The state’s top planners have made a final call on razing part of a landmark retail building so a high-rise redevelopment can rise from the rubble. See pictures of the swanky new building set to overlook the mall’s balls.

Newly released minutes have revealed the State Commission Assessment Panel granted planning consent this week for northern sections of the Adelaide Central Plaza in Rundle Mall – home to department store David Jones – to be knocked over.

The northern third of the Adelaide Central Plaza site, including high-end jewellery store Tiffany’s in the Adelaide CBD, was now expected to be demolished and replaced by a 31-storey, $260 million mixed-use commercial office building under a proposal by the building’s owner, Precision Group.

Precision Group plans to build a 132-metre-t

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