The property group is collaborating with the Melbourne restaurant king on the design of the hospitality precinct below its $1billion office tower at 435 Bourke St.
Already a subscriber?Cbus Property has backed Melbourne restaurant king Chris Lucas’ belief that great restaurants are vital to the future success of office towers, after collaborating with him on the design of the hospitality precinct below its $1 billion Bourke Street skyscraper.
“At 80 Collins Street and 101 Collins Street, the feedback from the tenant community is that they can’t imagine coming to the building if it did not have the great restaurant amenity.By comparison, he said areas like Melbourne’s Docklands battled high retail vacancy rates because of “very poorly executed amenity, poor design and no sense of community”.
But with very little else due to be completed in two years’ time, Cbus Property is banking on design features such asthat will generate 20 per cent of base building energy requirements and the creation of “destination” dining experiences to ensure it is fully leased on completion. Mr Lucas, who is famous for Asian fusion eateries like Chin Chin and Kisume on Flinders Lane, said he was not trying to replicate these sorts of establishments at 435 Bourke Street.AdvertisementOne of the restaurants will be down a laneway, while the other will be on Bourke Street, not far from the hustle and bustle of Bourke Street Mall.
Mr Lucas said the restaurants would be pitched at the “bistro-brasserie level” and each will include three private dining rooms to cater for the corporate tenant community upstairs.
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