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Defunct Melbourne Convention Centre to be Sold as Development Site

THE Victorian Government will offload a prominent asset on the banks of the Yarra River, at the junction the CBD meets Southbank and Docklands. The Department of Treasury and Finance is managing the campaign to sell the former Melbourne Convention Centre building at the south-west corner of Flinders and Spencer streets and abutting the prominent semi-circle Crowne Promenade Hotel. The low rise building, once used as Melbourne’s makeshift Crown Casino is expected to be demolished. [...]

ALP Considers Selling Prominent VicRoads Headquarters, Kew

THE Victorian State Labor government is continuing to offload its most spectacularly located real estate assets, with a major site in ritzy Kew expected to wind up in the hands of residential developers – possibly as early as next year. The Department of Treasury and Finance is understood to have employed a private consultant to conduct a feasibility study into the future use of the 60 Denmak Street office site, currently occupied by government agency VicRoads. A confidential Request for Quotation seen by The Age suggests moving VicRoads staff within three to four years. [...]