Level 15, 99 Spring St, Melbourne, is located inside an apartment complex dubbed the “tower of power”.
A quirky Great Gatsby-style Melbourne apartment that could easily rival a Baz Luhrmann film set’s glamour and luxury is for sale with a $7.25m-$7.975m price guide.
The two-bedroom home at Level 15, 99 Spring St, is full of big-name designer features and historic curiosities ranging from handmade Roberto Cavalli wallpaper to a circa-1932 Rolls Royce handle fitted onto the kitchen’s concealed 100-bottle Vintec wine fridge.
Built in the 1970s, 99 Spring St was one of Melbourne’s first high-rise residential complexes.
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Nicknamed the “tower of power”, former residents include Australia’s first billionaire Robert Holmes à Court, media tycoon Kerry Packer, music producer Bill Armstrong, businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Potter, restaurateur Branco Tocigl and retail king Norman Rockman.
Abercrombys’ Michael King described Level 15’s melange of art deco, mid-century, Parisian and New York influences as “real estate art”.
“When I first walked it, I thought it was a film, it looks like something out of The Great Gatsby or a Baz Luhrmann film,” he said.
“It’s maximalism at its best, it’s the antithesis of modern day apartments with wall-to-wall beige.”
Alexander McQueen, Roberto Cavalli and Boco Lo Bodo Europe are some of the designers whose fittings and fixtures feature in the apartment.
The views of Melbourne are stunning.
The home is filled with bespoke touches.
Mr King said the owner bought an apartment in the building about a decade ago and then acquired its neighbour before transforming them into the one spectacular abode measuring 366sq m.
“Basically they gutted it and completely renovated it,” he said.
The private lift has a 1930s-era call button reclaimed from the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, while the private lobby boasts ceiling tiles and cladding reminiscent of those at New York’s Chrysler Building.
A peacock-themed sideboard and metallic tones add sparkle.
The complex at 99 Spring St, Melbourne.
A chandelier hangs in the walk-in wardrobe.
Elsewhere, there’s a television that drops from the ceiling, balcony, bar area and the main bedroom suite containing a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite.
“I think the kitchen is pretty amazing, it’s like a yacht or an old schooner where everything is concealed behind cupboards,” Mr King said.
The kitchen’s fittings including German and English-made tapware.
There’s a powder room and two other bathrooms.
Inside one of the bedrooms.
Made from onyx, black granite and timber materials, the opulent cooking space features a 6m-long bench, wine room, Liebherr fridges, dual Gaggenau ovens, twin Miele dishwashers and a copper sink crafted in the US.
There are also views of the MCG, Parliament House and Carlton Gardens, plus three car parks.
Expressions of interest will close at 5pm on May 21.
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