A $300 million hotel and apartment complex to grace Docklands

Nicola TrotmanDecember 7, 2020

Minister for Planning Matthew Guy has announced a $300 million hotel and apartment complex in Docklands, to be known as The Altus.

Guy launched the 4.5 star hotel and apartment complex yesterday, which will be situated on the corner of Harbour Esplanade and Dudley Street.

The Altus will feature 281 guest rooms and suites, 27 serviced apartments and 299 residential apartments across 37 storeys.

Docklands is continuing to deliver state of the art buildings that are rejuvenating the area,” says Guy.

“Once completed, The Altus will be part of a vibrant and exciting precinct in which to work, live and to visit.

The Altus adds to a growing list of top class accommodation, dining and entertainment

venues in the Docklands, which provides access to world class sporting and music events, shopping, fine dining and recreational activities,” says Guy.

Construction is scheduled to commence in early 2014 and will create over 400 construction jobs and once completed in 2016, 150 hotel jobs.

“The Victorian Coalition Government is continuing to transform the Docklands into a waterfront destination that will be home to 20,000 residents and 60,000 workers upon completion in approximately 2025.

“Investments like the new $43 million community precinct that will feature the Docklands Library and Community Centre, Dock Square and Docklands Family Services and Boating Hub are creating a vibrant and exciting suburb.

“The $15 million Dock Square will provide 2,500 square metres of landscaped open space for residents and visitors to enjoy the outdoors and maintain active lifestyles,” says Guy.

The last remaining piece of major developable land in Docklands, a 2.5-hectare site diagonally across from Southern Cross Station, has now been contracted.

It will be developed into a $1.6 billion precinct, linking central Melbourne to Docklands.

Guy says nearly all 140 hectares of Docklands’ developable land is now contracted for development, with 50% of the land developed into the newest part of Melbourne’s CBD.

Nicola Trotman

With a penchant for the written word, Nicola has built a career doing just this – now Creative Director at thriving Melbourne-based PR agency, Greenpoint Media.

Editor's Picks