Prime city office block to fetch $30m or more

A LANDMARK building in Hobart’s CBD is expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars when it is sold later this month.

The eight-level Telstra Centre on Collins St is unlike anything on the market, said Knight Frank partner Scott Newton.

“We are marketing the property nationally and internationally,” he said.

The building is located in a high-profile position, a corner site about 100m from the Elizabeth Street Mall and opposite the Royal Hobart and Hobart Private hospitals.

The building, which boasts 10,037sqm of floorspace, is anchored by leases to two state government departments and Telstra, which together cover more than 80 per cent of the floor space.

Mr Newton said the estimated net income was more than $2.4 million per annum plus GST. The L-shaped site has an almost 50m frontage on Collins Street and 26m on the Argyle Street 1720sqm site.

The building was originally developed for Telstra in 1990.

Floors two through to eight are described as A Grade office accommodation, ideal in a market like Hobart’s, which Mr Newton said was the third strongest capital city office market in Australia behind only Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr Newton expects the building to sell for about $30 million, in line with the largest Tasmanian commercial property sales of the year, including K&D Warehouse and Macq 01.

No.66-80 Collins St in Hobart is listed with Knight Frank and Edwards Windsor.

It will be sold by expressions of interest closing on August 29 at 4pm. side of

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