ST KILDA properties that previously accommodated two of the area’s most established local businesses have sold to a developer.

The single-level Vasiliki lobster crayfish site, and an adjoining two level building which for years traded as Earl’s Hardware, will be cleared to make way for a new $50 million-plus luxury apartment project, with ground floor retail.

The buildings are spread across two properties between 173 – 177 Barkly Street, at the corner of Belford Street – which is one of just two roads that intersect with the popular Acland Street retail strip nearby.

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