One of the most famous farming properties in the Bacchus Marsh region is now on the market.
For more than 60 years, Parwan Park has been the headquarters of Australia”s biggest animal breeding and genetics organisation, Genetics Australia.
The property at 144 Woolpack Road, Parwan Park is attracting strong interest since going on the market for expressions of interest this month through selling agents Stockdale and Leggo Bacchus Marsh.
The sale follows Genetics Australia”s purchase of Total livestock Genetics (TLG) and its decision to relocate its bull management, semen management and semen collection and production services from Bacchus Marsh to the TLG site near Camperdown in south-west Victoria.
The site is known locally as the ‘Bull Farm’ but by the end of March all 100 bulls will be relocated to Camperdown and Glenormiston along with more than a million units of semen.
Genetics Australia CEO Anthony Shelly said urban sprawl and changing rural landscapes meant GA needed to relocate to be closer to the heart of the dairy, beef and sheep industries.
‘We are leaving a legacy of 60 years at Bacchus Marsh but with strong demand for land in the region we expect to see the start of an exciting new legacy and chapter for this property,’ Mr Shelly said. ‘The area effectively outgrew us and we were landlocked by the urban sprawl and surrounding small property holders, but it”s a unique property with great land and extensive infrastructure.’
However, Mr Shelly doesn”t expect the site to remain as a livestock facility. ‘Demand for land in the region probably means it”s too valuable for running livestock but there has already been strong interest from a variety of industries including vegetable and horticultural producers and other potential users.’
Set on about 50 acres, Parwan Park is currently zoned farming and features huge shedding and storage facilities with a range of undercover and outdoor animal housing options, and a large air-conditioned office and administration complex including a meeting room which can cater for up to 100 people.
This sale follows the sale of GA”s Parwan Park South in 2017, however the co-operative will retain a presence in the Bacchus Marsh region with a new two-year office lease at Parwan Park South.
Expressions of interest close March 19.
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Anthony Shelly 0408 529 410