Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market to receive $35m upgrade

Monica Gameng   |   February 26, 2020

The Queen Victoria Market is up for an upgrade as the City of Melbourne releases plans for a $35 million revamp that will help improve essential services for traders at the heritage-listed landmark.

“Our top priority is to protect everything that is great about the market - for shoppers, traders and all Melburnians,” Lord Mayor Sally Capp said.

Works on the scheduled upgrade is set to begin next year and will include improving logistics, storage, waste, and recycling facilities as well as deliver new toilets, showers and meeting rooms that can be used by market workers.

As part of this multi-million dollar project, the existing building used for meat and seafood delivery is going to be redeveloped into a new Trader Shed that will feature dedicated loading docks, a three-level basement storage with climate control, and improved facilities for waste and recycling.

A canopy structure - named Northern Shed - is also proposed to be built at the northern end of Queen Street and it will serve as a covered loading dock with a centralized waste facility for the entire market.

“Both structures have been designed to complement the market’s wonderful heritage sheds and buildings.

“During busy market hours, the area of the market in Queen Street is set to be transformed into a more welcoming space that is safer for pedestrians - and families - and that improves the connection between the upper and lower market,” Mayor Capp said.

In 2017, a $250 million investment has been committed for the redevelopment of the Queen Victoria Market and it will include the delivery of community facilities, interconnecting laneways as well as a hotel and residential apartments next to the market.

Demolition of the former Munro building commenced last year to make way for the market’s redevelopment.

The upgraded facilities are expected to be operational by 2024.

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Source: Yahoo News; 7 News; Architecture AU; News.com.au; Inside Construction
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