QV

** History- **
Queen Victoria Village, also known as QV Village or just QV, is a precinct in the CBD of Melbourne. Located directly opposite the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Central, QV is a large shopping center. Melbourne central city's first full-size supermarket, apartment buildings , and the global headquarters of BHP Billiton. QV takes its name from the Queen Victoria Hospital, which used to occupy the site.

The site was originally the Melbourne Hospital, built in the 1860s and it was completely rebuilt between 1911 and 1912 to hold a larger number of patients and renamed in honour of Queen Victoria. A women's hospital opened on the site in 1946. The hospital was closed in 1987 and demolished the next year. Several options were proposed for the site, including a possible area for the new Melbourne Museum. During the early 1990s, the site was home to a series of failed businesses, including a mini g, mini olf course, fruit markets , and skateboard rink, before becoming a simple car park. Two of the three buildings which remained standing in 1994 were demolished after requests for heritage protection were rejected. The final remaining building later became the Queen Victoria Women's Center. In 1999, The Melbourne city council announced plans to develop the cite into an ‘urban village’ and construction began that year.


 * Shopping- **

There is a very wide range of retailers at QV. Laneways in the urban precinct give shoppers the freedom to wander and discover the vast range of shops, cafes and restaurants in their own time. QV fashion, with top national and international designers forming one of Melbourne's finest fashion destinations and QV's laneways make shopping an experience. Red Cape Lane has the latest in casual and street wear stores such as Mooks, Hype DC, Stussy, Edge and Fox. While Albert Coates Lane is QV's premium fashion strip including Christensen Copenhagen, Cactus Jam, Wayne Cooper, Zimmermann, Kam Otto, MNG, Hugo Boss, Dizingof and Guess. Shoppers from all around the world come here to shop at these world renowned stores. It is one of the major tourists destinations in Melbourne accompanied by all different cultural cafes and restaurants for you to have a break at after a long day of shopping.