“I’m no guru property guy. I just love old buildings and love to create restaurants in them,” says culinary king Chris Lucas.
Two new restaurants run by culinary king Chris Lucas in Cbus’ glittering new Bourke Street office tower will give the building super fund a competitive edge in the fierce struggle to attract blue chip tenants to an empty city office tower.
The owners of Melbourne’s commercial office towers are battling a post-pandemic shift to flexible working which has severely reducing big firms’ desire for new digs just as a glut of space makes its way into the market.He already has two venues ensconced in blue-chip office towers – Grill Americano at 101 Collins Street and Yakimono at 80 Collins Street – and has well-developed views on how the city’s gleaming office buildings need to use their space.
Lucas’ freedom to work with the architect and completely redesign his allocated retail space in Cbus’ building was a key condition for working on the project.“We redesigned the whole public areas so you feel you are in two different buildings. At night-time, you will feel like you are going into a restaurant and not a workplace.
“We are trying to provide a one-stop shop with amenity and office. We’ve got to get people back into the office. We’re at about three days a week now – four would be good,” Pozzo said.
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