New towers to rise from Brisbane supreme and district courts site Housing and Public Works Minister Tim Mander with Tourism and Major Events Minister Jann Stuckey announcing redevelopment plans for the former Brisbane district and Supreme courts complex in George St. Picture: Richard Walker Source: The Courier-Mail IT HAS hosted some of the state's most notorious criminals and high-flying lawyers. And that rich legal history will not be forgotten as bulldozers move in to the old supreme and district courts site in George St in coming months. Public Works Minister Tim Mander this morning revealed the successful tenderer to redevelop the site, sold for $63 million to the Shayher Group. Shayher Group spokesman Peter Sia said it was hoped the redevelopment, which include a hotel, office block and residential towers, would also feature a fitting nod to the site's past. Mr Mander described the development as exciting and said it was expected to be completed by 2018. "In fact it will be the biggest single development to date in Brisbane's CBD," he said. What is planned here is a mixed-tenancy development which will comprise of a 70-storey residential tower, a 30-storey office block and an 18-storey, five-star, world-class hotel which will have at least 190 rooms. He said it would create about 5700 direct and indirect jobs. Mr Mander said a casino was not part of the plans for the site but any decision on a new casino in Brisbane would be made by the Government. Tourism Minister Jann Stuckey said the redevelopment would help fill the five-star hotel gap in Queensland. "According to the guide, a shortage of Brisbane hotel rooms costs the local economy $136 million and 87,000 visitors every year," she said. Creating new hotel-style accommodation will be an important part of reversing that trend, with this project set to add 190 new rooms in a five-star hotel. Mr Sia said while construction would start as soon as possible, more work needed to be done on the design. "Even though they (the planned buildings) are good looking they are very much conceptual and we want to better the design by bringing international architects to work together with local architects to make the buildings more iconic for Brisbane," he said. Mr Sia would not reveal the end value of the multimillion-dollar development but said he expected the value to be "quite high." The former supreme and district courts building in George St was built in the 1970s, replacing the original building that was constructed in the 1800s but destroyed by fire.