St. Collins Lane
Location | Melbourne, Australia | |
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Coordinates | 37°48′57″S 144°57′54″E / 37.8159°S 144.9649°E | |
Address | 260 Collins Street | |
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Owner | Total retail floor area 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) | |
No. of floors | 4 | |
Website | stcollinslane |
St. Collins Lane is a
, Australia. Previously there were restaurants, arcades and hotels on the site.It leads directly into the Walk Arcade at the northern end, and faces Centre Place across Collins Street at the southern end, forming part of a chain of arcades and lanes which lead from Flinders Street station to Melbourne Central Shopping Centre through the blocks between Elizabeth and Swanston streets.[1]
History
Starting in the late 1870s, this block of Collins Street was home to the city's most fashionable stores, such as milliners, glove-importers, portrait painters, photographers and hairdressers. Businesses such as George's Emporium, Allan's and Glen's music and Mullens' Bookshop and Lending Library drew the cream of Melbourne society. The act of promenading here became a social pastime, known as ‘doing the block’, and the street became known simply as "The Block", a title taken up by the
In 1989, the Hotel Australia was demolished to make way for a new development, completed in 1992, the Australia on Collins shopping arcade and four star hotel.
In April 2014, then owners
The redeveloped St. Collins Lane opened on 16 May 2016 and was immediately placed on the market by its owners, along with the Melbourne Novotel hotel.[10] The centre had an approximately 70% tenancy rate at opening and was hoped by its owners to rival the recently opened Emporium Melbourne on Lonsdale Street.[11]
St. Collins Lane was purchased in November 2016 by
Tenants
The mall has struggled to find tenants. In 2017 it had 45% vacancy.[14]
The centre has 35[15] operating stores and includes clothing, footwear and cosmetics outlets, as well as a food court. Current key tenants include Leica, Maje, Coach, Furla, The Kooples, Zadig & Voltaire, Tag Heuer and Birkenstock.
UK department store Debenhams opened as an anchor tenant in October 2017[16] but closed in January 2020. In November 2018, Melbourne’s first Leica store and gallery opened offering an art gallery, studio and Akademie workshops.[17]
In November 2018, it was announced that British watchmaker
Four new restaurants, Shujinko, Poke and Sushi Boto, Meat the Challenge and Saint Dreux are set to open in the summer of 2018/19.[18]
Current centre
The centre has 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft) of
References
- ^ Hopkins, Philip (3 August 2011). "Retail's confidence builder". The Age. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
The overall aim is to improve the connection between Melbourne Central and Flinders Street railway stations through more north-south links such as Degraves Street, Australia on Collins, and the Causeway Arcade.
- ^ School of Historical Studies, Department of History. "Doing the Block - Entry - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online". www.emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ a b School of Historical Studies, Department of History. "Australia Hotel - Entry - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online". www.emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ISBN 9781863953894. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b Spicer, Chrystopher J. "Australia Hotel". www.emelbourne.net.au. School of Historical Studies, Department of History, The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Australia Two Theatre in Melbourne, AU - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Dimech, Adam. "Australia on Collins". Melbourne Buildings. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Munro, Peter (14 February 2010). "A blight on sore eyes: are these our worst buildings?". The Age. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b Johanson, Simon (2 April 2014). "Collins Street mall to become another luxury retail centre". The Age. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Allen, Lisa; Condon, Turi (27 April 2016). "LaSalle puts $500m Melbourne hotel, retail complex on the block". The Weekend Australian. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Johanson, Simon (2 March 2016). "St Collins Lane opens in May, set to rival Emporium". The Age. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Wilmot, Ben (14 November 2016). "JPMorgan buys city precinct". The Australian. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "JP Morgan Offloads St Collins Lane". 6 March 2020.
- ^ "$250m Melbourne mall St Collins Lane battling high vacancies". 4 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Directory | St. Collins Lane Unique Melbourne Shopping Destination". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- Inside Retailing. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne's first Leica Store and Gallery is here | St. Collins Lane". St. Collins Lane. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Bremont, Claudie Pierlot and Xmas pop-ups at JP Morgan's St Collins Lane". Australian Financial Review. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.