The residential transformation of St Kilda Road is set to continue into with more new apartment plans for the sought-after boulevard.

Wing Tai Asia has lodged plans for a major residential tower at 464-466 St Kilda Road, replacing the former VACC House with an 18-storey mixed-use development designed around a retained heritage podium and a sculpted contemporary tower.

The proposal, prepared under Victoria’s Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway, would deliver 325 apartments and ground-floor retail across the prominent 4,653 sqm boulevard site in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road North Precinct.

The project centres on the adaptive reuse of the site’s heritage-listed VACC Building, an eight-storey office designed by Bernard Evans that has occupied the address for decades. Planning documents state the development would involve “carefully dismantling and conserving off-site the original metal fabric of the podium visible from St Kilda Road,” before reinstating it as the defining frontage of the new scheme.

Above the restored podium, Wing Tai is proposing a curvilinear residential tower. The scheme includes 172 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 66 three-bedroom apartments, and 24 four-bedroom apartments, alongside two ground-floor food and beverage tenancies fronting St Kilda Road.

The tower has been designed with substantial articulation and variable setbacks to minimise perceived bulk and maintain view corridors along the boulevard. Urbis, which prepared the planning report, said the design “has been significantly articulated through a curvilinear design” with “an interplay with materials, façade expression and depth” to create visual separation and visual interest.

The proposal also includes 254 basement car spaces, landscaped pedestrian links connecting St Kilda Road and Queens Lane, and a biophilic landscape strategy featuring canopy trees, raised planters, cascading greenery and a glass oculus pool overlooking the eastern frontage.

Planning documents confirm the $270.1 million development will contribute 3 per cent of project costs to the Social Housing Growth Fund as part of the application process.

Wing Tai acquired the St Kilda Road property in 2018 alongside Abacus Property Group for $95.38 million, before later consolidating ownership of the site. The property previously served as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce headquarters for around 60 years.

The transformation of the St Kilda Rd boulevard is already beginning to materialise, with a number of high-profile projects recently completed, launched, or approaching launch as developers continue to back the long-term appeal of the precinct.

Among the most notable recent completions is Louise by Samuel Property Group, just off the strip on Queens Lane, the same pocket Hirsch &amp; Faigen recently launched The Queensbury. Mirvac is too on the same street with The Albertine, which is approaching completion.

Dexus recently secured approval for its slice of St Kilda Road, while Gurner also has approved plans for the precinct.

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Wing Tai unveils 325-apartment St Kilda Road tower on former VACC House site

Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.

The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.

The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.

SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”

The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.

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The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.

A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.

Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.

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The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.

Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.

The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.

First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;

Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;

The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;

The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;

Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;

Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;

“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;

“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."

Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;

"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;

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The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.

“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.

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Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.

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Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.

The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.

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More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.
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Having been held in one family ownership for three generations, some 79 years, Skastholm at 121 Stephenson Street in Sale is now for sale through agents Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins.
Offers close April 19 unless sold before with a sale guide price of $500,000 plus expected to be achieved.
The vendors have traditionally run about fifteen breeding cows on the productive pastures.
Water resources are significant to include a windmill plus direct access to the Flooding Creek, (a feeder stream of the La Trobe River system nearby), which forms one long boundary of the holding with unrestricted pumping rights for stock and garden requirements.
The property was first purchased by members of the Edwards family in 1939 to operate as a dairy.
It is held under an old riparian title with ownership extending to the middle of the stream.
With a land area of 8.7 hectares, or 21.6 acres, the property is located 2.5 kilometres south east of the central business precinct of Sale.
It is the prominent regional centre at the commencement of the Gippsland Lakes that has a current population in excess of 14,000 people.
The property is opposite the Sale Common and the noted wetlands and wildlife sanctuary.
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The restored Victorian style weatherboard cottage offers three large bedrooms, with high ceilings and two with open fireplaces retained.
There are all modern services installed while the home has a return veranda.
Domestic needs are met by the country style timber kitchen with a slow combustion stove, a conventional oven and a dishwasher with two adjacent living areas.
It comes with an oversized two car garage cum look up steel shed or workshop, plus an original dairy, a worker’s hut, two hay sheds, a storage building and a set of steel cattle yards.
All the boundary fencing is electrified and with a six paddock internal subdivision.
The vendor says that as she is the last of the Edwards family line and with no succession.
Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins selling agent Matt Childs says that Skastholm - seemingly suggesting a Scandinavian origin - was first established in 1903.
The home has been fully restored from the ground up including the major works of re-stumping, re-wiring, re-plumbing and with a new roof added to provide an executive style family home.
“For a hobby farmer or specialist animal enterprise there is the option to run almost any type of livestock on the well set up subdivision and additional support building,” Childs notes.
 
