ESSINGTON GROUP

Essington Historical

Property Development and Construction


In 1984 the multi-million dollar development of Melbourne's largest city redevelopment now known as Melbourne Central on the corner of La Trobe and Swanston Streets, Melbourne.
In 1981 Essington, as shareholder with Consolidated Press Holdings and Leighton Holdings in Majura Investments Pty Limited, was runner-up in the short list of nine candidates running for Queensland Gold Coast casino license. In the same year Essington, together with AGC's Mirvac and Kerry Packer's Wentworth Holdings, acquired the Sebel Townhouse Hotel in King's Cross, Sydney.
Essington led the acquisition of the D2 site at the Rocks, now the Quay Apartments.
In 1983 Essington's subsidiary, Tilverton Pty Limited, purchased the joint Coal Board site on Pitt Street and Macquarie Place in Sydney and developed those buildings and Customs House Hotel as the new Ramada Hotel, now Branded the Marriott Hotel.
Craigburn Estate
In 1983 Essington acquired the Chevron Hotel at Potts Point in Sydney then redeveloped it in 1987 as the Nikko Hotel. During 1985, Essington supported Allain Thompson for the Magnetic Island & Marina Joint Venture. Residential property developments in 1985 included Gulf Point Marina Estate compromising 600 sites at North Haven Harbour located on the shores of the largest man made marina in the Southern Hemisphere; Darlington dwellings on the Sturt River, South Australia; Craigburn Estates at Flagstaff Hills, South Australia, which was spoken of as a "landmark residential development" due to the retention of large trees and waterways and subdivisions that fitted with the shape and orientation of the land and received the Civic Trust awards for Town Planning.

During 1985, Essington acquired the partially-constructed hotel development on Denaru Island, Nandi, Fiji. Essington branded the completed hotel the Sheraton Fiji.

Newsletter sign up

Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on listings, market trends, and special promotions.