ST Kilda’s historic Post Office building, at the corner of St Kilda Road and Inkerman Street, has sold to an Asian developer for $4.75 million.

The 1,236 square metre site at 306 – 310 St Kilda Road, sold with a permit for a five-level, 40-unit serviced apartment building, with a ground floor restaurant to be built into the existing Post Office building.

The sale reflects a price of about $3,843 per square metre of land.

BURGEONING demand from overseas investors, has resulted in developer and agency TS2 creating a translation service for its online property listings.
 
In what director Richard Luff believes is a first of its kind in the country, users select one of ten flags to translate the website into different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese and Korean.
 
Mr Luff said overseas investors are learning our markets beyond the traditional blue ribbon heartland of Toorak, and there is clear evidence of demand for new and old homes in suburbs including Balwyn, Brighton, Canterbury, Kew, South Yarra and Templestowe.

AN undisclosed overseas investor is understood to have outbid several local players, to buy a 1.13 hectare block of land in Old Burleigh Road, Surfers Paradise, for about $80 million.

The disposal is the first since Balmain Trilogy took control of the $630 million First mortgage Fund from the beleagured City Pacific in July. The property, spread over 94 titles, was sold with two first mortgages and caveats, for debts which are expected to be paid off. The property was put to the market in May by mortgagee Fortress Credit.

The Holiday Inn Adelaide, has sold to Malaysian-based Hotel Grand Central, for about $35 million.

The 19-year old, 4-star hotel, includes 181 rooms, 90 car park spaces and conference facilities. It was offloaded by Singapore-controlled hotel company Tambusu.