Lendlease partnered with City of Melbourne and Scape to deliver Gurrowa Place, a key component of the Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal, improving the trader and customer experience of the beloved iconic market, while celebrating the site’s rich history.
Gurrowa Place will deliver the restoration of the Franklin Street Stores, new community amenity, and the creation of a new public open space at Market Square.
Located south of Queen Victoria Market car park, three responsively designed, climate-resilient buildings offer a mixed-use precinct with workspace, authentic Melbourne dining and retail as well as a dynamic mix of student, build-to-rent and affordable housing.
Appendix J contains the Statement of consultation with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Aboriginal Corporation. The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples are the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which the Queen Victoria Market resides.
The use of Gurrowa, the Woi-wurrung word for 'exchange/interchange' has been endorsed by the Wurundjeri Corporation.
The Wurundjeri Corporation has been engaged in discussions with Lendlease and the City of Melbourne on this project since October 2021, due to the known interments of Traditional Custodians in the Old Melbourne Cemetery. The area of Traditional Custodian burials is a registered Cultural Place and is protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (Vic).