building, resulting in reduced power consumption costs, lower maintenance cycles and a reduction of landfill.
  
   
  Mirvac’s headquarters at EY Centre creates an environment that actively stimulates performance and better supports the way Mirvac’s people work. Mirvac’s headquarters achieved Australia’s first Gold WELL rating from the International WELL Building Institute in 2017.
  
   
  Workplace advisory firm, Davenport Campbell, worked with Mirvac to design the headquarters to support the diverse and specific needs of its workforce while actively promoting collaboration and flexible working. The workplace also integrates ‘smart’ technology that monitors air quality, sunlight, power and water usage, adjusting the internal environment according to the needs of the building and its occupants, allowing for efficiency improvements to be made in real time.
  
   
  Mirvac’s General Manager of Commercial Development, Simon Healy said, “This landmark building incorporates world-leading technology and unique design, while also activating the ground plane and surrounding laneways, creating a well-connected bustling precinct with spaces for the whole community to work, relax and socialize.”
  
   
  The Property Council of Australia Awards are one of Australia’s most prestigious property awards programs. The National Innovation & Excellence Awards has promoted excellence in design and innovation in the built environment since 1982. 
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• News27 April 2018
  The future of workspaces (it’s not just remote working)

  Continuous advances in technology and changes to the workforce will have a huge impact on jobs and workplaces in the future, with professional services firms already affected by the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

  Computers are now performing a larger number of data related tasks, meaning firms will hire more digitally trained, high performing employees, forcing them to compete with digital companies, such as Amazon and Google, for top talent. This new talent landscape will require firms to improve their workplaces to remain competitive and attract the best workforce.

  A leading workplace of the future is not just about allowing employees to work remotely. It’s first considering the needs of your employees to build a workplace that will suit their specific requirements, provide new experiences, seamless connectivity and is values driven. Companies are moving away from line of sight management to output driven performance indicators, meeting the growing needs of a flexible and independent workforce. Below are five key trends impacting the way we work and the future design of office space.

  Workplace experiences

  By 2025, 75 per cent of the global workforce will be Millennials, a generation driven by experience. This means workplaces need to be more than just a place to do business, they need to represent the values of the business, providing different spaces and places linked to high speed seamless connectivity to suit a mobile workforce. This experience will begin before they arrive in the lobby, with information flow and cloud applications helping to improve efficiency of employees. We are also seeing a blurring of business and leisure at traditional offices, and if companies get the balance right, it will be a real differentiator in attracting top talent and staff retention. The ability to take time out to meditate, relax, escape from work is now an essential ingredient in any office, with companies such as Salesforce adding a meditation/relaxation space on every floor of every building they occupy.

  Some companies have created a chief experience officer (CXO) role to achieve this, as workplace experiences can help to drive culture and engagement. Essentially, we will start to see an increase in curated spaces with the new role of community manager beginning to rise in the corporate environment; someone who will manage your staff ensuring they have an employee experience to match that of a customer. When employees are fully engaged there is a 31 per cent increase in productivity, however statistics show that three-quarters of employees around the world are not highly engaged, which creates a big opportunity for companies.

  A number of accounting firms have also focused on the customer experience within their workplace, with firms creating client concierge services and lounge areas, to build a stronger relationship with their clients.

  Flexibility in the workplace

  Employee flexibility in the workplace through activity-based working is allowing firms to better use their space by doing more with less. Activity based working means employees are no longer assigned to a desk and can locate anywhere in the office to suit the work they are undertaking. Even this approach is now being overtaken by the next trend of ‘agile working’ with companies such as Spotify, ANZ and NAB creating tribes, squads and chapters, to run their business. This requires a different type of space again, such as stand up morning meeting areas and interactive walls for group thinking.

  A benefit of flexible working for firms is they can maintain, or potentially reduce, space as they grow, ultimately better controlling their occupancy cost and overheads per person. To achieve this companies need to understand the utilisation of their space through sensors and data analysis.

  Technology

  Keeping up with the latest technology is essential when attracting employees, as we have all come to expect fast, effective connectivity, with the ability to use smart devices in the workplace and increased mobility an essential part of work. Technology is a major enabler, allowing employees to be mobile and flexible both inside and outside the office.

  For accounting firms to be successful in delivering this environment they need to ensure the technology infrastructure is in place in both the building, the cloud and their workplace, factoring in the potential of future advancements in technology.

  Buildings are becoming increasingly smarter with some incorporating sensors to track air quality, desk utilisation and building performance to help improve employee’s work environment. For example, Mirvac’s headquarters at EY Centre, 200 George Street ensures all building data is available to employees via a SMART dashboard.

