Collins Place

35 and 55 Collins Street
35 and 55 from Collins Street.JPG
General information
Type	Hotel and Office
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates
Construction started	1971
Completed	1981
Cost	A$270 million
Height
Roof	185
Technical details
Floor count	46-55 Levels Collins Street 50 levels - 35 Collins Street
Floor area	94,600 m² (1,018,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Owner	AMP Wholesale Office Fund andAMP Capital Investors
Architect	Architect: Pei Cobb Freed and Partners

Collins Place is a shopping and office complex in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1981, it comprises two office buildings (35 and 55 Collins Street) and a shopping mall in between. Also located at 35 Collins Street is The Sofitel Melbourne at level 35 and above.

1 History
2 Overview
3 Tennants
- 3.1 Notable tenants
4 References
5 External links

History

Collins Place is one of Melbourne's premier landmark buildings.

It was initially constructed with the assistance of American Vincent Ponte, the AMP Society and ANZ Bank, the world renowned New York firm of Architects, I.M. Pei and Partners and the Melbourne firm of Bates, Smart and McCutcheon as associate architects.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Collins Place was built in seven stages, taking approximately ten years to complete at a cost of A$270 million dollars.^[5] The complex opened in May 1981.^[5]

Overview

35 and 55 Collins Street's office buildings were built in the modern style of the eighties offices.^[6] Both towers were built on a square plan at 45 degree angles to the Hoddle Grid. At 35 Collins Street the Sofitel Hotel Incorparates the last 15 floors. In the Collins Place shopping area theres a food court and cinemas.