Home office is a new trend in boutique city apartments. Calvin Huang’s family development company, DCF Property, is planning the hotel and home-office project for its site just north of the State Library of Victoria. “We’ve got a great permit for a city-based home office and hotel in the post-COVID era, which I believe will work here,” Huang said.
The hotel, designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects, is going up in a section of the CBD full of new towers, including Charter Hall’s Wesley Place across the road and the Pellicano and Perri Group’s 20-level project on Bennett’s Lane. It’s also just a block away from Setia’s $500 million ghost hotel, the aptly named Shangri-La Hotel, which remains an empty shell without fittings or fixtures despite its completion by Multiplex nearly a year ago.
DCF’s project is comparatively modest. The first 12 floors of the new tower will be a hotel, while the top 12 floors will offer single-floor apartments with office facilities. Fit-outs will be designed so the apartments can mimic office space when required. The central 13th floor will be a clubhouse called The Guild, offering social and business space and luxury concierge services, including translators, dog walkers, and travel booking.