  Gig economy and collaborative workspaces

  The gig economy is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. This trend is well underway with a study by Intuit predicted that by 2020, 40 per cent of American workers would be independent contractors. The emergence of cloud technology is allowing employees to work from just about anywhere, leading to more part-time and freelance work, co-working spaces and activity-based working. More and more people desire to work as freelancers or contractors, even in big businesses. For example, Deloitte has created the Open Talent network to allow freelancers to connect with the work they love, or the reverse, where companies such as Topcoder provide an opportunity for freelance work with over one million experts within their community.

  As a result, companies need to be flexible in catering to expanding and contracting workforces by exploring options like co-working. Collaborative working spaces allow corporates and start-ups to hire desks in a workplace and scale-up or down as needed. It’s also an effective way to interact with other companies and work together to solve business problems.

  Health and wellbeing

  Employees are increasingly looking to work in healthy workplaces and to go home feeling happier and more productive. As a result we are seeing more companies implementing wellness programs in the office and seeking to achieve a WELL Certification from the International WELL Building Institute – the only certification to focus on the health and wellbeing of a building’s occupants. It is achieved by receiving credits across seven categories including air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind. The WELL Certification sees companies employ a range of wellbeing initiatives such as a regular yoga class in the office, outdoor terrace spaces for fresh air and gym facilities to encourage employees to get active.

  Companies that do invest in health and wellness initiatives are seeing a threefold return on their investment in the form of higher staff engagement, reduction in sick days and increased productivity.

  These are just a few of the trends impacting employee’s needs in the workplace, due to the continuous advances in technology. Understanding which of these trends applies to your employees is essential to developing the best workplace for your company’s future. When planning a new workspace, Mirvac recommends working with a property consultant, having a clear brief and setting up a pilot workspace to inform the best configuration and right requirements for your company before making a move.

  Paul Edwards, general manager of workplace experiences, Mirvac

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• News20 April 2018
  A trifecta of awards for Mirvac’s Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp-designed EY Centre

  Mirvac has won three categories at this year’s International Property Awards (IPA) for EY Centre, 200 George Street in Sydney’s CBD, taking its total award tally to 12 so far.

  The EY Centre won IPA awards in the High Rise Development and High Rise Architecture categories, as well as the Office Interior category for Mirvac’s headquarters located within the building.

  According to Mirvac’s head of Office & Industrial, Campbell Hanan, “It’s a fantastic achievement for Mirvac, together with our architects Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, and our workplace advisory firm, Davenport Campbell, who significantly contributed to the creation of this world-class building and our state of the art headquarters.”

  In terms of sustainability, EY Centre, 200 George is Australia’s first fully LED lit building, resulting in reduced power consumption costs, lower maintenance cycles and a reduction of landfill. It also features the world’s first closed-cavity façade and timber blind system, which enables tenants to control the light and heat radiating from outside.

  The façade has been designed to reduce the need for a large energy plant and engineers significant cost and energy savings which contributed to Mirvac’s headquarters achieving Australia’s first Gold WELL rating from the International WELL Building Institute in 2017.

  So far, the EY Centre has won or has been highly commended for:          

  • Architecture and Design Sustainability Awards (Commercial Development) 

  • Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards (The Harry Seidler Award) 

  • UDIA (Commercial Development) 

  • Urban Taskforce Awards (Commercial Office City Development Best Office Tower of the Year) 

  • Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Awards – Finalist Construction category 

  • Green Globe Awards 

  • Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards (The Harry Seidler Award)
  • Australian Construction Achievement Award 

  • Sydney Design Awards (Architecture, Commercial, Constructed – Silver Winner) 

  • AIB Professional Excellence in Building Awards (Adam Sutherland) 

  • Facility Management Awards (Sustainability and Environmental Impact; Occupant Safety and 
Wellbeing; People and Productivity)
• News20 April 2018
  A high-rise achievement

  AWARDS: Mirvac has won three categories of the International Property Awards for its EY Centre in the Sydney CBD.

  The 200 George Street tower took out awards in the high rise development and high rise archi-tecture categories, along with the office interior award for Mirvac’s headquarters in the building.

  Mirvac’s head of office and industrial Campbell Hanan said IPA was open to developers from around the world and the wins were a clear endorsement of the building’s calibre.

  The tower is Australia’s first fully LED-lit building and also has the first closed-cavity facade and timber blind system, control-ling light and heat, Mirvac said.

  TURI CONDON

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• News06 April 2018
  New discussion paper heralds the next evolution of the smart precinct

  Mirvac Group has launched a new discussion paper on the next evolution of smart precincts.

  Titled The Future of the Smart Precinct, the whitepaper explores the impact of city-wide innovation and regeneration and the physical-digital mix of the smart precinct as a predictor for the future of our workplaces and cities.

