Set to be completed in the second half of 2023, a new $380 million commercial office complex in City Hill will be developed by Morris Property Group and designed by local architects Guida Moseley Brown.

The ‘One City Hill’ complex will rise six levels at Vernon Circle, and the ground floor will be home to a range of cafés and retail outlets. A three-level carpark being built under the site is set to open next year.

Developed across two buildings, the 34,000sqm of space will be the first building for Morris Property Group’s City Hill parkland development of the wider Section 100 site.

The design of the building will be innovative with plans for features that will minimise disruption during the current and any future pandemic, targeted 5 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS Energy ratings with rooftop and solar panels, a highly efficient glazing system, and water-saving tapware.

Morris Property Group director, Barry Morris, said One City Hill meets the needs of a contemporary workforce with office accommodation standards and “striking architecture”.

“The building has been designed with the future workforce in mind, focusing on sustainability, Covid-safe building design, and providing spaces to facilitate the work-life balance,” Mr Morris said. “It will also bring this edge of the city to life with a huge injection of daily commuting workers, and that’s just the first stage in the development of a much bigger precinct.”

The employment on and off site is planned to exceed 300 people, and is set to boost the economy and broader construction sector.

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