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{{Infobox building
| name             = Grollo Tower
| image            = GrolloTower, Melbourne c1997.jpg
| image_size       = 200px
| former_names     = Melbourne Tower
| caption          = The 1997 design of the Grollo Tower.
| status           = Vision
| location         = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
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| opening          = 
| building_type    = [[Hotel]], [[Office]], Residential
| antenna_spire    = 
| roof             = {{convert|2224|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} (proposal 1997)<br>
{{convert|1837|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} (proposal 2001)
| top_floor        = 
| floor_count      = 113
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| architect        = [[Denton Corker Marshall]]
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| main_contractor  = 
| developer        = [[Grocon|Grollo Group]]
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}}

The '''Grollo Tower''' was a proposed skyscraper development in the [[Melbourne Docklands|Docklands]] precinct of [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].  The developer was [[Grocon]], a construction company owned by the Grollo family.

With an original proposed height of 678 m, which was later scaled down to 560 m, the skyscraper would have been the world's tallest at that time.<ref>[[Maxine McKew|McKew, Maxine]]. (13 April 1999). [http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s21693.htm "Grollo's dream tower won't crown Melbourne's skyline"]. ''[[ABC News (Australia)|7:30 Report]]''. Retrieved 15 August 2016</ref> The proposed tower was designed by [[Denton Corker Marshall]] and an earlier concept, located on a different site, was designed by [[Harry Seidler]].

The idea was scrapped in April 2001 after Melbourne's Docklands Authority ruled it out of the tender for development of the Batman Hill's precinct.  The area is now occupied by a mixture of smaller commercial and residential buildings.

The Denton Corker Marshall design was reported to be later commissioned for construction in Dubai, as the [[Burj Khalifa]].<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/26/1046064104215.html Grollo tower to go ahead, in Dubai - The Age]</ref> However, the Burj Khalifa was eventually built to an entirely different design, by [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]].

== See also ==
* [[List of tallest buildings in Melbourne]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/102938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315124936/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/102938 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 March 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 102938 |work=[[Emporis]]}}
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