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Build-to-rent platform, Local, has acquired a 40-storey tower project in a transaction with private developer Michael Dib. A conjunctional offering of an inner eastern site has prompted a productive sale of a significant industrial landholding in the Melbourne suburb of Vermont. The sale reflects only the second industrial site in excess of 2,500 sqm to be sold in Vermont since July 2020. A site that has remained off-market for over 67 years has been sold to a developer after a competitive auction conducted on the 17th of August. With Commercial 1 Zoning, the building at 226 Hawthorn Road sold on an extremely tight 2.0% yield, with the 22-year tenant at the property currently on a month-to-month holding lease. The site is zoned Industrial 1, and strategically located in Melbourne’s industrial north-west with access to Melbourne Airport, Port of Melbourne, and major road arterial networks including Tullamarine Freeway and M80 Ring Road. Samma Property Group and Vasey RSL Care have exchanged landholdings in a property swap of significant proportions. Vasey RSL Care is sending Samma a 7,235 sqm Ivanhoe development site which currently features 17 older-style villa units over nine suburban-sized blocks, along with the planning permit for the site. In return, the not-for-profit Vasey RSL Care will receive 27 one-bedroom apartments on 85-131 Bell Street. One of Australia’s largest unlisted property fund managers, ISPT, has secured the 62.42-hectare land parcel at 265 Dandenong-Hastings Road, acquiring it from Dr. Leo Cantwell, who had held the asset since 1985, and originally paid $512,000 upon initial purchase. The Dandenong Plaza retail complex, located in Melbourne’s south-east, has been sold. The centre possesses 53,768 sqm in gross lettable area and is positioned on a 7.7-hectare site in the CBD of Dandenong. With 160 retailers, including major chains like Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, the Plaza is one of the pre-eminent retail hotspots in the satellite suburb. A perfectly positioned office/warehouse has sold on Keilor Road in Niddrie, to a community group who plans to use the property for their private operations. The 584 sqm site, zoned Industrial 3, possesses 474 sqm of office and warehouse building space, and boasts exceptional exposure and immediate access to the Calder Freeway, M80 Ring Road, Hume and Tullamarine Freeways. The Andrews government has sold the Evo apartment block in Parkville. The building, originally developed by Pace Development Group, was acquired by Lowy-family backed Assembly Funds Management in partnership with private equity firm NashCap; they intend to hold the property as a Build to Rent investment in a single asset trust. A mixed-use development opportunity in Mordialloc has sold for $5.25 million after procuring 56 enquiries from potential buyers. The sales figure for 138 White Street represents a sharp yield of only 2%, indicating the continued demand for retail and industrial space. The 1,780 sqm site contains 3 side-by-side tenanted buildings which are tenanted to automatic repair shops and a new food and beverage business, resulting in $105,980 per annum in leased income. The former home to Toyota’s research and development centre, the property contains a two-storey office which provides 3,926 sqm of net lettable area, in addition to 208 car parks and a range of workshop facilities. Toyota divested the property having ceased the local production of vehicles in 2017. One of the more prominent landmark buildings in Coburg’s major retail and commercial precinct has been sold for an exceptional passing yield of 1.68%. Featuring a high profile 1,193 sqm mixed commercial freehold building, the 753 sqm landholding on the corner of Sydney Road and Bell Street is zoned Activity Centre, and offers significant scale and flexibility, with the configuration boasting eight shops as well as a range of first floor offices. A tenanted investment site at 273 Dundas Street in Preston has sold via an auction after a marketing campaign that generated significant interest, including 69 enquiries prior to sale and 90 bids at auction. The 629 sqm landholding contains 455 sqm of building area and is zoned Industrial 3, whilst offering short term income of approximately $50,750 annually.
V: Michael Dib / P: Local
Direct
59-61 Betula Avenue, Vermont
CVA Property Consultants’ Ian Angelico, Stan Dawidowski, and Jarrod Moran collaborated with Stonebridge Property Group’s Julian White, Chao Zhang, and Max Warren
$5.5 million
Direct
225 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North
P: Local developer
$1.74 million
Aston Commercial's Jeremy Gruzewski and Sebastian Origlia
$1.4 million
7 Dib Court, Tullamarine
Direct
Fitzroys’ Brent Glassford and Marco Sandrin
Property Swap
Ivanhoe
Samma Property Group and Vasey RSL Care
Direct
Circa $300 million
265 Dandenong-Hastings Road, Dandenong South
V: Dr. Leo Cantwell / P: ISPT CBRE
$145 million
Dandenong Plaza
P: Pelligra
CBRE's Simon Rooney
$2.4 million
609 Keilor Road, Niddrie
Direct
Fitzroys' Marco Sandrin and Brent Glassford
Circa $65 million
Evo Apartments, Parkville
JLL's Josh Rutman, David Hill and Noral Wild
V: Victorian Government Department of Treasury and Finance / P: Assembly Funds Management and NashCap
$5.25 million
138 White Street, Mordialloc
Direct
CVA Property Consultant's Tim Cooney and Daniel Philip
$66 million
611-625 Blackburn Road, Notting Hill
V: Toyota / P: Monash University
JLL’s Josh Rutman, Noral Wild, Jesse Radisich, and MingXuan Li
$5.09 million
Cnr Sydney Road and Bell Street, Coburg
Direct
Gross Waddell ICR's Alex Ham and Danny Clark
1.801 million
273 Dundas Street, Preston
Direct
Gross Waddell ICR's Alex Ham and Julian Materia
September / October 2022 – 27
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