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In 2007, the building was redeveloped, and two frameless glass cubes were constructed at the entrance of the building. This redevelopment earned it the
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After the Brookman Building was demolished in the early 1970s, the new office tower was completed in 1973. It was the tallest building in
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creating a fourth storey. In 1914, another two storeys were added. The building was owned by South Australian mining entrepreneurs
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and built in 1897, once stood on the site of the present Grenfell Centre. It was originally three storeys high, with an
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The building has 26 floors. In the 1980s, the building's foyer and interior were refurbished. A 10-metre (33 ft)
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was attached in 1980, and upgraded with digital transmitters in 2003, increasing the height a metre further.
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In February 2023, re-cladding of the building was complete, after works had been undertaken to replace the
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In October 2021 the Grenfell Centre was acquired by Centuria and MA Financial JV, at a purchase price of
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Other names during its lifetime have been Oracle House and JLW Building. Its nickname, "
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166.6m. With a vacancy rate of 10%, the company planned to refurbish the building.
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Cheesman Doley Neighbour & Raffen Hannaford, Pellew & Hodgkison
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cladding (which had been implicated in the rapid spread of the fatal
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at 103 metres (338 ft), until surpassed by the
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Index

Brookman Building, Grenfell Street
Grenfell Tower

International
Grenfell Street
Adelaide
South Australia
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
high rise
Grenfell Street
Adelaide city centre
South Australia

Alfred Wells
oriel window
George Brookman
William Brookman
gold fields of Western Australia
building of the same name
University of South Australia
North Terrace
South Australian School of Mines and Industries
Adelaide
Telstra House
antenna
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
black stump
aluminium composite
Grenfell Tower
London

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