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Render of the NPACT and Chapter Group’s apartment project at 1260-1272 Malvern Road.

Packer is filthy on Dan but still fancies Melbourne’s property sector

The billionaire isn’t taking out his grudge against former premier Dan Andrews on Victoria. Quite the opposite.

  • Nicole Lindsay

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Chemist Warehouse at 270-272 Chapel Street, South Yarra is up for sale.

Much-maligned Chapel Street is sizzling hot with property plays

A series of complex property moves, with the Chemist Warehouse retail behemoth firmly in their centre, are unfolding.

  • Nicole Lindsay
The Maria George building at 179-181 Flinders Lane.

Restaurant baron Chris Lucas flips $14m building on Flinders Lane

Just as he’s about to open Chin Chin in Geelong, the restaurateur is trimming his substantial property portfolio.

  • Nicole Lindsay
443 Little Collins Street, Melbourne.

Two Melbourne CBD properties to test investor appetite

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd are hoping for a hefty return on a Little Collins Street investment, while the Garden State Hotel is on the block with no price guide.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Travel House, at 210 Albert Road, overlooks the F1 grand prix circuit at Albert Park.

End of the road for Contiki Tour’s grand prix location

Travel House, the Albert Park-facing local headquarters of the Contiki and Trafalgar tour group, has been sold. Meanwhile, a Chinese oil and gas giant has opened its first petrol station in Australia.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Topolino’s and neighbours, at 83-87 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, are for sale.

St Kilda stalwart’s late-night pizza ovens face closing time

The expansive property at 83-87 Fitzroy Street has been home to Topolino’s for more than 53 years; while the AFL is turning its attention to the old Seven Network headquarters and its own digs.

  • Nicole Lindsay
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Render of proposed new hard courts at Kooyong.

Kooyong makes $50 million shot for new courts and pickleball

The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Association is buying Vision Australia’s premises on the other side of its hallowed Glenferrie Road grass courts. The price for the 1.64 hectare parcel of land is believed to be more than $50 million.

  • Nicole Lindsay
384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne

Ski tsar Grollo goes off-piste in East Melbourne

Property titan and snow enthusiast Rino Grollo has snared one of the Catholic archdiocese’s recently listed East Melbourne properties for his ski resorts business. 

  • Nicole Lindsay
The Collins Place towers at 35 and 55 Collins Street were completed in 1978 and 1981.

Premier’s department returns to home base, but there won’t be a desk for everyone

The all-powerful Department of Premier and Cabinet is set to move out of its high-rise digs in Charter Hall’s 35 Collins Street next year.

  • Nicole Lindsay

Solomon Lew makes St Kilda Road bargain-basement buy

Rich lister Solomon Lew, the biggest shareholder in department store Myer, has snapped up a cheap St Kilda Road office building, nabbing it for $90 million.

  • Nicole Lindsay

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