AN ICONIC SYDNEY ADDRESS DEFINING THE CITY'S SKYLINE. CHIFLEY IS HOME TO AUSTRALIA'S LEADING BUSINESSES. SYNONYMOUS WITH THE AMBITIOUS PURSUIT OF NEW HORIZONS.
EVOLUTION OF CHIFLEY
Chifley is synonymous with Australia’s most prominent and successful businesses. Its reputation as a powerful corporate address is set to expand for a new generation with the new tower, Chifley South, to be built adjacent to the existing tower, Chifley North.
The Evolution of Chifley will include leading environmental and social design, a revitalised podium and public domain, including next generation on-site amenity with third spaces, retail, and wellness facilities, as well as 5-star concierge service delivering everything a customer needs and more.
A BEACON FOR THE PRECINCT
Unmistakable on the city skyline, commanding some of the city’s finest harbour views, the iconic Chifley North is home to a powerhouse of Australia’s most ambitious businesses.
EMBRACE TOMORROW
A progressive tower for the precinct, and a new landmark for the city — Chifley South is where talent is nurtured, culture is formed and reputations are made. Boldly. Progressively. Chifley.
PAST, PLACE AND PROGRESS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THOUGHTFUL ALIGNMENT
HISTORY
Once the site of a humble church on a hill, Chifley Square is a historic precinct, with some of Australia’s leading legal, political and financial institutions calling the neighbourhood home.
Framed by heritage icons like Qantas House and the Wentworth Hotel, Chifley North once laid claim to being Sydney’s tallest building, helping the precinct cement its reputation as a prestigious address of ambition. Drawing on the past and its location on Gadigal Country, Chifley is defining a new era for Sydney’s architectural story.
DESIGN
Designed to endure as well as impress, the design philosophy for Chifley’s precinct supports the organic evolution of an iconic business address.
Bates Smart’s design philosophy centres on clarity, longevity and beauty. The new built forms continue the use of premium materials, featuring granite cladding from Connecticut finished in Pietrasanta and Italian marble throughout the lobby. A shared material language connects Chifley North and Chifley South, while allowing individual expression within each space.
ARCHITECTURE
Chifley combines the Art Deco tradition of New York with Australian inspiration and materiality. The original tower, Chifley North, was designed by New York architects Kohn Pederson Fox in association with Sydney’s Travis Partners. The building exudes luxury, with sandstone, marble and steel, a grand lobby and stunning views over Sydney Harbour.
Envisioned by Bates Smart as an open, light-filled counterpoint, the stone and glass of the tower continues to Chifley South.
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Charter Hall acquired Chifley in 2019 with a clear vision for its future – preserving its legacy while positioning it to attract leading tenants in a post-pandemic CBD. A key initiative is the precinct’s planned electrification, enabling operations powered entirely by renewable energy in line with the City of Sydney’s Net Zero Strategy.
Charter Hall acquired Chifley in 2019 with a clear vision for its future – preserving its legacy while positioning it to attract leading tenants in a post-pandemic CBD. A key initiative is the precinct’s planned electrification, enabling operations powered entirely by renewable energy in line with the City of Sydney’s Net Zero Strategy.
Visitors to the newly opened Chifley would soon discover it was built to uncompromising standards. Costing $1.3 billion to build (around $2.9 billion today), every element and detail was considered to leave a lasting impression, using only the best materials, construction technology and craftsmanship.
Inspired by the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, New York Architects Kohn Pederson Fox and Travis Partners from Sydney brought a New York state of mind to the project. Replacing the Commonwealth Centre, Chifley became Sydney’s first steel-and-glass skyscraper since the 1970s.
Photo courtesy of the City of Sydney Archives
By 1988, Darling Harbour had been transformed from an old industrial port to a shiny new tourist mecca, and the Monorail was up and running. That same year, businessman Alan Bond paid $306 million for Sydney’s most elevated site, assembling an international team to build Australia’s tallest tower.
Photo by Geoff Burton, courtesy of City of Sydney Archives
