570 Little Bourke

Modern student living, built around a piece of Melbourne's past

  • Location

    Corner of King and Little Bourke Streets, Melbourne CBD

  • Client

    Hickory / MaxCap

  • Development Manager

    Hickory

  • Architect

    Nettletontribe

  • Operator

    UniLodge

  • Structural Engineer

    Rincovitch

On a corner of Melbourne’s CBD where a two-storey pub has stood for generations, 570 Little Bourke Street rises 24 levels without erasing what came before. The original heritage façade along King and Little Bourke Streets has been retained and restored, giving the corner pub a new life at the base of the tower.

Above it, 23 levels of student residences are supported by a group fitness room, yoga studio, workshop, co-working space, and dedicated bike and e-bike storage. Two ground-floor retail and café tenancies open the building to the street.

A new pedestrian arcade cuts through from King Street to Brown Alley, opening up the laneway and connecting the city to the Pocket Park beyond.

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“We see this area of the CBD as a clear opportunity for revitalisation, and as a proud Melbourne-born company, we’ve made a determined commitment to being part of that solution”

Michael Argyrou Group CEO Hickory

Preserving a piece of Melbourne's heritage, and reimagining it for the future

Since the 1860s, the Great Western has kept watch over the corner of King and Little Bourke Streets. It opened in the wake of the gold rush, traded as the Star of the West through the land boom of Marvellous Melbourne, and took on the Great Western name by the turn of the century.

For more than 160 years it has been a local for lawyers, workers and city regulars alike, one of the last gold rush era pubs still standing in the CBD.

Its embossed façade is being retained and restored as part of 570 Little Bourke Street, so the corner keeps its pub and Melbourne keeps a piece of its story.

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