Issue 35 | The Property Development Review

MARKET MOVES

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VENDOR/ PURCHASER

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485 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

An hour-long bidding war resulted in the landmark sale of a high-profile Elizabeth Street-based freehold to a private local investor. The site, at 485 Elizabeth Street, is a three-storey building situated on a 263 sqm site with a net lettable area of 711 sqm. The sale price exceeded the local private vendor’s reserve by $3.525 million, representing a yield of 1.63%. Anna and Michael Coughlan have acquired the Wykeham property at 560 North Boundary Road, which has been previously run as a prime lamb breeding and cattle enterprise by John and Sally Robertson. The Coughlans will add Wykeham to their Hereford beef operation, Tarabah Pastoral, after paying over $22,000 a hectare for the Dunkeld property. The three-storey mixed use office and retail building is underpinned by a 415 sqm landholding that possesses a building area of 770 sqm. The competitive four-and-a- half week International Expressions of Interest campaign resulted in twelve offers being placed from groups based in Australia, Singapore, China, and Vietnam. 225 Rix Road has sold for $4.14 million, which represents a precinct record for standard density residential zoned land, as it equates to an exceptional $414 paid per sqm. The 345 sqm part-single level and two-storey building comprises open-plan ground floor accommodation with rear staircase providing access to an office on the first floor. Situated on a large 544 sqm site, the property represents a substantial acquisition for the local private buyer. The Beenak estate contains 45-hectares of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes, which was a significant incentive for the incoming owners. “The Beenak vineyard was planted in 1988 and is the source of one of the most extensive plantings of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Upper Yarra Valley,” Langley & Co Advisors' Stephen Strachan said. The property is comprised of a fully-functional medical building on a 329 sqm corner site with rear access, located just 350 metres from one of Moonee Ponds’ busiest roads in Puckle Street. One of the last former Masters outlets still standing has been sold. The Commercial 2-zoned, 5.4-hectare property is located on Pascoe Vale Road, and contains 13,000 sqm in gross floor area, in addition to 362 car parks. Kennards intends to redevelop the property into a mixed-use hub that will contain both retail, fast food, and self- storage facilities. The home of the well-known King Kahuna Beanbags store has sold to a local landbanking developer. The local private owners had held the asset for approximately 35 years. They sold the site on an incredibly sharp initial yield of 1.55%. A 79,000 sqm landholding at Lot 1 & 12 Ascot Gardens Drive in the Ballarat fringe suburb of Bonshaw has sold to a Sydney-based residential developer, after an Expressions of Interest campaign that procured over 150 enquiries. The 400 sqm office and warehouse was offered with vacant possession, and includes a 135 sqm mezzanine and four on-site parking spaces. A prominent fully-leased freehold investment positioned within the Great Ocean Road’s most established retail and tourism precinct has sold. The site is zoned Commercial 1 and General Residential, and is comprised of a mixed-use multi-level building on the 1,341 sqm site. The asset contains 6 apartments and 5 retail shops, with retail tenancies that include Tommy Bahama, Deluxe Lorne, and Lorne Beach Club. One of the country’s biggest venue operators, Australian Venue Company, have purchased eight of Melbourne’s most well-renown hospitality assets. The venues include St Kilda’s The Espy, one of the most prominent entertainment complexes in the city, as well as the Garden State Hotel, the Prahran Hotel, the Bridge Hotel in Richmond, and the Terminus Hotel in Abbotsford, amongst others. The freehold titles for all eight properties will be retained by their respective owners.

P: Local private investor

Colliers' Anthony Kirwan, Daniel Wolman and Leon Ma

$12.025 million

560 North Boundary Road, Dunkeld

V: John and Sally Robertson P: Anna and Michael Coughlan

HF Richardson Livestock and Property's Ken McDonald

Circa $22 million

365 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

P: Offshore buyer

Colliers’ Oliver Hay, Anthony Kirwan, Daniel Wolman and Leon Ma

$10 million

225 Rix Road, Officer

Direct

$4.14 million

Stonebridge's Julian White, Chao Zhang and Dylan Kilner

310-314 Lygon Street, Carlton

V: Private owners / P: Local private buyer

Fitzroys’ Ervin Niyaz and David Bourke $4.075 million

Beenak Vineyard, Upper Yarra Valley

V: Accolade Wines P: Treasury Wine Estates

Langley & Co Advisors’ Stephen Strachan

Circa $7 million

218 Ascot Vale Road, Moonee Ponds

Fitzroys' Ervin Niyaz and Chris Kombi $1.603 million

V: Occupying doctor P: Local medical practitioner

Masters, 1550 Pascoe Vale Rd, Coolaroo

V: HMC Capital P: Kennards Self Storage

Savills’ Peter Tyson, Callum Stenson, and Rick Silberman

$35 million

291 Maribyrnong Road, Ascot Vale

V: Local private owners P: Local landbanking developer

$3 million

Fitzroys’ Ervin Niyaz and Chris Kombi

Lot 1 & 12 Ascot Gardens Drive, Bonshaw

Stonebridge Property Group’s Julian White and Chao Zhang, in conjunction with Buxton Ballarat’s Mark Nunn

$15 million

P: Sydney-based residential developer

$1.35 million

26 Swanston Street, Preston

P: Adjoining owner

Fitzroys’ Brent Glassford and Marco Sandrin

Direct

$8.3 million

106-112A Mountjoy Parade, Lorne

JLL’s Nick MacFie, Josh Rutman and MingXuan Li

Direct

Circa $100 million

Melbourne Pub Portfolio

V: Sand Hill Road P: Australian Venue Company

6 –August / September 2022

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