Sydney Tower

Sydney Tower
Alternative names	AMP Tower Westfield Tower Westfield Centrepoint Centrepoint Tower
General information
Type	Observation and communications tower
Location	Sydney, Australia
Coordinates	33°52′13.64″S 151°12′32″E / 33.8704556°S 151.20889°E / -33.8704556; 151.20889
Construction started	1970 (office building) 1975 (tower)
Completed	1981
Cost	A$36 million
Owner	Scentre Group
Management	Trippas White Group Merlin Entertainments
Height
Antenna spire	309 m (1,014 ft)[1]
Top floor	250 m (820 ft) for Sydney Tower Skywalk
Technical details
Floor count	4
Lifts/elevators	3
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Donald Crone & Associates
Developer	AMP
Main contractor	Concrete Constructions
Website
www.sydneytowereye.com.au

Sydney Tower, also known as the Sydney Tower Eye, is the tallest structure in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney Tower has also previously been known as AMP Tower and Centrepoint Tower, and colloquially as Flower Tower, Glower Tower, and Big Poke.^[2][3]

The tower stands 309 m (1,014 ft) above the Sydney central business district (CBD), located on Market Street, between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets. It is accessible from the Pitt Street Mall, Market Street or Castlereagh Street and sits above the Westfield Sydney (formerly Centrepoint) shopping centre. The tower is open to the public, and is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in the city, being visible from a number of vantage points throughout town and from adjoining suburbs.^[4][5] Auckland's Sky Tower is taller but Sydney Tower's main observation deck is almost 30 m (98 ft) higher than the observation deck on Auckland's Sky Tower.^{[citation needed]}

While the shopping centre at the base of the tower is run by the Scentre Group, the tower itself is occupied by Trippas White Group, which owns and operates Sydney Tower Dining, and Merlin Entertainments, which owns and operates the Sydney Tower Eye observation deck and outside adventure experience known as the SKYWALK.