  Paul Edwards, General Manager of Workplace Experiences at Mirvac, said “As the testbeds for urban innovation and workplace trends, smart precincts are emerging as the most exciting projects of our time, providing an insight into the future of work and how our environment will be shaped in the next 20 to 30 years.

  “Striking a balance between the human experience and the rise of technology is at the heart of future development and will be key to creating vibrant, collaborative and inclusive cities for generations to come,” Mr Edwards said.

  The discussion paper outlines the changing demographics of urban populations, sustainability and advances in technology such as the increase of AI and robotics, as the global drivers underpinning the evolution of smart precincts.

  “AI and robotics will play an increasingly prominent role in smart precincts, from the garbagebots that will collect the rubbish to the chatbots that will replace humans in many routine office jobs. The need to reskill our workforces in the face of this automation will bring the education and lifelong learning mission of the smart precinct to the fore.”

  The report identifies five new concepts appearing in smart precincts around the world:

  • The New Bargain – technology companies, citizens and city planners will strike up a deal to ensure all parties benefit from the flow of data within new smart precincts
  • New Space Logics – the sharing of space and social organisation where large corporates share office space with start-ups, and retirement villages share space with childcare centres
  • Creative Citizenship – the use of online collaborative platforms allowing citizens to co-design their public spaces
  • Foreground-Background – the importance of smart precincts creating a new blend of urban change and continuity, combining noisy public areas with spaces for quiet reflection
  • The Civic Supermind – the connection between technology and people in a smart precinct to generate a collective intelligence

  The Future of the Smart Precinct discussion paper was launched by Paul Edwards at a VIP Masterclass held at Mirvac’s headquarters at the EY Centre, where global leaders in workplace trends Matthew Claudel, American author, academic and entrepreneur of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Philip Ross, Chairman at WORKTECH Academy and CEO of Unwork and Ungroup, presented their thinking on the future of smart precincts.

  Philip Ross predicted the next phase in the evolution of the workplace would see the re-emergence of medieval-style city guilds.

  “As location becomes less important for workers, we are likely to see a return to the origin of cities where guilds were the focal points of business – places for likeminded people to gather and share ideas based on their skills or profession,” he said.

  Mirvac’s Australian Technology Park (ATP) in Eveleigh Sydney is a leading example of a smart precinct, incorporating many of the concepts explored in the discussion paper.

  “Mirvac has placed community, sustainability and technology at the core of design at ATP. With the sharing of space and increased accessibility to data, we can see New Space Logics and The New Bargain concepts playing out in the development of the site, which is set to become a technology ecosystem that will position Sydney and Australia as a global leader,” Mr Edwards said.

  Once complete, ATP will become a wellness precinct with flora and fauna, an outdoor gym and skate park – all accessible to the broader community. The first ever rooftop farm in Australia is planned for the precinct, providing access to locally grown produce and promoting community learning. In addition, Mirvac will deliver a zero carbon building as well as 1MW of solar power via panels located throughout the precinct, all alongside the restoration and reuse of the historic artefacts and the heritage listed Locomotive Workshops.

  Through Hoist at ATP, Mirvac is working with a tech makerspace provider to deliver a space with memberships for start-ups and scale-ups. Idea prototyping and experimenting is imperative for many start up businesses but they often cannot afford to go it alone.

  “The right balance of occupants, constant human-to-human interaction, fluid international connectivity, sustainability, diverse and flexible spaces and a strong identity all ensure the creation of a thriving community where technology will support a rich human experience,” said Mr Edwards.

  Mirvac partnered with WORKTECH Academy, a global knowledge platform for the future of work, to co-author the report. The discussion paper is the sequel to Mirvac’s ‘The Intermix Approach: Activating the Smart Precinct’ discussion paper launched at WORKTECH last year.

  For further information please contact: Kimberly Riddell DEC PR on behalf of Mirvac mirvac@decpr.com.au (02) 8014 5033

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• News27 March 2018
  How Smart Precinct is harnessing technology

  “Striking a balance between the human experience and the rise of technology is at the heart of future development,” says Mirvac’s Paul Edwards as the company looks to the future of smart precincts.

  Mirvac has launched a new discussion paper, The Future of the Smart Precinct, which examines the “physical-digital mix” and to the preserve the “human experience” despite the influx of new technology.

  “As the testbeds for urban innovation and workplace trends, smart precincts are emerging as the most exciting projects of our time,” says Paul Edwards, Mirvac’s general manager of workplace experiences.

  Changing demographics of urban populations, sustainability and advances in technology such as the increase of AI and robotics are global drivers underpinning the evolution of smart precincts, he says.

