The heritage listed building, now home to Les Bubbles steakhouse, is being sold by Sunshine Coast developers the Juniper family through agents Knight Frank.

The building’s pedigree is well-known to those with an interest in Queensland political history as it played a prominent part in the exposure of police corruption that culminated in the seminal Fitzgerald Inquiry and the demise of the Bjelke-Petersen government.

The former HQ of Fitzgerald Inquiry figures Gerry Bellino and Vittorio Conte, Bubbles was a Valley landmark notorious for its illegal casino and massage parlour in the 1980s.

The building as it looked in 1985.

Knight Frank’s Christian Sandstrom said the Wickam St property occupied a prime Valley location.

“Everyone in Brisbane knows this building – not only is it situated on a major Fortitude Valley thoroughfare, but it is engrained in Fortitude Valley history and growth over the past 100 years,” he said.

The building last changed hands four years ago.