A NEW park is set to be built on Young Street across from Frankston Railway Station.
76 Young Street was purchased by Frankston Council in 2025. At its most recent council meeting, council advanced a proposal to demolish the existing building and install a community garden.
A motion at the council meeting read that “Urban Design completed concept options for the new 76 Young Street Laneway, which were presented to council through a Hot Topics report. The endorsed concept will be referred for consideration through the Long Term Infrastructure Plan for inclusion in the 2026–27 Capital Works budget.”
The final plan is subject to community consultation at a later date.
At the same meeting, Frankston Council was also presented with multiple milestones from its Young Street Action Plan approved in 2024. During the September-November 2025 period, Frankston Council commenced a vacancy audit of commercial properties in the city centre to be completed by early 2026, completed facade improvements on two Young Street properties, initiated negotiations with Vicinity to transform a large empty store into a pop-up temporary gallery, worked on draft FMAC Urban Design Guidelines, hosted a launch event celebrating the extended Community Connectors initiative along Young Street for a further 12 months, expanded the Community Connectors initiative along Station Street Mall, and presented a “Special Economic Priority Area” proposal to local MPs.
When announcing it had finalised the purchase of 76 Young Street in October last year, council said its vision is to “create safer, more attractive and better-connected pedestrian experience. This includes reimagining the building at 76 Young Street as a possible new gateway into and through Frankston’s city centre, unlocking potential east–west connections between Frankston Station and Bayside Shopping Centre.”
First published in the Frankston Times – 10 February 2026