Second Festival Plaza tower to be erected in

Adelaide

July 2025 A 38-storey office building with shops, restaurants and a public plaza is set to tower over South Australia’s Parliament House, after the concept was granted planning approval despite a number of concerns raised by the government’s heritage agency. The State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) granted planning consent to developers Walker Corporation on Wednesday to build a 160-metre-tall skyscraper in the Festival Plaza precinct, directly behind Parliament House. The tower, scheduled for completion in 2027-28, is expected to accommodate up to 5,000 office workers and will stand alongside Walker Corporation’s 29-storey “Festival One” office tower which opened in 2024. The new 38-storey building will feature outdoor dining areas and retail tenancies on the ground-floor, an elevated plaza space on level one, commercial office space from levels six to 16 and 19 to 35, and a restaurant on level 36. Planning Minister Nick Champion said the SCAP approval was “unambiguously good news for the state”, adding that the Festival Plaza will be “vibrant and teeming with people” once the tower is finished.

Greek Tribune Adelaide, South Australia