Financiers torpedo Crown tower project

Original article by Nick Lenaghan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 5-Mar-19

Crown Resorts has not been able to secure an extension from the Victorian Government for a planning permit for a proposed hotel and apartment tower in Melbourne’s CBD. Crown had proposed to build the $1.75 billion tower opposite its casino under a joint venture with Schiavello Group. Under the terms of their planning permit, Crown and Schiavello had two years to commence development before the permit expired. However, they were unable to secure suitable financing arrangements for the tower, which would have been the tallest in Australia.

CORPORATES
CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, SCHIAVELLO GROUP PTY LTD, VICTORIA. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND, WATER AND PLANNING, WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS

Packer punts on $10b casino play

Original article by Perry Williams
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 20-Oct-15

Australian-listed Crown Resorts plans to build a 90-storey hotel and apartment tower in Melbourne in partnership with the Schiavello Group. The new hotel is slated for completion in 2019 and is expected to feature a new brand that could be used for other hotels that are in Crown’s extensive development pipeline. Crown hopes the new hotel will attract more high-rollers and tourists, and will be pitched at the upper end of the market.

CORPORATES
CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, SCHIAVELLO GROUP PTY LTD, ECHO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED – ASX EGP, MELCO CROWN ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED, WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS