VACCHO’s Collingwood property strategy approved
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation has won permission to replace a row of original inner-city commercial properties amalgamated since 2022.
An affordable housing project with 168 dwellings in three buildings – the tallest, 13 levels – will now replace 22-50 Sackville Street, Collingwood.
The application comes as the not-for-profit’s new 2026-2031 strategy calls for stronger investment in Aboriginal community-controlled infrastructure and housing-related outcomes.
It also puts greater emphasis delivering services that reach the communities which need them.
VACCHO’s headquarters, which provides many of these programs, is across the road at 17-23 Sackville St,
$26m site
VACCHO acquired the bulk of the proposed apartment site – 30-50 Sackville St, covering 2171 sqm – in 2022.
Five were offered in one-line (30-44 Sackville St).
Colliers’ Alex Browne and Ben Baines were the agents (continues below).
The deal was worth $16.5m,
Number 50 was added off-market that year, for $3.15m.
Last year, again the not-for-profit bought 22-24 Sackville St for $3.15m and 26-28 Sackville ($3.15m) – 620 sqm total.
Mr Browne brokered those deals too.
With them, VACCHO’s amalgamation on the north side of the street spans c2900 sqm.
The application is being facilitated through a Specific Controls Overlay – an unusual planning mechanism that allows the residential use despite the land being zoned Commercial 2, where accommodation is otherwise prohibited.
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