09.03.2009
Our community
The Focal is a nine storey building with 66 apartments completed in late 1997. Spring Street Towers is a 21 storey tower comprising of 165 apartments completed in early 1998. Community facilities include a gymnasium, a tennis court, courtyard with BBQ facilities, heated indoor swimming pool, community herb garden and manicured gardens.
Our history
The area bound by Latrobe, Exhibition, Spring and Little Lonsdale Streets was home to Melbourne's notorious red light district. Dubbed 'Little Lon', this area comprised of a network of lanes and alleys. The Testra Exchange building and Spring Street Towers, the Focal and the Citygate apartments incorporated these lanes as part of their land consolidation.
In more recent times, the Commonwealth building famous for its green tile cladding was constructed on the corner of Spring and Little Lonsdale Streets. The Commonwealth offices moved to Casselden Place on the corner of Spring and Lonsdale Streets before the former green cladded building was demolished and the site sold.
Spring Street was named after Thomas Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchecquer.
About our community