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The MacArthur
Chambers building and sites adjacent to the building, comprising an entire city block, were subsequently redeveloped in the late 1990s. Today the redeveloped shopping mall is called the MacArthur Central Shopping Centre, and is part of an apartment and commercial shopping complex that
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The current 10 storey MacArthur
Chambers building replaced a smaller 3 storey building also owned by the AMP Society, which had been constructed in the 1890s. It also featured the "trademark" AMP Society three figure statue. After the AMP Society vacated the building, which then became known as
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General Douglas MacArthur's office. By military order tenants from the second to ninth floors were compulsorily evacuated for the Hiring Department of the Defence Forces.
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acquired the property from the
Investa Property Group for $ 119.5 million by swapping an office building located in Brisbane at 160 Ann Street, valued at $ 66.5 million, and making a cash payment.
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