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Business Park to bring jobs North
Northern Star Weekly, Melbourne, 15 Sep 2015, by Lexi Cottee Construction is under way on a $1.2 billion business park at Mickleham that will create almost 7000 jobs during the building phase alone. The park is part of the Merrifield project, a joint venture between Melbourne-based MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation, which is transforming 770 hectares into a commercial, residential and industrial precinct. Last Wednesday, MAB Corporation co-founder Andrew Buxton welcomed Premier Daniel Andrews, Hume mayor Adem Atmaca and other state MPs to look at plans and drawings for the 330-hectare business park. Once completed, the business park is projected to generate up to 11,000 direct and 25,000 indirect jobs, representing […]
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Work under way on Merrifield Business Park
By Simon Johanson, Property Editor for The Age MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation have kicked off construction of its $1.2 billion Merrifield Business Park as Merrifield finalises negotiations for a joint venture with a major shopping centre player to roll out an 80,000-square-metre mall in the same mixed-use estate. The business park in the 770-hectare Merrifield project on Melbourne’s northern outskirts next to Donnybrook Road and the Hume Freeway was launched on Wednesday by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Planning Minister Richard Wynne. The 330-hectare park has 1.2 million square metres of industrial and commercial floor space. Listed paint […]
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Merrifield Business Park – Dulux Testimonial Video
Dulux are our first settled resident in the Merrifield Business Park. Get an insight into their life in the park below.
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Addressing A Bigger Australia: How To Create A Successful Mixed-Use Community
Published on the Urban Developer website – click here to view. By David Hall, COO Of MAB Corporation The rapid growth of our nation’s population and the scale of our major cities is leading to congested roads and longer commutes, according to the Grattan Institute’s City Limits report. Whilst residential development construction is on the rise, without the supporting amenities and employment opportunities, further housing will only exasperate these issues. For developers and our country’s planners, the population boom presents the opportunity to establish integrated communities that bring an end to the traffic jams and tiring commutes. These hubs span […]
View full article Merrifield Business Park Construction To Kick Off Soon
Published on the Urban Developer website, 10 September 2015. Click here to view. Construction of the $1.2 billion Merrifield Business Park in Melbourne’s north will commence in the next three months. Joint venture partners MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation made the announcement at the sod turning ceremony yesterday as new figures revealed the development would generate up to $3.5 billion annually. Upon completion, the 330 ha Merrifield Business Park will offer 1.2 million square metres of industrial and commercial floor space. The business park is part of the broader Merrifield project, pegged to be Victoria’s largest fully master-planned mixed-use community, […]
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MAB and GPC Open Merrifield Park
As written by Simon Johanson, published in The Age, 9 September 2015. MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation have kicked off construction of its $1.2 billion Merrifield Business Park as it finalises negotiations for a joint venture with a major shopping centre player to roll out an 80,000-square-metre mall in the same mixed-use estate. The business park in the 770-hectare Merrifield project on Melbourne’s northern outskirts next to Donnybrook Road and the Hume Freeway was launched on Wednesday by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Planning Minister Richard Wynne. The 330-hectare park has 1.2 million square metres of industrial and commercial floor space. Listed paint maker Dulux committed in March to build a $165 million water based paint […]
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Hubs Boom
As written by Olga Galacho, published in The Herald Sun, 9 September 2015. Construction will soon start on a huge business park in Melbourne’s north in a project expected to inject $3.5 billion a year into the northern metropolitan economy. Premier Daniel Andrews is due today to announce the launch of the Merrifield Business Park development, with 20,000 jobs to be created through the project. The Hawksburn Place site is at Mickleham — a growth corridor suburb 34km from the CBD. The project is a venture between the privately owned Buxton family company, MAB Corporation, and Gibson Property Corporation. It is one of a string of business hubs proposed or under way on the fringes of Melbourne’s metropolitan area. With space for thousands of enterprises, […]
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Billion Dollar Business Park To Bring More Jobs To Melbourne’s North
Click here to read the media release from the office of the Premier of Victoria, 9 September 2015. Premier Daniel Andrews has launched a $1.2 billion business park in Melbourne’s north, welcoming more jobs and investment to our thriving northern suburbs. The Merrifield Project, which includes the business park, is a joint venture between Melbourne-based MAB Corporation and Gibson Property Corporation, and will create 25,000 direct jobs in Melbourne’s north. The construction of the 330 ha business park will see an additional 2700 direct and 4000 indirect jobs created over the building timeline. Mr Andrews said the business park was […]
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MAB Corporate plans manufacturing hub in Melbourne’s north
Click here to read the article published in the AFR by Larry Schlesinger, 11 June 2015 MAB Corporation founder and BRW richlister Andrew Buxton believes there is a future for manufacturing in Australia in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor. Mr Buxton, who founded MAB Corporation 20 years ago with brother Michael, believes the developer’s most ambitious project to date, the vast Merrifield mixed-use estate in Melbourne’s north, can become a future smart-manufacturing hub employing up to 20,000 people across a range of small and large industries. The foundations for this hub were laid in March when listed paint maker Dulux said it […]
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