10. East side Grosvenor St.

East side Grosvenor St. A huge building site (Pro-Build / Salvo Property Group) going through to Flockhart Street. The Salvo Property Group bought the site in 2008.(Executive chairman Mario Salvo started as a mechanic then took on a car hire business which he developed into the third largest car hire company in Australia and New Zealand. His son Andrew also works for the privately owned family business). The development will consist of five buildings ranging from five to ten storeys with a total of 450 apartments. 603 Victoria St. Site of the house lived in by Robert Dehnert until his death in 1920. Dehnert owned much of the land in Flockhart Street. He built the Grosvenor Brewery to the west of the house for his son Reinhold to run. Most of his children lived with him or in the Terminus Hotel. In 1954 two old bachelor sons, Alfred and Hermann, were still living in this house. Alfred made the news headlines when he died leaving money to his dog Bob (well, actually when you read the article, he left money for his dog to be cared for). The house was demolished in the 1990s.

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