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Welcome to Australia Post’s HQ. Just don’t call it the HQ

The postal service has ditched its high-profile head office in a Melbourne skyscraper for a humble yet high-tech building in the suburbs. It’s all about the vibe.

Australia Post’s new office space at Burnley, in inner-city Melbourne. Louis Trerise

Nick LenaghanProperty editor

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It is a bare seven minutes by train from Melbourne CBD where its headquarters once dominated the skyline, but Australia Post’s new inner-city corporate office feels a world away. And it’s all about the vibe.

Gone are the fancy wood-panelled offices, dining room, private kitchen, meeting room and executive bathroom and that once distinguished its former HQ in one of the twin Southern Cross towers, high on the Bourke Street hill.

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Nick Lenaghan
Nick LenaghanProperty editorNick Lenaghan edits the property section, which covers all aspects, from residential real estate and housing and construction to commercial property – office, retail, industrial – and major ASX-listed developers and real estate investment trusts. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nlenaghan@afr.com

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