The five-star Melbourne luxury hotel that sits dusty and abandoned
Malaysia's Setia Development applied Monday to convert its unfinished Melbourne Shangri-La hotel into 393 apartments instead of completing the five-star property. The 61-level Carlton Gardens tower, completed structurally in 2023, remains an empty concrete shell with broken windows and no fitout despite a planned 2024 opening. Cost disputes over an $80 million interior renovation prompted the shift away from hospitality.
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Published 31 Jul 2026, 01:45 UTC · Updated 31 Jul 2026, 01:50 UTC
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