[1] The push for Melbourne to build a major studio complex arose in the late 1990s amid concern that it was "losing some of its media city position to arch-rival Sydney and to the Gold Coast".

[2] The strategic objectives were that construction of a major studio complex would represent Melbourne's maturity and global ambitions, develop production capacity to its next stage, and service the needs of the local film and television industry.

The complex opened in April 2004 under the name Melbourne Central City Studios and that year hosted the Australian feature film production, Hating Alison Ashley.

[9] On June 18, 2023 news site Deadline reported that production of Metropolis had permanently shut down as a result of push costs and uncertainty related to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.

[12] The studio complex consists of six sound stages with a total area of close to 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft), various production offices, a workshop divided into bays of different sizes and parking for more than 650 vehicles.