  “AI and robotics will play an increasingly prominent role in smart precincts, from the garbagebots that will collect the rubbish to the chatbots that will replace humans in many routine office jobs.”

  But don’t think smart precincts are just about technology, Edwards warns.

  “A smart precinct is first and foremost about community,” he says.

  And that means not being blinded by high tech wizardry at the expense of important planning considerations like diversity, fairness, privacy and sustainability.

  The report identifies five new concepts appearing in smart precincts around the world:

  • The new bargain – technology companies, citizens and city planners strike deals to ensure everyone benefits from the flow of data
  • New space logics – new models of collective organisation emerge, from large corporates sharing office space with start-ups to retirement villages co-locating with childcare centres
  • The civic supermind – connecting technology and people in a smart precinct to generate a collective intelligence
  • Creative citizenship – online collaborative platforms allow citizens to co-design their public spaces
  • Foreground-background – smart precincts combine the buzz of public streets with spaces for quiet reflection.

  Edwards says Mirvac is looking at its sites “beyond the homogenous use of space to ensure a fluid integration of work, lifestyle, leisure and even living spaces”.

  He points to Mirvac’s Australian Technology Park in Sydney’s Eveleigh as an example of a smart precinct where “community, sustainability and technology are at the core of design.”

  “We’ve pushed the boundaries at Australian Technology Park by creating a zero carbon building, adding one megawatt of solar power via panels throughout the precinct and establishing a roof top farm.”

  Extracting the shared value found in data will also be essential in the smart precincts of the future.

  “Community members will want to know what personal data is being collected and how it is being used.”

  Developers will need to get cracking on new governance models that balance open source data with a robust approach to security.

  “We will need a new level of transparency and trust among all community members,” Edwards concludes.

  Download Mirvac’s The Future of the Smart Precinct report.

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• News23 March 2018
  Smart precincts to predict the future of workplaces

  Trends including the impact of automation and other technologies on employment and the development of smart cities will trigger an evolution of the smart precinct, acting as a testbed for urban innovation and workplace trends, according to real estate group Mirvac.

  In a new discussion paper, Mirvac and knowledge platform WORKTECH Academy argued that smart precincts are providing an insight into the future of work and how urban environments will be reshaped over the next 20–30 years.

  Changing demographics of urban populations, sustainability and advances in technology such as AI and robotics are acting as global drivers for the evolution of smart precincts, according to Mirvac GM of Workplace Experiences Paul Edwards.

  “Striking a balance between the human experience and the rise of technology is at the heart of future development and will be key to creating vibrant, collaborative and inclusive cities for generations to come,” Edwards said.

  “AI and robotics will play an increasingly prominent role in smart precincts, from the garbagebots that will collect the rubbish to the chatbots that will replace humans in many routine office jobs. The need to reskill our workforces in the face of this automation will bring the education and lifelong learning mission of the smart precinct to the fore.”

  Mirvac’s own planned Australian Technology Park in Eveleigh, Sydney, has incorporated many of the concepts explored in the discussion paper.

  These include a design involving the sharing of space by large corporates and start-ups, and a “new bargain” whereby technology companies, citizens and city planners will strike a deal to ensure all parties benefit from the flow of data within smart precincts.

  The precinct is expected to house the first rooftop farm in Australia, be a zero carbon building and be powered by solar panels located throughout the precinct.

  The precinct will include Hoist, a space for start-ups and scale-ups to conduct idea prototyping and experimenting.

  At a launch event for the discussion paper held at Mirvac’s headquarters at the EY centre, global workplace experts presented their visions for the future of the smart precinct.

  WORKTECH Academy Chairman and Unwork and Ungroup CEO Philip Ross predicted the next phase of the evolution of the workplace will see the re-emergence of medieval-style guilds.

  “As location becomes less important for workers, we are likely to see a return to the origin of cities where guilds were the focal points of business — places for like-minded people to gather and share ideas based on their skills or profession,” he said.

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• News21 March 2018
  The Future of the Smart Precinct

  On March 20, at an exclusive WORKTECH Sydney breakfast event, Mirvac launched ‘The Future of the Smart Precinct’ report.

  This report looks at the physical–digital mix of the smart precinct and at how a balance can be achieved between the human experience and an influx of new technology.

  Smart precincts are defined in the report as digitally enabled, mixed-use urban districts that combine the latest technologies and smart services with new property and place-making strategies.

  The new report builds on a 2017 Mirvac study of ways to activate the smart precinct, in which the term Intermix was used to describe how the various elements might be woven together in different configurations.

  To produce this second report, Mirvac worked with WORKTECH Academy to conduct in-depth interviews with a range of international experts in urban design, architecture, technology, infrastructure, property and city-making.

