Pivot City is expanding! We’ve reached max capacity out here in North Geelong; full to the brim with thriving commercial entities including: ABN Group, Geelong Vintage Market, Anther Geelong Distillery, Ena Pelly, Kennedys Group, Symal Group, Mast Lawyers, Canny Group, Paddock Bakery, to name a few.
Thankfully, we’ve been able to acquire the former Henderson’s factory at 8-20 Corio Quay Rd on the corner of McLeod Street, which will allow us to develop another 7000sqm of commercial opportunity.
“Hamilton Group has received the green light for a $20m redevelopment of a former car components factory, expanding its Pivot City innovation district at North Geelong.”, said Managing Director, Cam Hamilton. Mr Hamilton said the developer had acquired the site, which meant its North Geelong holding encompassed the whole block between Mackey St and McLeod St.
The Hendersons building redevelopment would neighbour the Federal Mills and Glass House projects. Sexyland is a tenant in a stand-alone building between the sites on Corio Quay Rd.”
“We’re going to open it up to both sites to make sure it’s all part of the same precinct,” Mr Hamilton said of the Hendersons building.
The project would create 29 new tenancies, ranging in floorspace from 150sq m to 500sq m, he said.
“And we’re going to bring in lots of glass hallways, glass roof, lots of greenery and focusing for more similar things about the precinct.”
Mr Hamilton said he suspected the project will drive strong interest, given the general interest for space at Federal Mills and the Glass House.
He said the site would align with the district’s ability to house budding businesses during their growth phases.
“One of the troubles we’ve had with the other buildings we’ve got, because of the nature of those buildings, have been it’s hard to split up into smaller areas,” Mr Hamilton said.
“So we’ve really focused on delivering those smaller tenancies – around the 150sq m to 250sq m on this one. We’ve always wanted to have a space where we can have businesses scale up. We’ve got multiple start-ups and we wanted to provide the ability for businesses to go through their growth cycle without having to leave the site. And definitely we’ve seen that on numerous occasions throughout the precinct as it stands. A lot of the time it’s people taking up one space and then trying to take next door and then next door again.”
“That’s the beauty of these larger sites with one landlord – you’ve got the ability to facilitate that growth without having to necessarily break a lease and go to another site.”
We’re really excited by the plans that have been drawn up, and will commence work in a couple of months, with view to completing the project and welcoming more tenants on site mid-late 2025. See the plans here.
If you’re keen to move your business into this inspiring precinct, start making plans!
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