Retrofit Melbourne Financial Incentive Scheme 2026-27
Private owners of commercial office buildings in the City of Melbourne (or people authorised to act for them), including companies, trusts, individual owners and owners corporations. Buildings must be over 15 years old, mainly used as offices, and either unrated or rated 4 NABERS stars or less. You need an ABN, 12 months of operation and $20 million public liability cover.
Shopfront Business Grants Program 2026-27
Small businesses with an ABN and fewer than 20 full-time equivalent staff that have signed a lease on a street-facing shopfront in the City of Melbourne (CBD, Docklands, Southbank, Carlton, North Melbourne, Kensington and nearby suburbs) that was vacant for at least 6 months before the lease. Franchises and subsidiaries of larger companies are excluded. Funding goes to retail, hospitality or creative space fit-outs.
Also open to businesses in City of Melbourne
Victorian Government grants open across the state:
- Business Recovery Advisory Service – Summer 2026 Victorian Bushfires · Closes 31 Oct 2026
- Victorian Trees on Farms Program · Closes 1 Nov 2026
- Skills Solutions Partnerships VIC · Closes 27 Nov 2026
- BushBank Private Landowner Opportunity VIC · Closes 30 Nov 2026
- Digital Jobs Program VIC · Closing date not stated
- Young Farmer Duty Exemption or Concession VIC · Closing date not stated