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Another Former Flinkier Dealership For Sale in Melbourne’s West

ANOTHER prominent inner-city site, formerly occupied by 63-year old car dealership Flinkier Motors, has hit the market. This time at 390 – 396 Dynon Road in West Melbourne, a 1517 square metre site with residential or commercial redevelopment potential is expected to fetch about $1.4 million. The site was until recently occupied by National Hire and is still configured as an office warehouse. It’s surrounded by a mix of low rise industrial warehouses and the Maribyrnong River, which is also the Footscray suburb border. [...]

Victorian State Government Pays $21 Million For Riverfront Development Site, Footscray

AS PART of its push to ensure there is a 20 – 25 year supply of land available for residential development, the new state government’s development agency, VicUrban, has outmuscled developers for one of the western suburb’s most prominent future development sites. VicUrban is believed to be paying about $21 million for the outgoing Le Mans Toyota car dealership, overlooking the banks of the Maribyrnong River and at the suburb border of Footscray and West Melbourne. The 1.3 hectare site is opposite the Hopetoun Bridge, which connects Hopkins Street to Dynon Road, near Melbourne’s Market precinct. [...]

Victorian State Government Pays $21 Million For Riverfront Development Site, Footscray

AS PART of its push to ensure there is a 20 – 25 year supply of land available for residential development, the new state government’s development agency, VicUrban, has outmuscled developers for one of the western suburb’s most prominent future development sites. VicUrban is believed to be paying about $21 million for the outgoing Le Mans Toyota car dealership, overlooking the banks of the Maribyrnong River and at the suburb border of Footscray and West Melbourne. The 1.3 hectare site is opposite the Hopetoun Bridge, which connects Hopkins Street to Dynon Road, near Melbourne’s Market precinct. [...]

Lexus Buys Former News Limited and Cottees Facility, Blackburn

LEXUS of Blackburn – whose radio advertisements wake tens of thousands of Victorians ahead of 3AW’s popular Rumour File – has itself settled speculation it has made a major property play. The prestige car dealership is understood to have paid about $12 million for News Limited’s former Leader Newspaper facility at 160 Whitehorse Road, near its existing facility at 146 Whitehorse Road. Lexus will develop an iconic, new car facility on the site at the corner of Railway Road and near the Blackburn train station – set to highlight the brand’s environmental credentials. [...]