Spyre Group unveil first Melbourne apartment development, Hampton Ltd
Spyre Managing Director Daniel Laruccia, who hails from Victoria, said the company's ambition has been to extend the same level of design and innovation down south.
Joel Robinson August 31, 20230 min read
A number of factors including a change in planning policy, stricter lending conditions have resulted in a weaker residential market and a substantial decrease in the number of apartment buildings submitted for planning consideration.
Instead developers have turned to commercial, student accommodation or hotel use in lieu or in support of residential use.
Over the course of the next 4-5 years a total of 8,100 hotel rooms will be added to within Melbourne CBD, Southbank and Docklands
A summary of these upcoming hotel developments is provided below:
Veriu QVM | Under Construction
- Developer: PDG Corporation
- Architect: Bates Smart
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 111
- Completion: 2022
Holiday Inn Express Little Collins Street + City Road | Under Construction
- Developer: Pro-invest Group
- Architect: Reid Campbell Architects
- Builder: Hickory
- No. Rooms: 345 + 312
- Completion: 2019 + 2021
Marriott Docklands | Under Construction
- Developer: Capital Alliance
- Architect: DKO
- Builder: Icon Co
- No. Rooms: 200
- Completion: 2020
Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street | Under Construction
- Developer: M&L Hospitality
- Architect: Bates Smart
- Builder: Multiplex
- No. Rooms: 244
- Completion: 2019
Hilton Melbourne Square | Planning
- Developer: OSK Property
- Architect: Cox Architecture
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 600
- Completion: 2022
Mandarin Oriental | Approved
- Developer: Landream
- Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects + Plus Architecture
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 170+
- Completion: 2023
W Hotel | Under Construction
- Developer: Cbus Property + ISPT
- Architect: Woods Bagot + SHoP
- Builder: Multiplex
- No. Rooms: 294
- Completion: 2020
Shangri-La Melbourne by the Gardens | Under Construction
- Developer: SP Setia
- Architect: Fender Katsalidis + Cox Architecture
- Builder: Multiplex
- No. Rooms: 500
- Completion: 2022
Indigo Hotel Docklands | Planning
- Developer: Salta Properties
- Architect: Fender Katsalidis
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 197
- Completion: 2022
St Regis | Approved
- Developer: Century Group Aus
- Architect: Fender Katsalidis
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 168
- Completion: 2022
Park Hotel | Approved
- Developer: Roxy-Pacific
- Architect: Bates Smart
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 308
- Completion: 2021
1 Hotel at Seafarers | Approved
- Developer: Riverlee
- Architect: Fender Katsalidis
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 280
- Completion: 2022
Jackalope Flinders Lane | Approved
- Developer: Jackalope Group
- Architect: March Studio
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 32
- Completion: 2020 (TBC)
Adina Hotel Southbank | Under Construction
- Developer: TFE Hotels
- Architect: Bates Smart
- Builder: Atelier Projects
- No. Rooms: 220
- Completion: 2019
Hyatt Centric | Under Construction
- Developer: Little Projects
- Architect: Architectus
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 278
- Completion: 2020
Quincy Hotel | Under Construction
- Developer: InterGlobe
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser
- Builder: Maxcon
- No. Rooms: 241
- Completion: 2020
NEXT Hotel | Under Construction
- Developer: QIC GRE
- Architect: Woods Bagot + UN Studio
- Builder: Multiplex
- No. Rooms: 300
- Completion: 2019
Russell Street Micro Hotel | Approved
- Developer: LongRiver Group
- Architect: Buchan + Nikken Sekkei
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 160
- Completion: TBC
Ormond Melbourne + MoMo’s Melbourne | Approved
- Developer: The Ormond Group
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser + Craig Tan Architects
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 537
- Completion: 2022
Ritz Carlton + Dorsett | Under Construction
- Developer: Far East Consortium
- Architect: Cottee Parker
- Builder: Probuild + Multiplex
- No. Rooms: 263 (Ritz-Carlton) + 312 (Dorsett)
- Completion: 2021-22
Bennetts Lane | Approved
- Developer: Aust Global Investment
- Architect: Plus Architecture + Breathe Architecture
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 44
- Completion: 2020
Le Meridien | Approved
- Developer: Jinshan Investment Group
- Architect: Bates Smart
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 78
- Completion: 2020
475 Flinders Lane | Approved
- Developer: SB&G Group
- Architect: TBC
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 391
- Completion: TBC
Vibe Hotel | Under Construction
- Developer: Caydon
- Architect: K2LD
- Builder: Hutchison Builders
- No. Rooms: 204
- Completion: 2020
388 William | Planning
- Developer: MIT Australia
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 290
- Completion: 2022
360 William Street | Under Construction
- Developer: Ubertas
- Architect: K2LD
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 320
- Completion: 2020
Voco - 380 Lonsdale Street
- Developer: Brady Group
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser
- Builder: Brady Constructions
- No. Rooms: 252
- Completion: 2020
130-134 Little Collins Street | Approved
- Developer: BPM
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser
- Builder: TBC
- No. Rooms: 334
- Completion: TBC
9-11 Exploration Lane
- Developer: BPM
- Architect: Elenberg Fraser
- Builder: Maxcon
- No. Rooms: 130
- Completion: TBC
Joel Robinson
Joel Robinson is the Editor in Chief at Apartments.com.au, where he leads the editorial team and oversees the country’s most comprehensive news coverage dedicated to the off the plan property market. With more than a decade of experience in residential real estate journalism, Joel brings deep insight into Australia’s evolving development landscape.
He holds a degree in Business Management with a major in Journalism from Leeds Beckett University in the UK, and has developed a particular expertise in off the plan apartment space. Joel’s editorial lens spans the full lifecycle of a project—from site acquisition and planning approvals through to new launches, construction completions, and final sell-out—delivering trusted, buyer-focused content that supports informed decision-making across the property journey