![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() | |
Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
---|---|
Coordinates | 37°48′37.42″S 144°57′47.32″E / 37.8103944°S 144.9631444°E |
Opening date | 1991[1] |
Developer | Kumagai Gumi |
Management | GPT Group |
Owner | GPT Group[2] |
Architect | Kisho Kurokawa, Ashton Raggatt McDougall (major redevelopment) |
No. of stores and services | 276[3] |
No. of anchor tenants | 2[3] |
Total retail floor area | 55,700 square metres (600,000 sq ft)[3] |
No. of floors | 6[4] |
Parking | 876[3] |
Public transit access | Melbourne Central railway station, trams, buses |
Website | melbournecentral |
Melbourne Central is a large shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The main tower is 211-metre (692 ft) high, making it one of the tallest buildings in Melbourne at the time it was built in 1991. Other parts of the complex include the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, the underground Melbourne Central railway station and the heritage-listed Coop's Shot Tower.
The site of the present-day complex was earmarked for development in the early 1970s by the Melbourne City Council.[5] At the time, the State Government of Victoria had started constructing the City Loop underground railway with a station located on the site called Museum Station.[6] The main tower and complex was completed in 1991, designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa and the Kumagai Gumi architecture firm at a cost of $1.2 billion.[5][7] It has since been significantly renovated three times in 2001, 2005 and 2010.
Today the centre features a gross leasable area of 55,100 square metres (593,000 sq ft) spread over six floors.[2] The 20 storey glass conical structure over the Coop's Shot Tower is the largest of its kind in the world [5] and over 8.6 million passengers pass through the Melbourne Central station every year.[8]