The site is owned by developers Stefce Kutlesovski and Raman Shaqiri,who are buildingapartment projects all over Melbourne.
The pub was demolished by Shaq Demolition and Excavation,which is half owned by Mr Shaqiri,who holds valid demolition and building licences.
The pub's destruction has led to community anger,witha petition to see it rebuilt now signed by almost 13,000 people.
On Wednesday,the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union,which has thousands of members working on large-scale building projects,said a"green ban"was now in place on the site where the pub once stood.