  The research revealed a series of new perspectives on smart precincts as well as the key challenges they face, illustrating the need for a balance or a bargain to be struck between the human and the digital. The report concludes with a case study of Mirvac’s ATP project in Sydney.

  Please click here for the full report

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• News09 March 2018
  Mirvac signs up two new tenants for CBD tower

  A LEADING provider of audit, tax and consulting services has taken a full floor in a Mirvac Group-owned office tower in the Brisbane CBD.

  RSM Australia has a seven-year lease on 659sq m at Mir-vac’s refurbished 16-storey tower at 340 Adelaide St.

  RSM Brisbane’s managing partner Andy Graham said a key criteria for choosing the building was the column-free large floor plates, ample natural light and wellness facilities.

  “By working with Mirvac we were able to create a functional, collaborative space for the team to enjoy informal gatherings,” he said.

  Rubicon Red, a professional and managed services for Oracle Cloud Platform, has a three-year lease on 129sq m in the building.

  Mirvac’s Head of Office and Industrial Campbell Hanan said they were welcome additions to 340 Adelaide St.

  “The home to the Brisbane head office for Oracle, also known as Oracle House, the building has become a hub for leading technology and fin-tech businesses in the city.”

  Following a building refurbishment in 2015 tenants at 340 Adelaide St now enjoy ac-cess to a range of on-site amenities, including a new end-of-trip facilities, bike storage and a wellness room which offers yoga and meditation classes throughout the week.

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• News28 February 2018
  Looking beyond static art at 664 Collins St

  Mirvac’s newest Docklands project, 664 Collin St, will showcase eight-metre LED artworks by Swinburne University students on its lobby walls.

  While Mirvac has previously focused strongly on art, development manager Scott Jarzynka said it wanted to differentiate this project.

  “We thought we’d create a more dynamic piece, with constantly changing digital art work,” Mr Jarzynka said. “The idea is you’re not seeing the same thing every day.”

  More than 50 students studying a Bachelor of Design (Digital Media Design) and Masters of Design are creating concepts for the artwork. The digital screen will display selected content that intrigues, entertains and tells stories fed by local and urban data.

  There have been 35 submissions already from the first stage.

  “We’re very impressed by stage one content and are gearing into the second stage now,” Mr Jarzynka said.

  Mr Jarzynka said Mirvac was determined to get the best students possible for the job.

  “We talked to a lot of local universities and found that Swinburne was the best place to partner with,” he said.

  Bachelor of Design student Serena Peregin has created Behind Sunlight for the project, inspired by solar energy.

  “It starts off as a blank wall and it slowly kind of turns,” she said.

  “The wall flips out in a tiled pattern and eventually you see through the wall into what’s happening behind it.”

  What’s happening behind the wall is an artistic representation of solar energy being converted into electrical energy. Then, slowly, the wall closes back up. The loop lasts exactly five minutes.

  “It was a really cool experience to work with an industry partner,” Ms Peregin said.

  “At university you’re doing a lot of projects that are made up so it was really awesome to work on a real project with a real partner.”

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• News28 February 2018
  Mirvac signs energy provider to 664 Collins Street

  Australian energy provider AGL has struck a deal for more than 6000sq m at Mirvac’s 664 Collins Street, making it a fully-occupied building before it has reached practical completion.

  AGL will join Pitcher Partners and Fujitsu in the 26,000sq m office tower, committing to lease over across two floors.

  Construction on the 100% leased building is expected to be completed by mid-2019.

  In June last year, Mirvac successfully sold down 50 per cent of the building to an investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing for $138 million.

  The building was developed to feature a 5-star Green Star and 5-star NABERS environment, featuring elements like effective space utilisation, waste management and energy efficient systems.

  Mirvac head of office and industrial Campbell Hanan said 644 Collins Street was developed to respond to the changing forces of work and employee experience, which demands more from the built form than ever before.

  “644 Collins is designed to incorporate leading smart technology and real-time data collection to improve workforce utilisation and efficiencies, while creating an intuitive working environment.”

  Having committed to operating out of 644 Collins Street, AGL will also supply and install a 180kW rooftop solar array to offset base building consumption.

  Upon practical completion, 664 Collins Street will be the final stage of the Southern Cross Station complex.

  The development embraces best-in-class end-of-trip facilities and on-site parking. It will also feature an eight metre digital artwork in the lobby, developed in partnership with Swinburne University students.

  Moving day for AGL, together with Fujitsu, will be in September 2018 with Pitcher Partners set to occupy over 9,000 square metres and more than three levels of the building in June 2018.

