Melbourne has been chosen over other capital cities for a 15-hectare training and storage facility for the Federal Government.

Six weeks after announcing it would shut its Somerton site, Goodyear has put its South Pacific Tyres factory on the market.

Prahran-based architect Robert Mills said a "study tour" in France helped inspire his latest design in Brighton. He says the look he is trying to achieve at the "Provence" (right) development at 15-17 Bent Street is in keeping with the current French trend, that is, "an historic villa that has undergone a major renovation inside".

Four months after the Yarra Community Housing bought the Timber Hardware Exchange centre in Carlton, plans have been lodged to build an 11-storey building for Melbourne's homeless.