Office
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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