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• News26 February 2018
  ATP tops out ahead of schedule

  Eveleigh: Construction at Australian Technology Park is racing ahead of schedule. The first building in what will be the Commonwealth Bank's billion dollar headquarters was topped out today with the next building going up even faster.

  Watch the video here

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• News14 February 2018
  A-grade tower full

  Mirvac Group’s 90 Collins Street tower in Melbourne is fully leased after is secured three new tenancies. Click Energy has leased over 1,300 square metres on a five-year term; Merricks Capital approximately 500sqm on an eight-year term; and, McDonald Murholme over 900sqm over five years. The A-grade office tower offers 21,000 square metres of workspace over 21 levels.

  Larry Schlesinger

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• News01 February 2018
  High EQ

  EY Centre’s appeal proved irresistible for Mirvac which, half-way through the development process, decided to locate its headquarters across six floors of the building.

  The key word here is ‘integration’ because the development process was so fully integrated that the design of Mirvac’s own workplace over six vertically connected levels of the building was always going to be an extension of the building fabric itself.

  Mirvac owns the land and was both developer and builder. It is also 50 per cent owner of the building as well as managing it and being its own tenant. From the beginning, the whole development process was highly integrated and client-responsive. The project also represented a major shift in commercial building development: from designing buildings to designing for the people who would work in those buildings, prioritising the needs of individuals over the companies who employ them. It was this process which influenced Mirvac to move its own headquarters into the building. Mirvac itself – as designer, builder and developer – is a highly integrated organisation in which all parts of the company need to work together. It was this model that was applied to the development of what was to become the commercial tower known as the EY (Ernst & Young) Centre, designed by architects, fjmt. It was a highly consultative process involving all the stakeholders, including both employees and future tenants. This was particularly the case with Mirvac’s own tenancy, with Mirvac employees consulted throughout the process, which enabled the design team to develop a thoroughly customised workplace.

  A Humanised Workplace

  This was an approach which aligned perfectly with Davenport Campbell (the designers of the Mirvac interiors) because, in recent years, the practice has honed a strategy aimed at producing bespoke environments tuned to the specific needs of each individual business. For example, Davenport Campbell has come up with Seven Principles of Human Design Thinking for Workplace Design, consisting of: Not everyone works in the same way; humans work to a natural cycle; create place, not space; help people do their best; everything effects emotions; make people feel safe to work differently; and use technology to enable people to interact. Consistent with this approach, Davenport Campbell set up a pilot space which gave Mirvac employees the opportunity to ‘test drive’ the new workspace while giving the designers the opportunity to evaluate feedback and modify designs as necessary.

  The floorplates are designed to allow teams to connect not just horizontally, but also vertically, making the building inherently predisposed to promote flexible work practices. This is supported by the fact that the EY Centre is a ‘smart’ building where technology in Mirvac’s tenancy constantly monitors air quality, sunlight, power and water usage, while automatically adjusting the internal environment for the optimum comfort of its users. This begins with the innovative closed cavity façade with its golden internal timber louvres, which optimise natural light and connection to the outside without compromising internal comfort. A ‘smart tenancy’ app and interactive display screens help both visitors and employees make the best use of facilities, providing guidance through the building and updates on room availability, among other features. Similarly, data management has taken a ‘human-centred’ approach, which enables Mirvac to analyse, assess movement, collaborate and utilise the workspace to optimise overall use.

  While vertical connection is both a physical and visual connection between all six levels – pivot around each of the fl oor functions. Activity points around the staircases include presentation spaces, encouraging interaction, spontaneous informal meetings and a sense of constant, productive activity. Eff ectively, it is Mirvac’s own version of activity-based working and uses a now common urban planning model for the overall organisation of the workspace. However, this is a much less gridded version of the town model usually seen, one informed by the rounded end forms of the floorplates. Hence, while there is a central, common area with associated multifunctional spaces and a ‘main street’ connecting the ‘neighbourhoods’, there are also minor streets leading off to intriguingly configured networks of work spaces.

  The hub of Mirvac’s tenancy is the Town Hall, a communal space with a profit-for-purpose café, designed to bring employees together informally. Then there are the ‘neighbourhoods’ which consist of meeting rooms and offices clustered around a ‘main street’ and offering sit-to-stand and drafting-height desks, conventional workstations, quiet spaces, synergy points and collaboration pods. The detailing, which includes everyday decorative objects housed in bespoke shelved joinery, is warm and natural and aims to promote a home-away-from-home atmosphere.

  Mirvac’s aim was for a high performance workplace customised to suit the diverse but integrated activities of the company. Mirvac was also aiming to engender gradual behavioural change, a cultural transformation to match the Group’s integrated model.

