Decision Time Looming for Docklands Dual Towers

Melbourne City has given its tick to the planning application for a two-tower project in Docklands.

Capital Alliance’s planning application for the 1420sq m site at 28-38 Pearl River Road in Melbourne’s Docklands was referred to the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne Committee by the Victorian planning minister.

The committee voted to support the application which means it will now go back to Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny for final determination.

SJB Architects’ plans include two towers for the site: one a 23-to-26-storey tower at the northern end of the site and a 11-to-13-storey tower at the southern end.

Both will sit atop a podium and be connected by a skybridge, a 1000-person function centre and external escalator.

The development will contain a residential hotel with 105 serviced apartments and 200 hotel rooms, as well as offices, beauty salon and bar.

What the developers have labelled Australia’s largest rooftop infinity pool is also part of the plans.

▲ Capital Alliance has partnered with TFE Hotels on the project to provide serviced apartments and hotel rooms.

International hotel group TFE Hotels has partnered with Capital Alliance for the hotel components and will be the first purpose-built hotels for TFE’s A by Adina and Collection Brands.

TFE Hotel’s best known properties under the Collection brand include Brisbane’s The Calile as well as Auckland’s The Hotel Britomart. 

The project is the last of eight in the Docklands by Capital Alliance’s Mohan Du.

It has an estimated end value of $340 million.

Capital Alliance’s most recently completed project is the AC Hotel by Marriot in Melbourne’s Southbank. 

The developer is also involved in the Revitalising Central Dandenong project.