THE Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF) has acquired a Fiji Sugar Corporation Property at Veitari in Lautoka.
The vacant yard is close to the port and industrial areas and was offered for sale by FSC last year.
SCGF chairman Ahemad Bhamji said the purchase was a historical strategic investment by SCGF.
“First CSR building and sugar mill built in the Western division in 1903,” Mr Bhamji said.
“Later it was used as a garage shed and then for various mill purposes. A site of heritage significance.
“We also see a lot of potential in this location and have preliminary plans to custom design and build a commercial property in which the returns can be further passed down to our valued sugar cane growers.”
Mr Bhamji said they were looking at all the formalities of the design and plans, adding that expression of interest would be for anchor tenants-nationally and internationally.
“This would be suitable for Government agencies like Ports Authority of Fiji, Biosecurity Authority of Fiji and Fiji Revenue and Customs Services and international corporations and agencies.
“We will also consider naming rights for the complex.”
Meanwhile, Commissioner Western Apolosi Lewaqai said it was only right that a stakeholder within the sugar industry took over the vacant land.
“We must thank the landowners for their blessings for us to continue to develop Lautoka and of course any investment in the Vanua of Vidilo,” Mr Lewaqai said.
Note: This article was first published on the print version of the Fiji Times dated June 19, 2025
