JENNY Craig’s Albury centre will move to the former Darrell Smailes building in Hume Street.
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The landmark brick building in Smollett Street will be demolished in the $50 million redevelopment of the Volt Lane car parks.
Jenny Craig franchisee for NSW Harry Mowson confirmed yesterday the move was scheduled for September 30.
“I have been a tenant there for 27 years and the council has been a very good landlord,” he said.
David Harper’s Volt Lane Developments has bought the Jenny Craig building from the council as part of the deal to build a new home for the Australian Taxation Office and a multi-deck car park for 620 cars.
Mr Harper, of Canberra, said yesterday that the building would be demolished as soon as possible after a development application had been approved.
“We are still working on the development application,” he said.
Albury-Wodonga Artists Society relocated from the Jenny Craig building to the Lincoln Causeway last year.
Notices to quit have been issued to the two other tenants, the Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Centre and the Albury-Wodonga Community Network.
City councillors this week sealed several more documents related to the $50 million redevelopment, including agreements with Target Australia and Target’s landlord, Vysenet, a Geelong-based charity foundation.
Similar agreements by the council, Proton Developments, Target and Vysenet were made in 2007 to facilitate a redesign of Target, including a new entrance on the corner of Amp Lane and Volt Lane.
The Australian Taxation Office building and the new car park will be built next to the Target section of Amp Lane.
Meanwhile, Mr Harper confirmed yesterday that his company would build 246 parking spaces on the “gasworks” site car park in Kiewa Street in addition to the numbers provided in the present car park.
The Taxation Office building is scheduled to open in late 2012.
