Frasers Property Australia and ESR Australia acquire 4.67 hectare Mulgrave site and secure Nissan Motor Co. Australia as first tenant
20 June 2019
Joint venture partners,
Frasers Property Australia (Frasers
Property) and
ESR Australia (ESR[1]) have completed the acquisition of a
4.67 hectare site at
254 Wellington Road, Mulgrave and secured Nissan
Motor Co. Australia Pty Ltd (Nissan) as the anchor tenant.
The 254 Wellington Road site has received
planning approval for 60,000
sqm of commercial space, a 752 sqm café/retail area and 2,497 car
spaces. A community hub is also envisaged incorporating a gymnasium,
restaurant and activated outdoor open space. The business park is
expected to have an end value of A$400 million when completed[2].
Anthony Maugeri, General Manager, Southern Region
Commercial & Industrial, for Frasers Property Australia comments,
“Frasers Property, in joint venture with ESR, previously developed 211
Wellington Road with a strong track record in attracting major
corporates to the area. The new acquisition is strategically positioned
to offer superb amenities in a location that is well connected to the
centre of
Melbourne.
“Nissan’s new head office will be located within Monash’s National
Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC), Melbourne’s largest
concentration of employment outside the CBD. We plan to develop a
state-of-the-art business park and are eager to deliver industry-leading
amenity on the site to assist in attracting large commercial occupiers.”
Phil Pearce,
Chief Executive Officer at ESR Australia,
said, “This is an exciting project for ESR and Frasers Property as we
commence a large-scale business park development in Melbourne’s
south-east. We are seeing Mulgrave emerge as a growing suburban
commercial office market. Securing a high-quality customer such as
Nissan as our first tenant further supports the strategy of investing in
and developing market-leading real estate and underlines the favourable
outlook for the development in this sought-after location.”
Nissan is excited to move into its new custom-built head office having
spent over 40 years in its current facilities in Dandenong South. Nissan
Australia’s Managing Director Stephen Lester, comments,
“Our current office was officially opened in June 1977, so over the 40
plus years that we have based ourselves here it has served us well, but
we have grown as a business since then.
“The new Nissan head office will not only be the national headquarters
for the greater Nissan business, but also for our finance arm Nissan
Financial Services Australia, our technical trainers and the Victorian
state office.”
Mr Lester added, “Enjoying the state-of-the-art facilities that come
with a new office will take our business to new heights helping us to
better service all of our stakeholders, particularly current and future
Nissan owners.”
Nissan Australia’s 11,000 sqm facility will be spread across five levels
(including ground level) of the 8 level building and will comprise over
9,000 sqm office, 1,850 sqm workshop and 550 car bays.
The new building, situated on the corner of Wellington Road (60 metre
frontage) and Peters Avenue will achieve a 5 Star
Green Star Design & As
Built v1 certified rating from the
Green Building Council of Australia.
Practical completion of the facility is due in May 2020.
The 254 Wellington Road site is on the south side of Wellington Road,
west of Springvale Road’s intersection and has a frontage to Peters
Avenue. It is situated within close proximity to major arterials
including Springvale and Wellington Roads, both of which provide access
to Monash Freeway (1.3 kilometres), Eastlink and Princes Highway.
Melbourne’s CBD is within 22 kilometres.
The region is predominantly a commercial and industrial area comprising
modern offices, industrial business parks and large distribution
facilities.
The joint venture is a 50:50 split between Frasers Property and ESR.
Frasers Property secured the 245 Wellington Road site, while ESR will
undertake the development. Nissan Australia’s building is anticipated to
be completed by May 2020 while the entire development is forecast for
completion by late 2025.
Andrew Peak, Gianni Macdonald and Stephen Adgemis from CBRE brokered the
Nissan transaction.
Rob Joyes from Colliers International brokered the 254 Wellington Road
acquisition.
[1]
ESR Australia acquired Commercial & Industrial Property Pty Ltd (CIP)
in July 2018.
[2]
Expected completed end value of 254 Wellington Road, Mulgrave is A$400
million when fully developed including four office buildings, which
aligns with the approved development approval masterplan for the site.
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