City of Newcastle is seeking to offload a section of prime office space in its city administration headquarters as part of a push to consolidate its presence in the building. Login or signup to continue reading The council has had a presence on each of 12 Stewart Avenue's six levels since it relocated there in 2019 at a cost of $17.6 million .
It holds a long-term lease on the building and presently subleases space to nine other organisations. Colliers is currently advertising 918.50 square metres of fitted, A Grade office space on level five for an annual net rent of $367,400.
The space includes 80 workstations, five quiet rooms, three meeting rooms, breakout and collaboration space, informal meeting areas and amenities. End-of-trip facilities including showers, change room and lockers and bike storage are also available. Despite offering 80 work spaces, the space only comes with nine car parking spaces.
A business case used to justify council's 2019 move to Stewart Avenue from its King Street headquarters said the new location would increase staff productivity, decrease absenteeism and act as a catalyst for broader city development. One of the "key drivers" for the shift was concern that City of Newcastle "continued to lag a majority of Sydney-based local councils in terms of quality work environment, support services and staff amenities, and functional public venue for the local community," the business case said. A council spokesman said on Friday that the decision to sub.