Those proceeds were estimated to be $286 million. Then Auditor-General Ian McPhee found that the money from the sale of Campbell Park was to be invested in Treasury bonds and the proceeds put towards the 20-year lease. In May 2005, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) published a report into Defence’s management of long-term property leases. It was sold for $98.7 million to GE Capital (Beldon) Pty Ltd in June 2002. The original sale of the Campbell Park offices into private hands wasn’t without controversy. READ ALSO: What under-the-pump ACT Government public servants say they need and want Region Media understands several major ACT development groups have already put forward bids for new Canberra locations. The five-year extension gives Defence more time to find a suitable new site.
“That procurement process is in progress and subject to probity.” “In 2019, Defence undertook an approach to market seeking alternative office accommodation to replace its Campbell Park Offices,” they said. The spokesperson said the department’s search for new accommodation is continuing, but would not elaborate on its progress or details of the lease extension. “Defence recently exercised the option to lease the Campbell Park Offices for a further term of five years.”ĭefence is set to stay in the ageing Campbell Park offices for a further five years. “The Department of Defence has a 20-year lease on Campbell Park Offices that expires in 2022,” a Defence spokesperson said. However, Defence has confirmed in a statement to Region Media that they are staying in the building for the time being. In 2019 the department went to market, looking for a replacement for the ageing facility.
The building was sold to the private sector in 2002 and leased back to Defence on a 20-year lease which is due to expire soon. READ ALSO: APS Census reveals the most – and least – satisfied and engaged staff in the public service The 450-metre-long buildings are an example of Canberra’s brutalist-style public architecture – much like the Cameron and Callum Offices, the High Court, and the National Gallery.Ĭampbell Park currently houses around 2,000 office and administration workers. The Department of Defence has extended its long-standing lease at Canberra’s Campbell Park offices until 2027, two years into a search for an alternative site.Ĭampbell Park was built in the 1970s in bushland just east of Mount Ainslie to accommodate rapidly increasing numbers of Defence Department personal. Defence has been resident at Campbell Park since it was built in the 1970s.
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