Holiday Inn Express

Hickory Building Systems offers express build solution for 345-room Holiday Inn Express hotel

  • Location:

    35-47 City Road, Southbank

  • Construction duration:

    18 months

  • Completion date:

    November 2019

  • Client:

    Pro Invest

  • Hotel operator:

    IHG (Holiday Inn Express)

  • Architect:

    Reid Campbell

  • Project manager:

    Tactical Group

  • Structural and civil engineer:

    Taylor Thomas Whitting Pty Ltd

  • Building services engineer:

    DP Group

  • No. levels:

    23

  • No. hotel rooms:

    345

At 23 levels, the new Holiday Inn Express hotel in Southbank will be Australia’s tallest hotel to use Hickory Building Systems fast-track construction.

Featuring 345 hotel rooms, the project for developers ProInvest implements structural prefabrication for levels 8 – 22.

 

 

SUBCONTRACTOR AND SUPPLIER OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunities available for Australian suppliers / subcontractors to work with us on the HiEx project can be found via the ICN Gateway link below:

https://gateway.icn.org.au/project/4106/holiday-inn-express-southbank

Features

The first 8 levels of the project to utilise conventional, in-situ construction.

Levels 8-22 constructed using Hickory Building Systems, enabling a compressed construction timeline achieved through integration of structural prefabrication, proprietary façade system and SYNC bathroom pods.

Project retains the original 1930s City Road façade and its glazed terracotta faïence tiles, one of the few remaining Melbourne buildings to feature this distinctive art deco façade treatment.

Ground floor retail and public laneway through to Fawkner Street.

Public car park on levels 1-3

“Great Room” hotel lobby on level 7 with landscaped winter garden

Holiday Inn Express hotel guest rooms 8-22

Aiming to achieve a 5 star NABERS performance rating

The extensive mixed-use development also offers ground floor retail, 3 levels of above ground parking and 3 levels of offices. An internal, plant and art filled laneway connects the City Road project through to Fawkner Street at the rear.