Five former schools across Brimbank are to be sold as the state government offloads surplus properties.
Keilor Park Primary School, Calder Rise Primary School, Deer Park Primary School, Kealba Secondary College and land in McCubbin Drive, Taylors Lakes, are being prepared for sale by the Department of Treasury and Finance.
According to the Treasury website, each site will be assessed for market readiness, which may include rezoning and remediation, before it is put on the market.
The process could take several years.
The state Treasury Department offered to sell the sites to Brimbank council earlier this year, but administrators voted against the purchase.
The former school sites were also offered for sale to other state and federal government departments and agencies.
City development director Stuart Menzies said the council decided that none of the sites was required for future open space or as locations for future community facilities.
“Many of the sites are close to existing council parks and open spaces that have been, or are planned to be, improved by council in accordance with its Creating Better Parks Strategy,” Mr Menzies said.
The sites are just a few of the dozens of former schools, police stations, government depots and hospitals the state government is selling.
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Charlene Macaulay
