Farewell VicRoads
On the 1st July 2019 VicRoads ceased to exist as a separate entity. Farewell gatherings were held at many offices around the state. Here are some photos from the Farewell Meeting at Head Office in Kew on 26 June 2019.
Farewell Kew Head Office
On the 8th May 2024 about 250 ex-employees who had worked at 60 Denmark St Kew attended a meeting to say farewell to Head Office, which will be sold and probably demolished.
Click on this slide to watch a slide show of the History of the Head Office.
Click on this photo to see who attended this function.
Farewell 60 Denmark St
The Age – 20 April 2025
The Victorian Government’s proposes to redevelop the former VicRoads headquarters in Kew into a mixed-use housing precinct, with the vacant seven-storey office tower potentially converted into 125 apartments as part of a pilot program to encourage adaptive reuse of older commercial buildings. While the ageing structure requires significant upgrades—including façade repairs, seismic strengthening, new balconies, and asbestos management—its H-shaped design, shallow floor plate, and generous ceiling heights make it well suited for residential conversion. The broader 2.5-hectare site is expected to deliver around 500 homes, with at least 10% designated as affordable housing, demonstrating how repurposing existing buildings could help increase housing supply in established suburbs while reducing the need for demolition.
Click on this image to see a short time-lapse video of the demolition of the south building.
In July 2026 the north building was being demolished.
The aging 1960s “brutalist” office bunker was to be torn down in an eleventh-hour U-turn because retrofitting the structure to modern standards was deemed too complex and cost-prohibitive. The 2.5-hectare site is being cleared to deliver around 500 new homes, with a requirement that at least 10% be affordable housing.