Deal Profile | Gadens advises on PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne Hotel

Gadens has advised Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts (PPHRA) on their new PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne Hotel which opened today, Monday 12 April 2021.

The PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne Hotel boasts a community-based living concept, with 250 guest rooms and suites located at the heart of the education, medicine, research and science precincts, and within close proximity to Monash University’s Clayton Campus, Monash Medical Centre and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). The hotel forms part of M-City Monash, the largest mixed-used development dubbed as a ‘mini city’ serving as the new gateway to Melbourne’s South East Growth Corridor.

Gadens assisted in negotiating the underlying agreements in relation to the PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne Hotel for PPHRA, which involved a Hotel Management Agreement, and associated agreements including IP licensing and marketing services. Additionally, the Property Team at Gadens were involved in liquor licensing aspects on behalf of PPHRA.

Speaking about Gadens’ involvement on the project, Antoine Pace said: “The team and I were delighted to support PPHRA in relation to their latest Australian hotel venture. The hotel forms a key part of the M-City Monash development, and I look forward to seeing how it contributes to the growth of the vital economic corridor in the South East of Melbourne.”

Deal value: The hotel forms part of the A$800million M-City development.

Practice group: Intellectual Property & Technology and Property Teams.

Key team members: The team was led by partner Antoine Pace in the Intellectual Property & Technology Team who worked with Senor Associate Raisa Blanco. Dayna Thomas (Senior Associate) in the Property Team also advised on the transaction.

Matter significance: The hotel is an expansion of PPHRA’s footprint in Australia, which includes five existing Pan Pacific and PARKROYAL hotels across the country.