MOBILE app-based business Zukaz is setting up in a prominent site in Wodonga previously occupied by internationally-renowed chiropractor, the late Alan Brady.
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Zukaz will have 15 staff based at 8 High Street by the end of the month when it relocates from central Albury.
The augmented reality mobile app company will be officially launched in QEII Square on Saturday.
Dr Brady, who died in 2005 aged 69, established his business in Wodonga in the mid-1960s and expanded with clinics also opening in Wagga, Lavington and Corowa.
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Despite his hectic schedule, Dr Brady presented an annual lecture series in the US where he undertook his original studies.
He also conducted seminars in the US, England and Ireland before suffering a debilitating stroke.
The site was bought by its present owner, Scott Andrews, in 2005.
Zukaz marketing and sales manager Liam Scammell confirmed the company's move to the High Street which is in the final stages of redevelopment.
"We needed more office space and it was available.
"We've been in Dean Street, but will move into the Wodonga building progressively over the next few weeks.
"Once our launch settles down I would imagine we will be up and going there by the end of the month."
Mr Scammell revealed he had been among the many patients who sought treatment from Dr Brady before his death.
"He was treating me when I was a baby," he said.
"He was there a long time."
Albury-Wodonga has been selected as the launch site for Zukaz which is headed up by Mr Scammell and Matt Endresz with their fathers, Pat and Allan and business partner Micheal Erdeljac also involved in the formative stages of the app's creation.
The augmented reality mobile application is free to play and allows businesses to market directly to consumers through real cash vouchers which can be redeemed in-store or traded on the Zukaz trading exchange.
Leading up to this weekend's launch, more than $35,000 worth of vouchers will be dropped throughout Albury.
To collect the vouchers, users need to download the app before they can start hunting.
"Pokémon Go" is the inspiration behind Zukaz which had nearly 500 downloads in Albury in four days, according to Mr Scammell.
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