The new headquarters for Nissan Australia will be an environmentally conscious new building in Mulgrave, Victoria, leaving its old digs to history.
Nissan Australia has been based at 260-284 Frankston Road in Dandenong South since 1972, where it built cars for 20 years and continues to manufacture parts for the latest generation Nissan Leaf.
The new Nissan Australia head office will be located at the site of the old Peters ice cream factory at 254 Wellington Road, Mulgrave, directly across the road from Mazda Australia and Caterpillar, and around the corner from BMW Australia and Mercedes-Benz.
The new eight-story building will offer 9000 square metres of office space and 1850 square metres of workshop area, and 550 parking bays, and will be situated just five minutes from the Monash Freeway.
The Victorian government says it is contributing to what will also become an electric vehicle technical training centre securing more than 450 jobs.
Premier Daniel Andrews who is also the member of Mulgrave, says the move will keep the area’s strong manufacturing and industry base .
“Mulgrave and Dandenong South which has a long and proud history of being a home for manufacturing,” he says in a statement.
Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade, Martin Pakula, says keeping Nissan’s automotive heritage boades well for the industry’s future.
“Nissan’s decision to maintain a national training facility incorporating the latest electric vehicle technology is a big win for Victoria, giving our state a key competitive advantage on the global stage,” he says.
“Victoria has the skilled workers that global companies need and leads the nation in advanced manufacturing, automotive design and engineering capability,” he adds.
