388 elizabeth st, melbourne
Two level development - 1,600sqm. Completed -2016
Delivered by David Castro - Director/Lead Project Manager.
The site, on Elizabeth St, was bounded by new developments and the historic Literature Lane. The owners envisaged a development that provided community benefit, adding to the neighbourhood instead of following the norm of a high-rise building.
“Our project was complicated by the need to preserve and underpin a substantial brick structure as well as communicating with the adjoining building, a multi-storey residential development.
We are emphatically satisfied with the services provided by David and his team to bring our project to a successful conclusion.”
David and the team briefed the architects to think differently, embracing the existing corner brick building and create a ‘fine grain’ development that was welcoming and inclusive.
The site’s history is an interesting and storied one: at times a hotel, petrol station and most recently a car hire garage. With this history, legacies of the past use were uncovered during the construction such as a 30,000 litre petrol tank, still with ‘standard’, hydraulic car lifters and contaminated spoil. All was dealt with and a very successful development was delivered on budget with Woolworths and BWS key tenants on a long-term lease.
Monto Projects continued with the site, coordinating the consultant team to deliver the Damiao Sichuan hotpot restaurant and cultural centre on level 1, which opened in 2019.
Photography by Harris HMC and Steven Lee
Damiao Hotpot Restaurant:
