The City of Whittlesea has launched a new, ground-breaking tool called Business Opportunities Explorer (BOE). Whether you’re a start-up or an established business, BOE offers many features to help you. These include noise filtering for the research stage, comprehensive guides to business parks, global accessibility 24/7, a single source of consolidated area information from VICPlan and the council, and dynamic, updated content.
Situated close to Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD) with excellent transport links and infrastructure, the City of Whittlesea provides great advantages for businesses seeking growth and expansion.
This new tool shows the City of Whittlesea's position as a top destination for business investment. If your business is considering relocation, or if you work with businesses looking for new options, discover more.
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The City of Whittlesea is the ideal location for businesses to trade locally, nationally and internationally. Prime industrial and commercial locations are ready for your business to leverage competitive advantages, now and into the future.
Businesses considering their location can arrange a confidential discussion with the City of Whittlesea’s Investment Attraction team.
Email: invest@whittlesea.vic.gov.au
Phone: 03 9217 2170
Our municipality has state significant commercial, state and regionally significant industrial areas, as well as major activity centres to accommodate and support forecast population growth.
State significant commercial areas
- Epping Metropolitan Activity Centre – established and renewal.
State significant industrial areas
- Epping - established, developing and renewal.
- Thomastown Industrial Area – established.
- Beveridge Intermodal Precinct (planned, future unzoned).
Major activity centres
- Plenty Valley Town Centre, South Morang – established, developing.
- Bundoora, University Hill – established, developing.
- Wollert – future zoned.
- Mernda – developing, zoned.
Regionally significant industrial areas
- Wollert – zoned vacant.
- Shenstone Park, Donnybrook – zoned vacant.
Find out more about some of these precincts by hitting the Next button.
Epping is one of nine Metropolitan Activity Centres in Victoria and is part of the Northern State Significant Industrial Area. The suburb features:
- a strong core of established commercial, industrial and retail offerings
- a major critical health cluster
- the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetabnle and Flower Market
- strong logistics offerings.
Discover why Epping provides prime investment opportunities for your business.
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Epping Central
Set at Epping Metropolitan Activity Centre's heart, Epping Central is strategically placed between our southern established suburbs of Thomastown, Lalor, Bundoora and Mill Park, and the growth areas corridor to the north. These include Epping North, Wollert and Donnybrook. The area also has easy access to industrial land to the west.
Epping Central will continue to create jobs and business opportunities in retail, commercial and light industries.
Features
- Located close to the major arterial road network linking to Melbourne Airport, the Port of Melbourne and Victoria's agricultural regions.
- A designated Metropolitan Activity Centre and recognised as an area of significant growth for employment, new housing, services and entertainment.
- Close to Northern Hospital and its medical precinct
- Close to retail, education and entertainment precincts, including Pacific Epping and Melbourne Polytechnic.
- Access to major regional road infrastructure and public transport including Epping Train Station, with plans for future road and rail expansion to Wollert.
Local business parks
Cooper Street and O’Herns Road Employment Precinct
The Cooper Street and O’Herns Road Employment Precinct is a significant employment area expected to generate more than 25,000 jobs at completion.
The precinct is a high-amenity location providing both industrial and commercial options. Both turnkey facilities and a range of lot sizes to design and build are available.
Features
- Serviced by excellent transport links, including the Hume Freeway, Cooper Street, Edgars Road and O’Herns Road.
- Location of The Northern Hospital, Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market and Mainfreight.
- Major industry clusters of food and beverage, and advanced manufacturing, medical, transport and logistics.
- Located close to current and future residential growth areas providing access to local employment opportunities.
Local business parks
ConnectNorth Business Park, Cooper Street and O'Herns Road Employment Precinct
Cooper Street West and South West Employment precincts
The Cooper Street West and Cooper Street South West precincts present significant opportunities for future investment.
Cooper Street’s role as a state-significant waste and resource recovery hub has been identified in the Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan. This precinct will continue to service the local community and support initiatives to increase recovery and improved management of waste. Industrial opportunities are also available.
Cooper Street South West offers a range of state-of-the-art warehousing and logistics facilities, with design and construction opportunities still available.
These precincts provide opportunities for further employment growth and industry diversity with more than 200 hectares of industrially zoned greenfield land coming to market. These are expected to generate more than 6,000 jobs.
Council is currently looking to attract effective, innovative and forward-thinking initiatives that will create a world-leading hub.
Features
- Proximity to Melbourne’s Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower market presents opportunities for related businesses
- Serviced by excellent transport routes, including diamond interchanges at Hume Freeway at Cooper Street and O’Herns Road
- Optimal opportunity for further growth and industry diversity with more than 200 hectares of large greenfield employment land industrially zoned.
Local business parks
Epping renewal: New Epping
New Epping will include a community of residential neighbourhoods, commercial spaces and a health, wellness and knowledge precinct all supported by a civic heart.
The precinct spans 51 hectares of regenerated land adjacent to the Northern Hospital and the proposed Melbourne Food Innovation and Export Hubi. It is also home to the new Northern Private Hospital (currently under construction).
Features
- A mix of commercial, employment and warehousing facilities.
- Commercial and residential uses are positioned in close proximity to the community heart and connected to Edgars Creek.
Local business parks
Vearings Road Employment Precinct
Set on 140 hectares of zoned land and located near the O’Herns Road diamond interchange, O’Herns Logistics Park is master-planned industrial employment precinct.
Flexible land and building options are available, with purpose-built buildings designed and delivered to your specifications with a focus on sustainable design.
Stage 1 includes land and construction packages with pre-leases and turnkey buildings, all positioned in the heart of the estate.
Features
- Located only 20 km from Melbourne’s CBD and 13km from Melbourne International Airport with immediate access to the Hume Freeway.
- The site has been planned for heavy vehicle access for all, including B-doubles. Gas is available.
Local business parks
Artist Impression of Vearings Road Employment Precinct
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The Thomastown Industrial Precinct is part of the Northern State Significant Industrial Area. It emerged as a major industrial location during the 1970s and has progressively developed in response to market demand.
New businesses continue to relocate and expand, capitalising on the local development and rejuvenation.
Watch our Suburb Spotlight on Thomastown
Thomastown Industrial Precinct
Features
- Home to approximately 1,800 businesses.
- Contributes around $1.6 billion to the economy.
- Employs close to 17,000 people.
- Majority of land is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z).
- Some Commercial 2 Zoning (C2Z) within the Dalton Road and Settlement Road precincts.
- Offers redevelopment and expansion opportunities for a variety of businesses.
- Excellent access to the regional, metropolitan and national freeways, rail and bus services and only 20 kilometres to Melbourne’s CBD.
Local business parks
Visit our Place Snapshot: Thomastown
Bundoora's University Hill is an award-winning mixed-use development. Designed to provide high amenity for workers and clients, it combines:
- retail
- office
- commercial
- light industrial
- residential.
Watch our Suburb Spotlight on Bundoora
University Hill
Features
- Located on Plenty Road, with direct access to the M80 Ring Road and to the North East Link (under construction).
- Park-and-ride access for Tram 86 to the CBD and five minutes to the La Trobe National Employment and Innovation Cluster.
- A contemporary business park with 40,000 m2 of commercial space and 27,000 m2 of retail.
- Includes office development as well as large format retail, commercial and light industrial offerings.
- Creation of 4,000 jobs across more than 200 businesses at completion.
- Designated as ‘Special Use Zone 3’ for integrated mixed-use high technology, retail, office, commercial, light industrial and residential. This zoning aims to encourage more education, technology, and research and development use within the precinct.
- A key health and social assistance hub servicing the northern suburbs. It also services nearby hospitals including Northpark Private Hospital, Northern Hospital and La Trobe Private Hospitals.
- RMIT’s Bundoora East and West campuses offer health and medical, and education related courses, further connecting this area it to health and related sectors.
- Access to professional conference facilities and accommodation at Uni Hill Conference Centre and Quest Uni Hill.
Local business parks
Visit our Place Snapshot: Bundoora
The Victorian Government has identified Plenty Valley Town Centre as a major activity centre supporting a vibrant mix of uses and activities.
Watch our Suburb Spotlight on South Morang
Plenty Valley Town Centre
Features
- Home to Westfield Plenty Valley and City of Whittlesea municipal offices.
- Activity Centre Zone 2 with opportunities for greenfield development and constructed turnkey commercial facilities.
- Guided by the Plenty Valley Structure Plan, which seeks to unlock the precinct’s mixed-use development opportunities.
- Opportunity for further development of community and civic uses with complementary commercial and employment uses within and next to the civic precinct.
- Development opportunities lend further support for a transport hub to create an integrated and efficient multi-modal transport interchange.
- More than $150 million investment expected.
- Creation of up to 5,000 jobs across 100 businesses.
Local business parks
Visit our Place Snapshot: South Morang
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