Narrow recessed bands in line with the narrow windows of both levels extend nearly the length of the tower emphasising its verticality. The tower turns the corner in three 45-degree steps with a greater length of wall directly facing the corner. The two-storey offices have been carefully detailed to stand as a separate element of the building with narrow recesses between it and the horizontally expressed elements of the building extending down Hope Street and Montague Road. The corner entry complements the truncated corner of the Montague/Coronation Hotel (built 1891) opposite. This is typified by its horizontal banding broken by its prominent corner entry tower, its face brick construction and its continuous cantilevered sun hoods. This two story brick building on the corner of Hope Street and Montague Road is a finely executed early modern building. This building has been used as a staff cafeteria for QUF employees. In 1998, QUF became a subsidiary of the Italian multinational corporation Parmalat. Queensland United Foods (QUF) acquired the Pauls Company and is the owner of this property. Montague Road then became completely dominated by manufacturing, service and warehouse industries. This pattern of industrial development in Montague Road continued and by the 1940s factories, yards and warehouses lined both sides of Montague Road as far as Hockings Street. Concrete manufacturers, steel and iron founders, glass manufacturers and warehouses were established, particularly on the riverside, to take advantage of the opportunity to transport products along the river and to engage in dredging activities. By the end of 1910 however, industrial development had begun to encroach upon the existing residential nature of the road. Montague Road remained relatively unchanged, with its predominance of residential buildings on either side, and only a scattering of industrial buildings, well into the 1900s.
Swimming baths were established at the end of Stanley Street on Montague Road by the early 1890s, and a little further towards Grey Street, James Carmichael had established a sawmill and built a wharf to transport his lumber. Among these were Dickson’s Boot factory, the West End Saw Mills and the South Brisbane Gas & Light Company. Some industrial buildings had already been constructed mainly near West End. By the mid 1880s, several prestigious riverfront residences facing the Milton Reach of the Brisbane River had been built and on the opposite side of Montague Road were several more modest houses. In the 1870s, rich farming land lined both sides of Montague Road, with only five houses fronting the street.
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