Travel House, the Albert Park-facing local headquarters of the Contiki and Trafalgar tour group, has been sold to a Melbourne investor for about $9.5 million.

The office at 210 Albert Road, which faces the exciting turns six and seven of the Formula 1 track, is understood to have attracted strong interest and 12 bids from local and offshore parties.

CBRE agents Nathan Mufale, Scott Hawthorne, Jing Jun Heng and David Minty negotiated the deal but declined to comment. After all, the global real estate agency has plenty more offices in prized locations to sell for the family that established The Travel Corporation (TTC) in 1920.

TTC was acquired last year by US private equity firm Apollo and the family is offloading its privately held real estate. The 1700-square metre, six-level building

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