Page 1293 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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(ii) the proposed lease for the site;
(iii) the sale contract, if it exists, and the amount paid, or to be paid, and the proposed settlement date;
(iv) all the valuations undertaken for Dickson, Section 34, Block 30;
(v) who in the Government authorised the sale; and
(vi) will the Government allow the block to be used for residential use.”.
The amendment seeks only to allow some time for the appropriate review of documents for any information that should not be disclosed on the grounds of confidentiality or commercial-in-confidence, and I provide the following information now on the subject of the motion.
I have been advised that the Land Development Agency purchased block 6 section 72 Dickson, along with block 25 section 72, from the Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club in 2012, following an open tender process by the territory for block 30 section 34 Dickson and the car park adjacent to the Dickson Tradies. In 2009 the club had participated in the Dickson centre planning project which formed part of the process behind the eventual Dickson centre master plan 2011. The master plan would encourage contiguous development with the Tradies Club on block 20 section 34 to be released for mixed use development, including major retail, to add to the activation of the centre.
In January 2010 the Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club applied to the government for a direct sale of the car park site on the basis that it was contiguous land. In other words, it was connected to land already owned by the club. This application was not progressed as it did not meet all the criteria for a contiguous direct sale. The club applied to the government for a direct sale again in November 2010. In 2011 the government decided that instead of a direct sale the land should be put to market. In September 2012 the government decided that an open tender process would be suitable for the sale of the car park site. A request for tender was issued on 15 September 2012 and closed 26 November 2012.
Following an evaluation of the tenders, the Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club was selected as the preferred tenderer. I am advised that during negotiations the club proposed that nearby land it owned at section 72 Dickson could be sold to the ACT government. As a result, the Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club would purchase the 5,248-square metre car park site, which is block 30 section 34 Dickson, from the government at $3.18 million plus GST. The government would purchase 12,201 square metres of land, block 6 and block 25 section 72 Dickson, for $3.6 million plus GST.
The purchase of the two large blocks of land, combined with other government-controlled land in section 72 Dickson and the possibility of securing another large block from the Salvation Army in the future, would give the government
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