75 Wilson Street, Brighton
A standout sales result is the outcome of more than 100 local and international buyer enquiries generated for an ultra-rare childcare investment in Melbourne’s blue-chip suburb of Brighton.
Fitzroys’ Chris Kombi, Tom Fisher and Ben Liu sold the Bambini Early Learning Centres property at 75 Wilson Street, Brighton for $4.44 million, on a tight 4.8% yield and high building rate of $11,100 per sqm.
The agents managed the highly competitive Expressions of Interest campaign on behalf of a private investor who had owned the property for 37 years.
The property, on 1,133sqm of land, comprises a 400sqm childcare facility, complemented by an outdoor play area. There is on-site parking for multiple cars.
Bambini Early Learning Centres is a premium early education provider with 12 locations across Victoria and has operated successfully from this site for 17 years. Its long lease includes options to 2044.
“Following a campaign that generated more than 100 enquiries with buyer profiles ranging from Brighton locals to offshore parties, a local investor was ultimately the purchaser,” Kombi said.
“Buyers wanted to secure the rare offering of a high-performing childcare centre on a rare significant landholding in this prestigious middle Brighton location, in the heart of a genuine blue-chip residential precinct.
“Brighton’s reputation evidently extends across the country and overseas. In this campaign we had buyers very aggressively wanting to get a foothold in the area.
“This is one of the tighter yields achieved for a childcare centre investment in metropolitan Melbourne this year, reflecting the demand for well-located, well-leased commercial property assets across the city.
“Our campaign demonstrates that there is a huge amount of unsatisfied capital out there in the market that is actively hunting quality opportunities.”
The centre is close to Bayside’s most recognised primary and secondary schools including Brighton Primary, Brighton Grammar, Firbank, St Leonard’s, and Star of the Sea, which attract huge numbers of families to the area, ensuring ongoing demand for childcare services into the long-term.
“Investors have more confidence in childcare centre assets’ operational performance following introduction of the Federal Government’s new Australian Child Care Subsidy, which guarantees at least three days of subsidised childcare per fortnight and has boosted demand for and utilisation of childcare services,” Fisher said.
“The market continues to respond fervently to the market-leading defensive characteristics of well-located Australian childcare assets with quality operators.”
Liu said the campaign drew interest from investors as well as land bankers.
“Brighton boasts investment and development prospects that are comparable to anywhere in the country,” he said.
The suburb is home to a top-tier lifestyle offering that includes Melbourne’s highest-performing shopping strip in Church Street, as well as popular Bay Street, Brighton Beach, Dendy Park, Wilson Reserve, Billilla Mansion and more.
The suburb’s median house price was $3.25 million as on April 2026, according to realestate.com.au1.
1 https://www.realestate.com.au/vic/brighton-3186/
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