The Christmas Spirit was very evident this week following a devastating flood at the shop of one of our newer CBD retailers. Proprietor of Lola & May Ballarat in Sturt Street, Sarah Kirby was preparing for the busiest time of the shopping year when she was confronted with a flooded shop last week putting her business out of action.
Tracey Holmes from our Commercial Division picked up the news on facebook and within hours and through the generosity of the owners of the Block Arcade had arranged temporary accommodation so that Sarah could continue trading through Christmas. Well done Tracey and all the best to Sarah, it’s great to see a positive outcome and we hope you sell heaps of stock!
The Ballarat residential rental vacancy rate in May 2019 increased slightly to 1.1% according to figures released by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. The May median rent for houses in Ballarat remained the same as last month at $330pw and units/townhouses slightly increased again to $270pw. The vacancy rate … Read more
The size of Golden Point is approximately 1.9 square kilometres and has 12 parks covering nearly 28.5 per cent of total area. The population of Golden Point in 2011 was 2,186 people and by the 2016 Census the population was 2,094 showing a population decline of 4.2 per cent in … Read more