Ballarat GovHub: First glimpse inside
- By Peter Gordon
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- 22 Apr, 2021
The $100m office block on Armstrong Street was opened on Wednesday morning with a smoking ceremony and ribbon-cutting, before reporters were taken to the top-floor lunch room, with its stunning views south across the CBD.
State government representatives repeatedly said about 900 workers will be working from the building in the next few months - the building has capacity for 1000 jobs, with 600 of those being new or relocated, some from Melbourne.
VicRoads will open its customer service hub, providing everything except vehicle checks and license tests, on May 10.
The interior of the building is a showcase for interesting timber work, and custom-designed bricks - a breezeway underneath the building connects the reopened Ballarat Library car park, with new landscaping, to the Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative, with an entrance and lobby to the south side.
The new conservatory, while still full of construction works, will open up onto Mair Street.
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