Cbus Property has backed Melbourne restaurant king Chris Lucas’ belief that great restaurants are vital to the future success of office towers, after collaborating with him on the design of the hospitality precinct below its $1 billion Bourke Street skyscraper.

Mr Lucas, who has developed successful restaurant offerings at “towers of power” like 80 Collins Street and 101 Collins Street at the top end of town, will open two restaurants – one Chinese, the other a Mediterranean concept – beneath the 60,000 square metre tower under construction at 435 Bourke Street.