Bendigo Art Gallery to be Expanded Again
THE popular Bendigo Art Gallery (part of interior pictured, right) is to expand, again, to cater for two new gallery spaces, a bigger entrance and new storage and loading facilities.
The $7.55 million project will be funded by a $3.8 million state government contribution, a $3.3 million council contribution and a $450,000 philanthropic offering.
City of Greater Bendigo Mayor Cr Rod Fyffe said the expansion is part of councils View Street Arts Precinct Master Plan.
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THE new owners of a disused city college near the Queen Victoria Market in the Melbourne CBD have lodged an application which would more than doubles the size of a proposed apartment tower approved by council just four months ago.
SINGAPORE based private investor Philip Lim is understood to be the mystery buyer paying $89.2 million for an asset on the footsteps of the Bourke Street Mall.
A CHINA-based developer is understood to have paid $3 million for a 1465 square metre development site near a prominent Doncaster Hill junction, about 13 kilometres east of town.
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A SUPERSIZED North Melbourne development site, opposite two small parks and capable of accommodating a landmark skyscraper, has hit the market and is expected to sell for about $8 million.
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RECEIVERS KordaMentha have recovered just over $8 million from the sale of a multi-level car park near Melbourne Airport.
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A NEW Melbourne suburb, 19 kilometres south-west of town, has been unveiled.
AN OPPORTUNITY has arisen for prime minister Julia Gillard to double the size of her humble Altona estate – or at least get an idea of how prices in the area are faring.
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BRIGHTON-based builder Pace Developments has paid $7.5 million for a residential development site at the manic St Kilda Junction.
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BILLIONAIRE businessman Lloyd Williams is continuing to reweight his property portfolio.
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INTERNATIONAL service provider Community Housing Limited – a specialist in securing local accommodation for residents living in overseas slums and other informal housing – has expanded into flash new Box Hill offices.
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WESFARMERS owned Target will open the first of its “small format store” in Melbourne, in September.
AN OWNER-occupier that controls a massive 4287 square metre property opposite the South Melbourne Market has publicly listed it for sale.
THE federal government’s ailing National Rental Affordability Scheme has suffered a convenient setback.
MILLIONS of interstate mining dollars will be invested in sleepy South Gippsland.
SOON, Melbourne’s eyesore commission flat towers might not be the tallest buildings within their suburbs.
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LIFESTYLE Communities, the new name for the delisted company once known as Namberry Limited, has paid an as-yet-undisclosed sum for a six hectare development site in Hastings (pictured), in Melbourne’s outer south-east.
THE Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal needs more time to decide whether to allow the construction of a 10-level apartment tower atop Richmond’s iconic Dimmeys shopping centre.
BAYSIDE City council can expect to reap more than $400,000 from selling leasing rights to two new bathing boxes it has constructed at Brighton’s Dendy Beach.
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ANOTHER establishment family is lobbying to slice and dice their substantial holiday home retreat.
THE Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union, presided by Mary Bluett, may need to rely on fee revenue from government educators to pay off a spectacularly located office building it has purchased on the banks of the Yarra River in Abbotsford – next door to its current HQ.
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WEATHERGIRL and television show co-host Livinia Nixon (pictured), with husband Alistair Jack, a builder, have offloaded their renovated Middle Park home.
EVEN non-believers visiting the new Bible College of Victoria headquarters in Wantirna, may find themselves praying Melbourne drivers don’t veer off the highway, and into the building.
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A PRAHRAN eatery leased to restaurateurs Frank Van Haandel, Ingrid Langtry and Sean Kierce, is for sale and expected to fetch between $4.3 and $4.5 millon.
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