33M
The Age
Saturday March 26, 2011
$329,000 to $660,000MELBOURNE33 Mackenzie StreetPrivate saleAgent Colliers, 1300 075 113Melway 2B F12BOASTING a city address but with a street name few would have heard of, 33M is a complex of 388 apartments in a 32-level block to be built in a quiet spot off Victoria Street between Exhibition and Russell streets in the city.In union and tertiary education territory, 33M will be within walking distance of RMIT and Trades Hall Council and all their offshoots.The striking complex (below), designed by Elenberg Fraser, will be made up of several towers of varying heights and setbacks that will include five rooftop gardens to allow residents to feel part of smaller communities.Apartments come in a mix of studio, one and two-bedroom floor plans some with studies and only 11 remain for sale, according to Colliers' Phoebe Miller.The complex will have shops and a residents' foyer on the ground floor and three levels of podium car parking topped with 28 levels of apartments. Developer CEL hopes 33M's retail ground floor will increase activity on Mackenzie Street.Within the complex, 33M residents will have an outdoor swimming pool and lounge, a gym and a residents' lounge and gardens.Excavation has begun and construction is likely to be finished by 2013.
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