Tall & Urban News

Developed by Cbus Property, the newly approved office tower at 435 Bourke Street is in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and will feature a “solar skin” facade.

The now permit-approved building has been designed by Bates Smart to achieve net zero carbon in operation, with 20 percent of its all-electric base building electricity requirements generated by translucent, vertical glass photovoltaic panels on its facade. This collected energy coupled with all-electric operations is said to help the tower save 430 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.

The 49-story tower with an estimated cost of USD $708.8 million (AUS$1-billion), will have 60,000 square meter of net leasable office space. The project had been originally delayed in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and was refiled with a redesign in 2021. The office tower will feature a sky garden, along with several landscaped open-air and mixed-mode terraces as well as an atrium, 1300 square meters of ground floor retail space and 116 carparks. It will also house a four-level wellness hub and provide parking for 600 bicylces.  Several landscaped open-air or mixed-mode terraces will be across its top six levels that will capture the 360-degree views across Melbourne’s sports precinct, the Treasury and Fitzroy Gardens, Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay.

The building is targeting a 6-Star Green Star New Buildings rating and a Platinum WELL certified rating, and will be powered by offsite renewable electricity.

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