The one-time Australian Federal Police headquarters in Latrobe St, Melbourne, has been trashed inside by vandals. Pictures: David Crosling, Supplied/TikTok.
The former Australian Federal Police headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD is being trashed by vandals and trespassers after sitting vacant for almost three years.
Videos posted to social media show the Latrobe St site’s interior walls graffitied, smashed glass windows, dangling cables, broken ceiling tiles scattered across the floor, damaged office furniture and rubbish strewn throughout the multistorey building.
One TikTok recording filmed empty food plates sitting on a desk, while a partial-mannequin lies among other junk in a lift.
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In April 2023, the AFP moved to a new premises in Lonsdale St, leaving behind chairs, desks and other office equipment.
The Herald Sun obtained social media footage of the Latrobe St address in January 2024, showcasing how some of the rooms had fallen into disrepair.
In the past few months, newer videos posted to TikTok reveal the former crime fighting hub looking even worse for wear with some online commentators describing its derelict condition as “crazy”.
The former AFP crime-fighting hub in Melbourne’s CBD has been extensively vandalised. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
Police cars parked in front of the ex-police headquarters in Melbourne, when it was still in operation during 2017. Picture: David Crosling.
Rubbish fills a lift at the ex-AFP building. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
Australian property group Mirvac sold the former AFP’s HQ to Malaysian developer SP Setia for $88m, in 2024.
SP Setia is planning to build a $1bn, 72-storey residential supertower named Atlas on the site.
More than half of the 852 apartments within Atlas had been snapped by buyers, as of May 2025.
At the time, Colliers residential director Tim Storey said the development was “the first supertower” launched in Melbourne’s CBD in about five years.
Smashed windows inside the Lonsdale St premises. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
A render of the future Atlas residential tower to be built at the former police site. Picture: Supplied.
Stills taken from some of the social media videos showcasing the old AFP address. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
Construction was set to begin in the third quarter of 2025, with completion due in 2029.
The Atlas website states the future building will become “a new icon on Melbourne’s skyline”.
It will include a “living room in the clouds” known as the Sky Club on levels 71 and 72 featuring a kitchen, wine cellar, bar, private dining area and whiskey lounge.
Level 42 will have a co-working lounge room, kitchen, meeting rooms, work hub and garden room.
Another room in the former AFP building. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
A render of the wellness club to be included in the site’s future redevelopment. Picture: Supplied
Materials lay scattered across the floor in the ex-AFP offices. Picture: Supplied/TikTok.
And on another floor, a wellness club will include a lawn space, gym, H2O bar, pool, spa, sauna and steam rooms, and an outdoor barbecue.
A 2019 parliamentary report stated the AFP’s move to its new Lonsdale St site would involve relocating more than 560 members in a project estimated to cost about $98m in total.
SP Setia was contacted for comment.
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