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LONGTIME Goulburn businessman Tony Lamarra is buying the former Sirdar Wool factory at Bradfordville.
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Sale settlement of the 7000 square metre under cover site in Ross St is due in six weeks.
The purchase followed an onsite auction last Friday at which the property failed to meet the $600,000 reserve.
The 16,196sqm property, was a liquidators sale managed by local real estate agent, Peter Mylonas.
Mr Lamarra, who with wife Adriana, runs Tony’s Handyman Centre in Verner St, said he wanted the building for storage.
“We’ll clean it up, repair all the broken windows and doors and store our furniture there because we have a lot of stuff in different places,” he said.
“We’ll be able to bring it under the one roof.”
A loading dock and bays and the large land area were drawcards.
It’s understood the building sold below the reserve.
Mr Lamarra will still keep open his Verner St business.
“We will make the old factory respectable because it’s a bit of an eyesore,” he said.
“…It will be another challenge for me at the age of 78.”
Mr Mylonas said there were three registered bidders for the building and the final price reflected the current “softening” of the commercial/ industrial property market.
St Michael’s Novitiate sale
ANOTHER property that Mr Mylonas negotiated the sale of, the St Michael’s Novitiate in Kenmore St has been settled.
The property was originally owned by the Catholic Church then sold to Ron and Ann-Marie Lewy before its latest sale to the Antiochian Orthodox Church.
It will revert to a religious institution with a new life.
The new owners will use the premises as a training centre.
Representative George Jabbour said they were looking forward to bringing the premises up to a modern standard.
“It is an exciting time for us,” Mr Jabbour said.
“We are aiming to train teachers, priests, Sunday school teachers and run intensive courses here, but first there is a lot of work to be done to bring it up to a modern standard.
“We will be bringing our children with us and staying overnight. So we need to do a lot of work to improve the facilities.
“Our first resident, Sr Virginia, moved in on Thursday and we are looking to encourage more people to move to Goulburn.”
Another well known Goulburn property, the Sidwells building, has also changed hands.