{"id":22199,"date":"2019-06-19T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=22199"},"modified":"2019-06-20T08:48:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T22:48:49","slug":"unique-site-goes-under-the-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/real-estate\/unique-site-goes-under-the-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique site goes under the hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For thirty years the Ballarat\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Occasional Childcare Centre\u00a0<\/strong><strong>saw generations of our kids\u00a0<\/strong><strong>grow up, now its former site is\u00a0<\/strong><strong>offering a lot of potential.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COUNTLESS toddlers and preschoolers have passed through its doors on the corner of Armstrong Street North and Market Street, but with the relocation of the City of Ballarat\u2019s occasional childcare service to Girrabanya, the purpose build facility is on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Ray White Ballarat has taken on the task of selling the site after the City of Ballarat decided it no longer need the building.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Booth, Director at Ray White Ballarat, is the lead on the sale, which will take place at the firm\u2019s In Room Auction event on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very unique site and the council has deemed it superfluous to their needs,\u201d he said. \u201cThe most transparent way to sell it is to put it our there to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur recommendation was to go auction and go in-room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enquires on the former childcare centre have been strong with buyers looking to use it in a number of different ways.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Booth said the site holds a lot of potential including as a retail development, offices or medical suites. There\u2019s also the option of returning the site to caring for kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is purpose-built for childcare,\u201d Mr Booth said. \u201cIt does have little toilets and little kids\u2019 faculties. It also has some adult facilities too, but you would need to set it up if you weren\u2019t planning on continuing with childcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 965 square meter site, with 267 of which are the building itself, includes onsite car parking and is zoned commercial 1, siting directly across from the future GovHub centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the real advantages is the land for carparking,\u201d Mr Booth said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of the biggest issues around the CBD, finding space on-site for staff car parks as so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt lends itself very nicely to someone who wants to be in that busy precinct and it\u2019s going to get very busy, we\u2019ve got 1000 people set to be working there very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Occasional Childcare Centre will go under the hammer along with four other properties at Ray White Ballarat\u2019s In Room Auction set for Oscars Hotel and Cafe Bar on Doveton Street South from 7am on Monday, 24 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For thirty years the Ballarat\u00a0Occasional Childcare Centre\u00a0saw generations of our kids\u00a0grow up, now its former site is\u00a0offering a lot of potential. 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