Sydney CBD Skinny Tower Hotel Revealed

The hotel brand that will take up residency in a new-build 35-storey skinny tower in Sydney’s CBD has been revealed.

Marriott International will open its second Moxy hotel in the NSW capital in the tower at 371 Pitt Street.

The 314-key hotel is expected to open when the tower is completed in August, 2025.

The first hotel under the brand in Sydney, the 301-room Moxy Sydney Airport, opened this year.

▲ A render of the hotel tower to rise at 371 Pitt Street in Sydney.

The developers said the Pitt Street hotel would feature Sydney’s highest outdoor rooftop bar, on level 34, as well as a retail component.

A restaurant and bar, gym, meeting rooms, and a grab-and-go outlet are also planned. It will join a growing collection of more than 140 Moxy hotels across the world and will become Marriott International’s eighth hotel in the greater Sydney area.

The tower, approved in 2020, is a joint venture between Rebel Property and Everest Property, who acquired the 619sq m site for $57 million in July, 2019.

The design by Crone calls for a recycled brick constrution with the slender tower sitting above a podium containing hospitality spaces and a double-height atrium hosting the hotel lobby.

The podium facade will comprise a brick grid framing tall rectangular windows on all sides so that light will “flood” the interiors.

The construction cost has been estimated at north of $250 million.

The use of brick in the tower references the history of the area, which was once known as Brickfield Hill, as home to brickworks that supplied building materials to much of the city.