MIDLAND WORKSHOPS SITE
1575. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Lands:
I
refer to the minister' answers on 28 November 2019 to question without
notice 1488 regarding the sale of the former Midland railway workshops.
(1) Please
identify the purchaser of blocks 2 and 3, the date of the contract and agreed
price, and table the contract?
(2) When were the
brochures—tabled paper 3460—first published and how were they
made available to the public?
(3) When did the purchaser first
express an interest in the site; and, to whom; and how?
(4) For what purpose does the
purchaser propose to use the site?
(5) Were there
any other expressions of interest from prospective purchasers and why did these
not proceed to a contract?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
Honourable member, I will provide
this answer, but you have asked the question in five parts and I have only now
realised that there are four parts to the answer I have. I think one of them
may well answer both, but it does not say that, so after question time today, I
undertake to provide a more fulsome answer if that is needed the next time we
sit.
(1) The purchaser is Mandaland Property Pty Ltd. The
contract is dated 30 January 2019. I will table a summary of the key
terms of the contract once it becomes unconditional. The marketing campaign
commenced in June 2017. The brochures were
available to download on the then Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority's
website via the selling agent, Colliers International, and at the MRA's
office.
(2) The purchaser
contacted the selling agent, Colliers International, directly during the
marketing period.
(3) Proposed uses include creative
industry and food and beverage.
(4) Three
submissions were received at the end of the marketing campaign. The purchaser
was identified as the preferred proponent for both blocks and negotiations
undertaken to finalise a contract.