  Mission Accomplished

  Mirvac’s James Harvey (then program manager – transforming the way we work, and now innovation lead – retail, sustainability and corporate), says Mirvac “has become more efficient with commonplace these days, the Mirvac workspace has made the connecting staircases – which provide space, reduced our carbon footprint, turned into a highly mobile organisation, formalised fl exibility into policy, and produced a happier and more engaged workforce.” He continues: “It’s also given staff a stronger sense of productivity as line-of-sight management is a thing of the past. Outcome-based roles are now in line with a cultural shift, but they still need to be managed correctly with constant communication.”

  Supporting Harvey’s reflections, The Building Occupants Survey System Australia tool was used to measure Mirvac’s employee satisfaction. This showed a 35 per cent improvement for overall health performance, health and productivity (the building includes generous end-of-trip facilities). Noise distraction and privacy scores improved 50 per cent as did spatial comfort scores. Satisfaction with visual aesthetics increased from 30 per cent to 91 per cent and the perception of how workplace positively influences health increased from 33 per cent to 88 per cent compared to the previous office.

  As commercial projects go, they don’t come more integrated than Mirvac’s headquarters at the EY Centre. Starting with Mirvac itself as a multifaceted property development company, to the base building which integrates into its contemporary and historical cultural context. From there, Davenport Campbell’s fi t-out was able to take advantage of an exceptional building fabric to design a high performance workplace, which is homely, relaxing and inclusive. Or perhaps this is actually why the space is so efficient: it generates such a sense of physical and emotional wellbeing, backed up by state-of-the-art technology – so the people working in it are inevitably more productive and creative.

  Holistic Sustainability

  We often forget that sustainability is an ecosystem including environmental, economic, social, emotional and cultural aspects. EY Centre adopts a holistic approach. It is fully LED-lit, SAMBA sensors monitor air quality, lights are programmed to vary brightness and darkness to maintain optimum circadian rhythms... and the building recycles its own water! It has extensive end-of-trip facilities, high levels of natural light and improved air quality through a combination of active chilled beams, V.A.V.D. systems and the use of low-VOC materials. As a ‘good neighbour’ it references the forms and materials of key nearby buildings while its modelled form and use of natural materials ensure it does not impose itself on its urban context. It celebrates its cultural heritage by reproducing the outline of the former foreshore and through a striking lobby artwork by Judy Watson, using sandstone quarried from the site. More than 23,000 archaeological artefacts were recovered prior to construction; a selection is permanently displayed in glass vitrines in steps outside the building. It’s really no surprise that Mirvac’s tenancy has achieved the first GOLD WELL Rating in Australia, and a 6 Star Green Star Interior As-Built rating. EY Centre itself has achieved a 6 Star Green Star Office Design v3 certified rating; 6 Star Green Star Office As-Built v3 certified rating; targeting a 5 Star NABERS Energy rating and targeting 4 Star NABERS Water rating.

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• News31 January 2018
  Three Sydney skyscrapers celebrated

  Three Sydney towers – Mirvac’s EY Centre, Lendlease’s International Towers at Barangaroo and Frasers Property Australia’s Lumiere – have been named finalists ahead of the world’s most prestigious tall building awards in May.

  The annual competition, held by Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), celebrate the best in innovative tall buildings, urban spaces, building technologies and construction practices from around the world.

  According to awards jury chair, Karl Fender, director of Australian architecture firm Fender Katsalidis, “being recognised by the world’s premier authority on tall buildings is a great honour,” and “helps drive innovation across all disciplines in our industry”.

  Mirvac’s EY Centre on George Street is a finalist in the best construction category, and is up against three American and one Chinese building.

  Bay Warburton, Mirvac’s head of stakeholder relations, says the 37-storey tower has “set industry benchmarks for sustainability, innovation, heritage integration and construction techniques in Australia and around the world”.

  In 2017, the EY Centre achieved Australia’s first WELL rating from the International WELL Building Institute.

  Lendlease’s three International Towers at Barangaroo are competing against eight other buildings from Singapore, China and South Korea in the best tall building category for the region, as well as in the urban habitat category.

  Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the three towers collectively offer 280,000 sqm of office space. Tower One, at 49 storeys, is Australia's largest office tower.

  Frasers Property Australia’s apartment building Lumiere, also on George Street, is squaring off against seven other projects for the special ten-year award.

  Among those in the running for the 10 Year Award are the world trade centres in Shanghai and Bahrain, San Francisco's federal building and the Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

  Frasers Property Australia’s One Central Park was recognised as the world’s best tall building in 2014.

  Meanwhile, Hickory Building Systems is a finalist for an innovation award. Hickory has developed a prefabrication construction method, pioneered on Melbourne’s La Trobe Tower.

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• News01 January 2018
  More Riverside dining!

