VIC: State buys land at cut price for aged care

Nov 04 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The Victorian Government has secured the former St Vincent's Boys Home in South Melbourne at a discounted price, rumoured to be less than half the land's current commercial value. The land has been earmarked for a new aged care facility. The site is expected to be developed into a combination of ILU's and low and high care beds.

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