Ballarat will be the home of a new state-of-the-art business centre, thanks to the State Government’s Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund. The new Federation University Business Centre of Excellence site will be located on Lydiard Street, and expected to open in late 2022. The project was made possible through a $9.5 million government grant and is set to boost regional education, skills and innovation as well as kickstart the University Town Precinct in the Ball