Freshwater Place, Residential skyscraper in Southbank, Melbourne, Australia
Freshwater Place is a residential skyscraper in Southbank, Melbourne, completed in 2005 with 536 apartments. It is divided into a podium, a mid-rise section and a high-rise section. The tower is formed of two joined volumes: one with a dark blue-grey glass facade in a white grid, the other taller with a white concrete side striped by horizontal window rows and a wide dark glass face. Both rise from a wide glass podium with dark and white horizontal bands.
Freshwater Place was completed in 2005, during a period when Southbank was being developed into a residential area along the south bank of the Yarra River. At the time of its completion, it was among the tallest residential buildings in that part of Melbourne.
The ground floor of the tower holds Queensbridge Arcade, a shopping passage whose tenants include McDonald's, Criniti's Italian Restaurant, The Meat & Wine Co, 7-Eleven, Subway, Kenny's Bakery, Cafenatics, Tinson Jewellers, Five Guys and KFC. Residents and passers-by use it for meals, groceries and services.
The building sits in Southbank, within walking distance of central Melbourne and the Yarra riverbank. Public transport stops nearby, making it easy to reach from other parts of the city.
On the 40th floor, there is a residents-only club with an infinity pool that looks out over the city center and the river. This space is not open to the public, so the view from that level is something only people who live in the building ever see.
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