Summary:
- Multiplex has topped out Journal Student Living’s $194 million Market Way PBSA project in Melbourne’s CBD, a 40-level development delivering 715 rooms and 1,010 beds with extensive communal amenities and 172 bicycle spaces, reflecting student transport preferences.
- The project integrates heritage preservation by retaining and upgrading the four-storey 1840s Burbank House, historically linked to refrigeration pioneer James Harrison, while employing advanced prefabrication methods to enhance construction efficiency.
- Archaeological work on the site, conducted with heritage specialists and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, uncovered significant 19th-century relics and structural remains of Harrison’s ice machine, underscoring the site’s cultural and historical importance.
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