MELBOURNE-based developer Buxton Group has been revealed as the buyer of a prominent St Kilda development site near the Acland Street shopping strip.

The group is believed to be paying about $7.5 million for a 1000 square metre site at the corner of Barkly and Belford streets previously occupied by the Vasiliki lobster shop and Earls Hardware.

The site was sold with a permit for a $50 million, five-level tower with about 84 units but it’s believed Buxton may propose a higher density redevelopment, a practice which is becoming increasingly common all around Melbourne.

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