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Edwards family farm listed after 80 years on Sale outskirts

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The Victorian motoring organisation RACV has taken a stake in start-up website Landchecker.
RACV stake is 13.5 per cent. RACV invested $750,000 out of a total capital raise of $1.85 million.
Landchecker overlays zoning, geographical and development permit data over title boundaries.
It hopes the fresh capital will see it expand to include listings and price details on properties.
It seeks to create a product that it says will not only provide consumers details about a property they own or want to buy, but will allow a more accurate valuation of a site's worth.
"In the coming months, RACV and Landchecker will together launch a new initiative, Claim My Property, to give homeowners essential information," RACV chief executive Neil Taylor said. 
"It will allow them to register their ownership, receive property reports and monitor buyer interest. Those who sign up will also be alerted to any market updates and legislative changes that have the potential to impact the value of their property."
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The site kicked off two-and-a-half-years aho.
It was started by architects Will Leaf and Toby Ewart and developer Ed Farquharson.
It only covers properties in Victoria, but hopes to roll the service out to the most populous state within the next six months, Landchecker CEO Will Leaf told Fairfax Media.
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The County Court of Victoria judge Paul Higham, in sentencing estate agent Paul Pfeiffer to a two-year community corrections order on Friday, said the integrity of the entire real estate profession was “damaged by any rogue practitioner such as yourself”.
The Melbourne real estate agent who misappropriated client money avoided jail.
Paul Pfeiffer, 46, the sole director of Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate, withdrew client money and used it for the company’s purposes between April and June, 2016.
He and his company pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraudulent conversion and one count of fraudulently rendering an account.
The County Court of Victoria was told on Friday that Pfeiffer withdrew money - client deposits on home purchases - from the company’s trust account.
He then used the funds for his business and personal expenditure without  permission.
“The consequential shortfalls were made up from new deposits paid into the trust account. In essence ... you robbed Peter to pay Paul,” Judge Paul Higham said.
Then in July 2016, Pfeiffer told a “stream of untruths and misrepresentations” to the vendor of one of the houses he was selling in “an attempt to hold off the  inevitable day of discovery”.
The vendor then lodged a complaint with Consumer Affairs Victoria, who found deficiencies in his company’s trust account.
A shortfall of more than $69,000 still remains.
Judge Higham noted Pfeiffer had been a talented real estate agent but that “did not translate into a talent for managing a business”.
He said although Pfeiffer had netted more than $200,000 per annum in the two years before the offending, he had the pressure of maintaining an expensive  lifestyle.
“The victims of your offending are not only the vendors, whose deposits you dishonestly applied to your own purposes, but also your entire former profession, whose integrity is damaged by any rogue practitioner such as yourself.”
 
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A 1997-built Narre Warren three bedroom house has been sold by mortgagees for $652,000.
It was sold by Rebecca Borg and Bradley Ryan from Harcourts. 
It had last sold for $48,000 in 1998.
Its rental department appraised the property at $380-$400 p/w.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-narre+warren-127312658" target="_blank">The 15 Heyfield Court</a> offering comes with three bedrooms, combined meals&amp;living room and double lock up garage.
Other features include formal lounge, gas ducted heating and ducted evaporative cooling.
Located in a quiet location, local reserves and Maramba primary school are within walking distance.
According to CoreLogic, the suburb's median house price sits on $570,000.
 
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A 10th floor Robert Street, Collingwood apartment has been listed for sale with $520,000 to $560,000 hopes. 
The mortgagee auction will be held on March 3 by Leased and Sold Estate.
It last sold off the plan at $635,000 in 2014. It was leased for $450 a week in 2016.
Just over two years old, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-collingwood-127487082" target="_blank">the 1009D/21 Robert Street </a>home comes with two bedrooms, open plan kitchen and a roof top BBQ area.
Built on the Yorkshire Brewery site right in the heart of Collingwood, it is within walking distance to Smith and Brunswick Streets.
The historic 4,500 sqm historic site was given the green light in 2013 to be redeveloped into three residential towers featuring 350 apartments.
The $200 million project by SMA Projects included $6.7 million of heritage works and restoration on the historic brew tower, cellar building, silos and stables.
Collingwood's median apartment price sits on $550,900, according to CoreLogic. 
 
