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Opening Early 2028

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COMO Melbourne

COMO's second Australian hotel, taking the lower nine floors of a new Kerry Hill-designed tower on St Kilda Road

Melbourne, Australia

First look

COMO confirmed Melbourne in October 2025, with an opening slated for early 2028. It takes the first nine levels of 'The Carter Building', a roughly $300M tower on St Kilda Road from developers Orchard Piper and Carter Group. The design is by Kerry Hill Architects, the practice behind much of COMO's recent work. On paper the plan is 102 rooms alongside 54 branded residences, with a COMO Shambhala wellness floor and a 20m indoor pool. It would be COMO's second hotel in Australia after Perth's COMO The Treasury.

A couple of details are still loose. One trade outlet referred to the project as 'COMO The Carter', so the final name isn't officially locked, and there's no dedicated property page yet. The hotel is reported as under development rather than booking. What we will be watching for is how the room count and the residences share a single tower, and whether the wellness offer matches what COMO does at its resorts. Until we can stay, this is anticipation, not a verdict.

Not yet scored. We publish a Fat Score only once a hotel is open and real guests have stayed and written about it — this is a first look, not a verdict.

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COMO Melbourneis still under wraps. Here's what's already open and scored in our collection — more from Como, and nearby in Australia.

Como Shambhala Estate — Ubud, Indonesia
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Como

Como Shambhala Estate

Ubud, Indonesia

Como Shambhala Estate is the rare property where wellness isn't a marketing veneer — it's the entire operating philosophy, executed at a level that consistently reduces grown adults to tears on checkout day. Set across 23 acres of sacred Balinese jungle above the Ayung River, with just 31 residences, the ratio of space to guest is extraordinary: you can wander for hours and barely encounter another soul, which in Ubud is genuinely miraculous. The service is the defining differentiator — butlers who rebook your spa appointments because they noticed you needed more time at the Kedara holy spring pools, staff who appear from nowhere with chilled face cloths before you've registered the thought yourself, personal assistants answering WhatsApp in under five minutes. Some rooms in older residences still await renovation (rolling through 2027), and the onsite medical diagnostics don't fully deliver on the depth pre-arrival consultations might suggest — but neither complaint lands with much force when the overall experience is this transformative. If Amandari is Ubud's architectural statement, Como Shambhala is its soul — and for a growing contingent of serious wellness travelers, it has become the clearest answer to the question of where to go when you need to actually be put back together.

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One&Only Wolgan Valley — Blue Mountains, Australia
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One&Only Wolgan Valley

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One&Only Wolgan Valley was Australia's most immersive luxury wildlife sanctuary, offering an extraordinary encounter with native animals in their protected habitat. Set in a dramatic Blue Mountains valley three hours from Sydney, the 40 heritage-listed villas featured private heated pools and fireplaces, creating intimate sanctuaries where kangaroos and wombats wandered freely across the grounds. The property's conservation focus and all-inclusive dining made it a standout eco-luxury experience. However, the resort closed in 2024 due to road access issues, leaving a significant gap in Australia's luxury landscape that many guests still mourn.

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