Carlton's green, but multi-coloured Pixel office block listed for sale by Grocon
One of Melbourne’s greenest buildings, the Grocon-built Pixel has been listed for sale.
Located at 205 Queensberry Street Carlton, the distinctive building is touted as a highly-sustainable commercial office development.
It comes with $6 million plus reported price hopes.
The building has previously been used by Ross Garnaut’s climate change team as temporary office accommodation in 2011. It has also served as the sales suite for the Swanston Square apartments.
Sitting on 900 square metres, the building has received many awards since it was built in 2010, including a perfect score from the Green Building Council of Australia. It also earned the highest sustainability rating from the US Green Building Council. Designed by Melbourne-based Studio505, it has four levels of office space and a rooftop garden with wind turbines and solar panels powering the building.
Pixel has achieved an unprecedented number of accolades and awards since construction began in 2009, including 6 Star Greenstar Ratings from the GBCA, with a perfect score of 105 credits for Design and 104 credits for As Built. In 2012, it also achieved the world’s highest LEED rating and score from the US Green Building Council.
Grocon and Umow Lai, the sustainability and engineering services consultancy, are now finalising the BREEAM submission (UK rating) seeking to achieve the highest score to date using this tool.
"We are well on the way to realising our BREEAM target,” said Grocon’s David Waldren.
“Pixel is an iconic building for Grocon and one of which we are extremely proud, both from its innovation in design and construction as well as its industry leading green credentials.”
Grocon says the striking façade allows for maximum daylight, shade, views and glare control.
The private developer expects to receive interest from owner-occupiers and investors looking to express their green values.
“We are hoping that any purchaser will share our values in cutting edge innovation and sustainability,” Grocon CEO Daniel Grollo says.
“Many of the discoveries in building design and technology have been successfully transferred to our other developments,” Grollo says.
CBRE City Sales agents Josh Rutman and Tom Tuxworth are undertaking an expressions of interest campaign closing May 23.
