Tudor-style Toorak home of NewsXpress and Bakers Delight for sale

A Toorak retail premises that is currently occupied by Bakers Delight and NewsXpress has been listed for sale.

The 255 sqm, two level building at 479 and 479A Toorak Road is divided in to two tenancies.

NewsXpress fronts Toorak Road, while Bakers Delight occupies the rear of the building.

The two current tenants provide a returning total income of $167,116 per annum.

Set between Wallace Avenue and Grange Road, the double-fronted building sits in 205 sqm with nearly six metre frontage to Toorak Road and Jackson Street carpark.

Teksa Carson agents Fergus Evans and Michael Ludski are marketing the property for a June 21 auction.

Evans says Toorak Road is arguably one of Melbourne's most coveted retail shopping strips.

"It really is a prestigious, blue-chip, location that doesn’t offer assets of this calibre to the market very often and as such it will undoubtedly attract the attention of astute retail strip investors,’’ Evans said.

Ludski said the strip retail market had prospered recently and continued to attract attention from small investors despite the headwinds facing some sectors of the market.

"The ongoing strength of the market is about the traditional popularity of this asset class for smaller investor, as well as the increase in demand for this type of property as investors drift away from a somewhat troubled residential sector.

"We are also seeing an uptick in interest from buyers financed off-shore and a more nuanced attitude to investment particularly from buyers looking longer term and particularly around any potential for development upside,’’ Mr Ludski said.