Sales on Melbourne's St Kilda Road have more than doubled in the past quarter, according to new research from Cityscope.

The data indicates there were 257 sales at a total value of $277 million for the three months to July 2019, signalling an increase from 99 sales at a total value of $61.6 million from the previous quarter.

The latest figures bring the 12-month total to approximately $1.006 billion from 933 sales, a decrease from the $1.759 billion from 1,311 sales recorded over the previous year.

Recent standout sales in July 2019 update of St Kilda Road Cityscope include: 

• 420 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, formerly GE Corporation House, a 10,452  sqm mirror-clad office building of 12 levels including two levels of basement parking for 131 cars; completed in 1982 and refurbished in 1999 and 2018, was sold for about $92 million through CBRE Melbourne and Cushman & Wakefield; 
• Unit 1801 at New Charsfield, 478 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, a residential apartment with a wrapped around balcony on whole level 18 including five car spaces and two storage spaces on basement level, which was sold for $6.34 million and
• Unit 221 at St James Apartments, 348-356 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, a residential apartment of 382 sqm on the 22nd level of the Tower Building with 3 bedrooms plus study, 4 car spaces and 1 storage lot, which was sold for $6 million. 

Landene at 490 St Kilda Road. As seen on Luxury List.

Properties listed for sale in the July 2019 update of St Kilda Road Cityscope include: 

• Landene at 490 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, a two-storey brick building constructed in 1897 in the Queen Anne style and used for many years as a post office on the ground floor and residence above and renovated for residential use in 1993 on a 1,046 block is for sale with an asking price of $8.5 million through Harcourts Melbourne City; 
• The Willows at 462 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, built in 1890 for bootmaker Leon Cohen, and significantly altered early in the 1900s. The building is all that remains of a sixteen-roomed single storey brick and stucco house now retaining only its principal rooms. The facade, of a Greek revival style is decorated with low reliefs on classical themes. The property with a building area of 218 sqm is currently for sale together through Allard Shelton Melbourne and Colliers International Melbourne and 
• Unit 22 and Unit 23 at Fawkner Towers, 431 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, two commercial units with a combined area of 400 sqm on level one with 6 car spaces, for sale through Lemon Baxter.

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