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John Sands Sells Clayton North Headquarters, Melbourne, For $10 Million

GREETING card company John Sands is believed to have pocketed about $10 million from the sale of its outgoing head office and former manufacturing plant in Clayton North. On almost four hectares and with a 235 metre frontage to busy Clayton Road, the Business 3 zoned land included six buildings with about 20,000 square metres of office and warehouse space. Vinci Carbone director’s Frank Vinci and Joseph Carbone acted for John Sands selling the Clayton North property. It sold to a partial, and as yet undisclosed owner occupier represented by Savills Lynton Williams. [...]

VicTrack Readying to Redevelop Major Wodonga Site

THE Victorian state government’s development arm, VicTrack, is rerouting rail tracks in Wodonga, at the New South Wales state border. The decision will open up 40 hectares of land in the town centre, allowing the construction of a mini-city – speculated to include a new city square, and a five star hotel. “Because the rail will no longer run through the centre of Wodonga, we’ve got a once-in-a-hundred year opportunity to redevelop the city,” VicUrban general manager Mark Williams told the AFR, adding the project is a “great story” for the precinct. [...]

Mount Martha’s Glynt Manor Hits Market Again

MOUNT Martha’s iconic Glynt Manor has hit the market, again, with a private sale price of $6.5 million. The distinctive 1910 mansion, built by the establishment Henty family and later owned by the Buxtons, originally stood on 28 hectares, and was expected to fetch close to $7 million when it hit the market in March. Earlier this year Glynt Manor appeared in several episodes of SBS documentary Demitri’s Castle. [...]

More Housing For Cranbourne

UP to 20,000 people will call the Cranbourne area home, after planning Minister Justin Madden paved the way for new suburbs in Melbourne’s outer south-east. A masterplan was released this month, which will see three schools and two kindergartens added to an area spread over 589 hectares. Subdivision and permits have been approved for the first 3000 homes, and a new train station is expected to be added in 2013. [...]