In August 1918, Australian Paper Manufacturers (APM, later Amcor) purchased the site, which at the time was named Woodlands, to construct a mill.

[1][3] In the 1930s, APM heavily expanded its operations on the site, bringing in a 15-ton turbo generator in 1932 and floating A$1 million worth of shares in 1937 to fund further expansion.

The following year, state planning minister Justin Madden rezoned the land for mixed-use, allowing "in excess of 2,000 homes as well as retail, office and community facilities along the Yarra River" to be constructed.

[6] On 25 October 2017, the new planning minister Richard Wynne announced the Boiler House would not receive a Heritage Overlay to "make way for new homes, parkland and open space".

[10] In June 1949, APM was charged with six counts of "having committed a nuisance by allowing smoke dust, and incompletely combusted material to issue from its chimneys" by the City of Heidelberg.