Lendlease unveils new Victorian headquarters
05 November 2018
Lendlease:
Minister for Planning Richard Wynne
and Lendlease Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Steve
McCann have today opened the group’s new
Victorian home at One
Melbourne
Quarter.
Delivering an adaptable
workplace hard-wired for employee health and
wellbeing, One
Melbourne Quarter is home to approximately 400 Lendlease employees
who have relocated from three different office locations across
Melbourne. Lendlease occupies levels four to six of the 13-storey
building, the first commercial tower to be delivered in the 2.5 hectare
Melbourne Quarter
precinct on Collins Street.
A key feature of the new workplace is access to the first phase of the
precinct’s elevated Sky Park, featuring a striking sculptural spiral
staircase leading up to the park from Collins Street.
Creating additional community amenity, the wi-fi enabled Sky Park
encourages workers to re-charge and work outside. The park’s biophilic
design – which refers to design that reflects the natural world – is an
essential ingredient in enhancing health and wellbeing.
Lendlease’s new office is centered around the concept of team
neighbourhoods of 15 – 20 employees. Allocated desks are eliminated and
replaced with centralised team tables to promote a team based working
culture and opportunities for immediate feedback, staff connectivity and
collaboration.
Employees are free to choose how and where they work. Each neighbourhood
has a range of spaces including ‘working walls’ for visual
communication, enclosed meeting pods with access to virtual technology,
breakaway areas for collaboration and services such as IT help desks on
each floor to support high performance.
Lendlease’s commitment to employee health and wellbeing is further
demonstrated through the creation of a wellness hub offering
discretionary nutrition options, wellness and lifestyle seminars, health
checks and group training activities including yoga, pilates and
bootcamp.
Additional highlights include a dedicated event space, a high-tech
immersion room, a social hub with a barista and interconnecting stairs
across the three floors, promoting free movement and social
connectedness.
One Melbourne Quarter will be home to approximately 2,500 workers, with
design and engineering firm
Arup already joining Lendlease, and
AMP due
to move in early next year.
The building is targeting a 6 Star
Green Star rating from the
Green
Building Council of Australia, a 5.5 star
NABERS Energy tenancy rating
and a WELL New Interiors Certification.
The Lendlease-managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial (APPF
Commercial) purchased the 26,000sqm One Melbourne Quarter on behalf of
its investors in November 2016. APPF Commercial’s strategy is to focus
on next-generation assets in precincts with access to green space and
strong transport links.
The precinct’s next commercial tower, Two Melbourne Quarter, is
currently under construction. The 50,000sqm building is pre-committed by
EnergyAustralia and is expected to reach completion in mid-2020.
On completion, more than 50 per cent of the Melbourne Quarter precinct
will be dedicated to public open space. Melbourne Quarter has achieved a
6 Star Green Star Communities rating, showcasing world leadership in
sustainability.
Quotes attributable to Lendlease Group Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director, Steve McCann
“One Melbourne Quarter is active demonstration of Lendlease’s integrated
model – delivering a workplace that is owned by a Lendlease-managed
fund, built by our building business, in a precinct transformed by our
urban regeneration business.
“Bringing our Melbourne workforce together in one central location means
we’ll be more accessible to our customers while championing excellence,
wellbeing and innovation.
“Based on the workplace strategies implemented at our global
headquarters in Barangaroo, our new Melbourne location demonstrates
greener and healthier ways of working. This creates a workplace that
lives and breathes a culture of collaboration and purposeful
interactions, providing employees with a sense of belonging.
“Moving into One Melbourne Quarter cements our bricks and mortar
commitment to the precinct, while demonstrating our belief in our
capacity to create the best places for our employees, customers, the
environment and the community.”
Quotes attributable to Minister for Planning Richard Wynne
“The opening of Melbourne’s first Sky Park at Melbourne Quarter has
brought an exciting new green public space to the city for residents,
visitors and thousands of Victorians who work nearby.
“I want to congratulate Lendlease on its commitment to this bold
project, which represents a long-term commercial and residential
investment in the area.
“The Melbourne Quarter precinct creates an important gateway, linking
Docklands to the CBD, creating thousands of jobs for Victorians both
during construction and once complete.
“This is a place where Melburnians will want to visit, live and work.”
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Source: Lendlease - www.lendlease.com
Contact:
Amelia Cater State Manager, External Affairs – Victoria 0439 009 278
Celeste Greinke Communications Advisor, Melbourne Quarter 0427 673 717
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