 
 
 
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Camelot Station, the 400ha Devils River property with views to Lake Eildon, has been listed for sale with nine separate titles.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-devils+river-127208582" target="_blank">849 Skyline Road, Devils River</a> offering has a modern three bedroom home.
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Camelot Station has two fireplaces.
There is also a separate guest house and six metre pool with wide terraces and decks.
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Unique Estates agent Janine Lum has the offering of the property, originally a sheep station with history dating back to the gold rush.
With an asking price of $3.7 million to $4 million, the property comes with a private airstrip and 14 dams.
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Two Melbourne schools have a nearby presence with Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus on the other side of Lake Eildon, along with Penleigh and Essendon Grammar’s Eildon camp.
Camelot Station backs onto the recently completed exclusive Cathedral Lodge Golf Course.
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Devils River trophy home, Camelot Station listed at $3.7 million plus

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Saint Patrick's, Koroit a spectacular, historic, now restored convent residence, has been listed for sale by the education consultant Vivienne Porter who sold in Sydney's Newport after she moved back home in 2009.
The agents Jeremy Fox and Jack Edgar at RT Edgar have a price estimate <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-koroit-127240922" target="_blank">between $3.6 million to $3.96 million.</a>
The home comprises up to seven bedrooms all with ensuite bathrooms.
There's a formal lounge, formal dining, huge kitchen/meals and informal sitting room, private chapel, separate self-contained unit with two bedrooms, kitchen/meals area and informal sitting room opening to terrace.
The summer house comes with spa, hydronic heating along with garaging for three cars.
It is set on a 8,183 sqm block in Koroit, a small village with an Irish heritage near the town of Port Fairy..
It has been a $300 a night or $1400 for the entire boutique hotel premises. Each of the rooms has a unique theme, size, colour and comfort therefore prices varied.
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<a href="http://www.saintpatrickshotel.com.au" target="_blank">The foundation stone of St Patrick's Convent</a> was laid in May 1906, with over 2000 attending.
The building designed by architect WT Jackman was built of Warrnambool sandstone at an estimated cost of 5,000 pounds.
The convent was built with 28 rooms to house 20 Good Samaritan nuns.
The convent was closed at the end of 1972 and was sold to a group of five Melbourne schools to be used as a school camp/hostel.
They purchased the property in 1973 for $19,000.
In 2003 Kim and Craig Fraser purchased the convent in an advanced state of disrepair. 
It took its first guests in late 2008.
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In 2009 Vivienne Porter purchased the property then extensively redecorating all the rooms.
Her late mother Dawn and late step father Bill Clancey were co-hosts for hotel guests with Vivienne's brother Stephen, the chef.
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Middle Park estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, trading as Peter Simmons Real Estate, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing. 
CAV were notified of the deficiency through an audit report in 2015; subsequent investigations found further deficiencies which have not been advised.
CAV then applied for an inquiry into Mr Simmons’ conduct at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). 
The tribunal found that Peter Simmons contravened the Estate Agents Act 1980 by causing a deficiency of money held in trust for tenants and landlords, over a period of four and a half months.  VCAT also found that Mr Simmons was guilty of conduct that made him unfit to hold an estate agents licence.
VCAT ordered that Mr Simmons is ineligible to hold a licence or be an agent’s representative before 1 March, 2018. 
Mr Simmons was made bankrupt and his licence was automatically cancelled on 24 October 2016, as required under section 22 of the Act.
Peter has been the President of the Port Phillip Men’s Shed Association.
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Bathing boxes have a rich history in Melbourne. 
Built in the 1890s to preserve bathers modesty, they have become increasingly valuable due to their scarcity, with fewer than 2,000 boxes in Victoria.
They are a tightly held asset with many bathing boxes retained by families and handed down over generations.
And with no additional bathing boxes likely to be ever built on the Mornington Peninsula, this ensures exclusivity.
Bathing box - sometimes known as boat sheds or beach boxes - values rarely go backwards. In the 1970's, the price of a Melbourne bathing box might have set you back $1,000. In the 90's they averaged $30,000. Currently they average $150,000 with the highest sale price in Portsea recently selling for over $600,000.
The record stands at $615,000 when a 20 sqm timber shed on Shelley Beach at Portsea sold at auction in 2015.
Sotheby's Peninsula's Rob Curtain is marketing another box on Shelley Beach with $600,000 price aspirations (below). Despite the price, it is being marketed by Curtain as the most affordable foreshore investment on the golden sands of Shelley Beach. It is 100 metres from the bottom steps of the car park at Hemston Ave. It is "ideal for families and friends to enjoy summer days and sunset dinners on the sand," though there is no power or water connected.
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2017 has certainly been another strong year for the beach box.
Records have fallen at Brighton, where earlier this month Box 60 sold for over $330,000, having expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000.
The yellow and blue striped box topped the record set late last year when a newly built box sold for $326,000.
There's a box at 76E which is hoping to take the record price. It has a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-126970182" target="_blank">price tag of $340,000.</a>
There are more than just the boxes at the popular Dendy Beach in Brighton however.
Property Observer has listed 10 - five sales of bathing boxes across this year and five for sale.
SOLD
1. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-residential+land-vic-mornington-201305317" target="_blank">34 Shire Hall Beach</a>, Mornington - Sold price undisclosed
One of the most attractive bathing boxes (to an Aussie eye), sold at the beginning of the year (top and below)
The Shire Hall Beach box at Mornington, ablaze with the Australian stars and stripes, had been professionally painted.
Complete with skylight, the newly built box sits at the end of a row of just five boxes. It had been for sale at $85,000 plus for several years.
It comes complete with skylight.
It is positioned just steps from the car park that leads to Shire Hall Beach and walking distance to Mornington’s Main Street.
Fish and chips and shops are just a stroll away to take back to the beach box and enjoy the view.
It was next to the coral reef themed box which was auctioned off with the bidding hitting $150,000 last January.
 
