Chance to buy shops in Colac

Burgess Rawson is auctioning two neighbouring Colac shops: the Woolworths BWS liquor outlet and the adjacent Reject Shop. The BWS is securely leased to Woolworths under an “8-plus-four by five-year” lease to 2036, with annual rent of $95,956 and an expected sale price of about $1,350,000. The larger Reject Shop (next to an Aldi supermarket) pays $132,915 a year and is tipped to sell for around $1.7 million. The Burgess Rawson auction starts at 11am on Wednesday.

Based on the article’s rents and guide prices, the Colac BWS would generate about $95,956 a year, implying an approximate gross yield of 7.1% (95,956 ÷ 1,350,000). The Reject Shop’s $132,915 annual rent implies an approximate gross yield of 7.8% (132,915 ÷ 1,700,000). These are simple gross-yield estimates and don’t account for expenses, taxes or capital costs.

Yes. A strata-titled commercial unit (Unit 6, 97 Balcombe Road, Mentone) is being auctioned by local agents Malcolms and is marketed as a secure investment suitable for a small investor or self-managed super fund. It’s leased to Mentone Podiatry Clinic on a three-year term that began in July 2010 and is expected to sell in the $300,000–$330,000 range at an on-site auction at 11am on Thursday.

Savills Australia is marketing more than 30,000 square metres of industrial land at FKP’s Metrolink Business Park in Campbellfield, north of Melbourne. The land is subdivided into four allotments (sizes from 3,921 to 16,261 sqm), priced from $140 per square metre plus GST, and is suited to logistics, warehousing and distribution tenants. The private sale deadline closes on July 11.

A food outlet at 597 Dorset Road, Bayswater, tenanted by the national Fasta Pasta group, is for sale via Crabtrees Real Estate with expressions of interest closing on July 4. The property is tenanted under a five‑year lease that began on February 8, 2010, with a further five‑year option, and is expected to attract offers of at least $1.5 million.

The Ritchies IGA on Church Street, Brighton, is listed with estimated rent of $476,890 per year and is tipped to sell for about $6.5 million. The article presents it as one of the commercial assets being offered in the same period of auctions and listings.

The article mentions Burgess Rawson (auction at Crown Casino), Savills Australia (marketing the Metrolink industrial land), local agents Malcolms (Mentone strata auction), and Crabtrees Real Estate (Fasta Pasta property). Auctions are scheduled on-site for specific properties (for example Burgess Rawson’s auction at 11am Wednesday and the Mentone on-site auction at 11am Thursday), while other sales use private sale deadlines or expressions of interest.

Yes — the article lists ‘yesterday’s results’ across a range of suburbs with sale prices and agents, giving a snapshot of local market activity. Examples range from strata sales around $315,000 to residential results above $1,000,000 (for instance a Brighton East property listed at about $1,000,000). These results can help investors gauge transaction activity, though commercially focused comparables (like the retail and industrial assets covered) will be more relevant for valuing those specific investments.