SEVEN months after paying the Church of Scientology $8.5 million for its long-time, outgoing, Melbourne CBD headquarters, Melbourne developer David Marriner has proposed a glass, 25-level hotel.

The proposed development will retain the historic building (right) at the corner of Exhibition and Little Collins street. The building will be reconfigured as retail and strata office space.

Atop the historic building, separate by stilts (not unlike a proposed building above the former Le Louvre boutique nearby), a large scale skyscraper will be developed.

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