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2. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-124770578" target="_blank">100 Earimil Beach South</a>, Mount Eliza - Sold $110,000
A box on Earimil Beach South in Mount Eliza comes with postcard views of the water from its quaint looking deck.
Meters from the waters edge, box 100 featured fully lined walls, selated timber floor boards and dual access, with double doors and the front and a single door on the side.
It was freshly painted before its sale.
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3. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-125513626" target="_blank">34 Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> - Sold $155,000
A completely renovated bathing box on Mount Eliza's Ranelagh Beach is as private as they come.
With no neighbour within 80 metres either side of the box, it feels like its set on its own private part of the beach.
Sold with a vast 35 sqm space over two levels, (almost as big as my Sydney apartment), the box has an upper level bedroom.
It was sold fully furnished and complete with fixtures, fittings decorations and extensive water sports equipment.
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4. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rye-126854538" target="_blank">6 Boat Shed, Rye</a> Sold $120,000. It was listed with price hopes of $100,000 to $110,000, but fetched $120,000 when sold pre-Christmas.
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It stands alone on a grassy part of the foreshore near Daly Avenue nestled amid trees.
It was recently renovated.
It was marketed as "a bright investment offering a lifestyle of family fun in the sun." 
5. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-vic-chelsea-124716538" target="_blank">Beach Box 1010 Chelsea foreshore </a>Sold $67,500
Selling agent Luke Howard advised you had to be a rate payer in the city of Kingston to buy on the Chelsea Foreshore. "For the lucky purchaser, gone are the days of carting chairs, umbrellas, boards, inflatables and everything else back and forward to the beach," he said.
FOR SALE 
6. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-vic-rosebud-122723310" target="_blank">97 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $34,950 This was the cheapest on offer. It was listed this time last year at $39,500. It sold at $20,000 in 2009. It is set in the middle of the Rosebud foreshore opposite the Rosebud Hotel.
7 <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/79-boatshed-rosebud-foreshore-rosebud-vic-3939-2012977539" target="_blank">79 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $55,000 This was the next cheapest found. It needs a bit of work.
8. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rosebud-127192426" target="_blank">176 Beach Box, Rosebud</a> $120,000 to $130,000 Agent Craig Leo will auction it Sunday 28 January. 
<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">9. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-studio-vic-mount+eliza-126409082" target="_blank">48 Beach Box, Moondah Beach, Mount Eliza</a>, $85,000-$93,000 </div>
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<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">10. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-126525766" target="_blank">64 Beach Box Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> $145,000. Beach Box 64 on Ranelagh Beach comes with a view of the city lights over the bay and the bonus of space for car parking directly behind. The iconic Ranelagh Club is just a moments walk away. </div>
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A three bedroom home set on a 509 square metre block with dual occupancy potential at Doveton has sold for $447,000 by the mortgagee.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-doveton-126841670" target="_blank">Lauren Avenue home </a>came with separate lounge, kitchen with adjoining meals and updated bathroom. 
It last sold at $183,000 in 2007.
Doveton's median house price for three bedrooms is $462,000.
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