  Developer Mirvac has announced the latest culinary addition to its new Southbank dining and retail destination at Riverside Quay.

  The team behind San Telmo and Pastuso has signed its latest venture, Asado Bar and Grill, due to open in April 2018 as part of Mirvac’s transformation of Riverside Quay. Asado will occupy a prime 450-sqm space overlooking the new park at what will be known as Riverside Square.

  Co-owner David Parker said, with a menu focused on meat cooked over a grill and fire, Riverside Quay was the perfect place for the venue’s style of dining.

  “Riverside Quay really appealed to us due to the corner location of the restaurant, opposite the public park, with high glass windows flooding the venue with natural light,” he said.

  “It also has the option for indoor and outdoor dining, the perfect spot for lunch, afternoon drinks or dinner with views to the Yarra River.”

  Mirvac’s group executive of office and industrial Andrew Butler said the retail destination at Riverside Quay would rival the dining options in the CBD and would cater for residents, visitors and office workers.

  “With 2 Riverside Quay fully leased before completion to PwC and Fender Katsalidis, the new retail precinct and public park will complete the redevelopment of the precinct providing a high level of amenity,” he said.

  Mirvac’s Riverside Square will open in December and the new dining and retail precinct is due to open in April 2018.

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• News24 November 2017
  Melbourne office growth benefits from rise in population and pricing

  Property giant Mirvac has offered a bullish outlook for new office projects in Melbourne based on its strong population growth and relatively affordable housing. Office tenants have been drawn from inner suburbs to the Melbourne CBD, which is only slightly more expensive, unlike Sydney where a move to the city can involve hefty imposts. Technology companies had been setting up shop in the inner city as the war for talent heats up, Mirvac head of office and industrial Campbell Hanan said.

  The group yesterday launched its Olderfleet office development at 477 Collins Street in Melbourne, here construction began in May and completion is set for 2020. The Grimshaw Architects-designed tower will have Deloitte as its anchor tenant, taking 22,000sq m of office space in a building of about 55,000sq m.

  The building is about 50 per cent committed, and, as previously flagged by The Australian, law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is understood to have agreed terms. Tenants have been moving from the inner suburbs to the CBD as the good public transport access made it easier to attract talent, Mr Hanan said.

  It costs $180 per square metre more on average to rent office space in the Melbourne CBD than in the suburbs. But in Sydney the spread between Parramatta and CBD rents is a much more significant $690 per square metre. “A lot of (Melbourne) tenants will move and pay more rent because they’ll be going to more efficient buildings,” Mr Hanan said. “You can take less space and the occupancy cost will be the same.” The group is “very interested” in finding its next office development opportunities in Melbourne but is finding it “competitive” as land values rise. Mr Hanan backed the city’s strong population growth, net migration from interstate and off shore inbound tourism, deep employment base and more affordable housing and cheaper office rents than Sydney. Technology companies were also likely to be a good fit for the group’s office projects as the industry takes up more space in major cities around the world. Melbourne’s office market has been tight but the western end of Collins Street is a hive of activity. Mirvac is on track to complete another office tower at No. 664 in the first quarter of next year, while Cbus Property’s Collins Arch project is at No 433 and Lendlease’s Melbourne Quarter is at No 699.

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• News23 November 2017
  Mirvac matches Miele to Calibre, Eastern Creek

  Diversified property Group, Mirvac, has leased a 17,000 sqm industrial facility to household and commercial appliance manufacturer Miele, at its Calibre industrial development at Sydney's Eastern Creek.

  The lease term is seven and is made up of 17,000 sqm of warehouse facilities and 780 sqm of office and showroom space, purpose built for Miele.

  The fit out and design of the facility was handled by SBA Architects. The property's features are state of the art including flexible meeting and recreational spaces, a 20-metre cantilevered awning, double-glazed facades, a solar photovoltaic system supplementing Miele's power requirements, solar hot water and smart metering.

  There are indoor and outdoor spaces for Miele staff as well as sustainability features, including a five-star green star rating.

  The property is in a prominent position at the entry of the Calibre estate.

  The rent is confidential but indicative pre-lease market rent for premium industrial space in Western Sydney is about $105 to $115 per sqm. Mirvac's industrial development director, Fabian Nager said the Miele building would establish a new standard for office, warehousing and showroom facilities in Western Sydney. "We're extremely happy to have Miele joining the Calibre estate. The leasing agreement bolsters our long-standing relationship with the business, as a major supplier of appliances to Mirvac's residential business", Miele ANZ managing director Sjaak Brouwer said. "We has some key requirements for the new site - it has to facilitate future growth, it has to be accessible and close to arterial roads and reflect the premium positioning of the Miele brand".

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