NEW HOTEL FOR MELBOURNE
Pan American Airways
Plans
Pan American World Airways has concluded negotiations for a new 11,000,000 dollar hotel and civic centre in Melbourne.
Preliminary plans for the project, named the Southern Cross, include 445 guest rooms, completely equipped convention and ballroom facilities able to handle groups of 2000 to 3000, seven different dining areas, specialty restaurants, cocktail lounges and public bars.
The architectural scheme is planned to feature a large public plaza planted with attractive shrubbery and flowers in the centre of the block. Space will be available for more than 300 cars and a series of shops. The Southern Cross project will cover two and a half acres and will rise 18 stories above the ground with two levels below ground. The hotel will be managed by the Intercontinental Hotels Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pan American. An Australian company will own the hotel with Intercontinental Hotels subscribing approximately 30 per cent, of the share capital.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29101, 13 January 1960, Page 10
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