Business Façade Improvement Grants

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The City of Stonnington is committed to enabling a thriving local economy and creating more attractive and inviting commercial precincts, which supports our vision to achieve:

  • a thriving and unique place
  • an inclusive and healthy community
  • a people-centred and future-ready city.

The Business Façade Improvement Grants program supports business and property owners to improve the visual appearance of business façades in City of Stonnington’s commercial precincts. 

Applications for the 2025-26 Business Façade Improvement Grants closed on 30 June 2025.

See the successful 2025-2026 grant recipients listed below. 

Program objectives

Identity and destination

Increase visitation: Strengthen the City of Stonnington’s unique identity as a destination of choice, to continue to attract and create advocates of residents, businesses, and visitors.

Thriving and desirable businesses

Increase economic activity: Attract industries, anchor tenants and the right mix of businesses for our 20-minute neighbourhoods and align with precinct identities.

Pride of place and character

Improve place perceptions: Provide safe, inviting, accessible and well-maintained streetscapes, neighbourhoods and public realm, as defined by our community, to promote pride of place and improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

The Grant supports projects that meet the following objectives and priorities outlined in the Council Plan and its connecting Place-Led Economic Development (PLED) Strategy.

For more information, view the Business Support and Activation Policy(PDF, 1MB).

Grant applications

Important dates

Date Details
 19 May 2025 Applications open
30 June 2025 Applications close at 5pm
July 2025 Assessment period
August 2025 City of Stonnington endorsement
August-September 2025 Applicants notified and agreements finalised
 15 September 2025  Project commences
30 April 2026 Project completion 

Guidelines

Full information on the Grants program including terms and conditions, can be found in the Guidelines-Business-Facade-Improvement-Grants-2025-26.pdf(PDF, 1MB)

2025 - 2026 successful grant recipients 

2025-2026 Grant recipients

BUSINESS NAME

BUSINESS ADDRESS

Rock Sugar Restaurant

477 Malvern Rd, South Yarra

CrossFit South Yarra

16 Ellis St, South Yarra

Canecutters Bar

41 Toorak Rd, South Yarra

Officina Gastronomica Italiana Restaurant

532-534 Malvern Rd, Prahran

SportsFit Physio & Health

1622-1624 High St, Glen Iris

Decadent Bakehouse

674 Warrigal Rd, Malvern East

Malvern Natural Health Care

265A Waverley Rd, Malvern East

BeActive Physio

700 High St, Prahran

South Yarra Arcade

101 Toorak Rd, South Yarra

 


Past grant recipients 

Past recipients

Jeffreys Books

Watch a tired facade come back to life and brighten up the neighbourhood as a result. 

Watch transformation video

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Gallerysmith

Hear from gallery owner on the impact a new sign made for her business.

Watch transformation video

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