Melbourne Buildings

Chevron Hotel: 539 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

The Chevron was built in to the design of Leslie M Perrott in 1934 with construction of the 200 room hotel with unusual tower by E.A. Watts taking 18 weeks.

The rooms featured ensuite bathrooms and garages for guests’ cars.

At its peak, it was a ritzy nightclub which hosted the likes of Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Winifred Atwell and Frank Sinatra.

The nightclub finally closed in 2001.

For a brief time it was owned by the next door Alfred Hospital for use as a nurses’ residence before sitting derelict for many years with complete demolition proposed by at least one developer.

Around 2003 company, Development Ventures, proposed to retain the corner building and add an $100 million-plus apartment tower.  However this failed to eventuate and sold the site for $16.5 million.

In 2004, the Chevron was finally redeveloped, constructed by the Abigroup¹, it became a mixed use development known as “Chevron Green” with the addition of a $160 million 300 apartments and ten shops ²

Ground level retailers have included The TAB, 7/11, Rice @ Chevron, Beluga, Shuji Sushi, Nandos and La Colline.³

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