Shipping Container Hotel Tender

Location FootscrayAustralias first multi-storey hotel built entirely from shipping containers the 215-room six-storey hotel has been flagged for a vacant 6900-square-metre site directly south of Footscray railway station. If given the green light the development will anchor a new precinct also featuring shops offices and arts and crafts workshops all constructed from empty shipping containers. The entire project will use 416 containers to create five distinct blocks wrapped around a heritage-significant Moreton Bay fig tree. The six-storey main block will contain retail at ground level with a 215-room hotel above. Two-storey blocks will contain 35 office tenancies 18 art and craft workshops 1200 square metres of retail space and 45 square metres of food and drink areas. Another block will hold 52 self-storage units. The development will be in place for up to 15 years.