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Administrators, developers comb through Roberts Co wreckage

Michael Bleby

Administrators and developers spent the weekend racing to uncover the status of eight projects left stranded by Roberts Co when the Sydney-based contractor put its Victorian arm into administration to staunch mounting losses already topping $60 million.

Roberts Co VIC’s collapse on Friday shut down work on Amazon’s biggest-in-Australia automated warehouse project in Craigieburn on the Hume Highway, Investa and Oxford Properties’ 702-unit build-to-rent project in Footscray, and Golden Age’s 28-level strata office on Little Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD.

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Michael Bleby covers commercial and residential property, with a focus on housing and finance, construction, design & architecture. He also dabbles in the business of sport. Michael is based in Melbourne. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at mbleby@afr.com

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