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PICTURED: Wodonga Place, 107-117 High Street, Wodonga WRITTEN BY: David Johnston - JANUARY 12 2018 - 5:00PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Wodonga Woolworths complex filling up with tenants at the expense of High Street THE Commonwealth Bank has become the third financial institution to relocate to the multi-million dollar Woolworths redevelopment since opening in central Wodonga in August last year. The branch will occupy the three remaining tenancies facing High Street when it makes the move in April. The…

PICTURED: Tower Chambers - 175 Lawrence Street, Wodonga WRITTEN BY: David Johnston - DECEMBER 15 2017 - 4:30PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Tower Chambers, Wodonga sells to local investor for $1 million plus before auction AN office block in central Wodonga developed in the mid-1970s by a former Tallangatta Shire president has sold for more than $1 million. Tower Chambers, which has frontage to Lawrence Street and Thomas Mitchell Drive, was due to be auctioned on Friday by agents,…

PICTURED: Suite 6 of the Murray Valley Private Hospital in Wodonga is for sale. WRITTEN BY: Ellen Ebsary - NOVEMBER 5 2017 - 10:00AM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Former oncology centre for sale at private hospital The building formally occupied by the Murray Valley Radiation Oncology Centre has been put on the market. Suite six of the Murray Valley Private Hospital has been empty since GenesisCare moved its staff to the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre at the end of…

PICTURED: Albury mayor John Roach, left, and NSW Premier Neville Wran open Lavington shopping centre in 1979. WRITTEN BY: David Johnston - OCTOBER 27 2017 - 7:00PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Lavington Square shopping centre put up for sale via expressions of interest process LAVINGTON Square shopping centre has been put on the market by owners, Vicinity. The property, which opened in 1979 and last changed hands more than two decades ago, has been offered for sale under an…

CHANGING PLACES: LJ Colquhoun Dixon agents Andrew Dixon, left, and Corey Finlay outside the Woolworths redevelopment in central Wodonga. Picture: MARK JESSER WRITTEN BY: David Johnston - 4 AUG 2017 5:00PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Tenants confirmed for specialty shops in Wodonga Woolworths supermarket redevelopment THE game of musical chairs which is retail shopping in central Wodonga is under way. The recent opening of the Woolworths supermarket on the corner of High Street and Elgin Boulevard and the opening…

 NEW BEGINNING: Bruce Mann with Wodonga Mayor Anna Speedie cut the ribbon officially opening of the shopping centre. Picture: MARK JESSER WRITTEN BY: Sophie Boyd - OCTOBER 11 2017 - 11:00AM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Mann Central Shopping Centre opens as new stores announced Six of Mann Central’s nine specialty stores already have ‘confirmed’ future tenants, with two businesses in negotiations for two of the remaining three spots, according to Centre Manager Guy Wynn.  Coffee Club, Albury Bakery, Stanley…

OPEN DOORS: Wodonga Opening of new Woolworth store at Wodonga Place. Pictured: Wodonga Mayor Cr Anna Speedie, with site developer Peter Wayne (AW James Pty Ltd) and store manager Brian Boxer. Picture: SIMON BAYLISS WRITTEN BY: Sophie Boyd - JUNE 7 2017 - 5:30PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Woolworths opening sparks interest in sites The opening of a new Woolworths and the availability of 15 specialist stores could see more businesses relocate from Wodonga Plaza, according to one Border…

FLASHBACK: LJ Colquhoun Dixon commercial agents, Andrew Dixon, left, and Corey Finlay, were appointed to sell Lavington Panthers in September 2014. WRITTEN BY: David Johnston - 30 JAN 2017 6:30PM STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail Confirmed: Lavington Panthers Sports Club sold to Border-based investor LAVINGTON Panthers Sports Club has been sold to a mystery Border-based investor for an undisclosed price. After being on the market for close to two and a half years, the successful purchaser, who wants to remain anonymous…

Business confidence rises on Border STORY ACCREDITATION: Albury City Council - 16 September 2016 The positive impacts of business confidence increased by 5% 43% of Albury Wodonga businesses experienced a profitability increase Capital investment remains steady (59%) Businesses are increasingly generating sales through the internet (53%) The finding is part of the eighth annual Business Survey and points to the stability of the local environment with relatively consistent outcomes across the board and only minor changes reported since 2015. Businesses are…

Albury's Borella Seafood building sold at auction WRITTEN: 22 AUG 2016 2:30PM - STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail THE Albury property that houses Borella Seafood has sold at auction to a local investor for $737,500. Situated at 634 Electra Street, on the corner of Borella Road, the site includes two retail tenancies, the other being Hois Malay Asian Cuisine.  LJ Colquhoun Dixon Commercial Real Estate director Andrew Dixon said five or six bidders took part in Friday’s auction, which attracted a crowd of about 50…

STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail   Wodonga Council planning approval granted for $20 million Woolworths supermarket redevelopment WOOLWORTHS have revealed for the first time an image of what a $20 million redevelopment of a prominent corner of the Wodonga central business area will look like when complete. Wodonga Council has granted planning approval for an upgraded 4000-square-metre full-line supermarket, 12 specialty shops and corporate office suites on the corner of High Street and Elgin Boulevard. Vacant land created by the re-alignment of Elgin Boulevard…

STORY ACCREDITATION: The Border Mail A DEAN Street property has returned to its family origins after selling at auction for $1.01 million on Friday. Louise Farrah's great grandparents opened the two-storey building at 472 Dean Street in 1930 when Lebanese families made their considerable imprint on central Albury. Ms Farrah fought off at least four bidders at the auction conducted on site by agents LJ Colquhoun Dixon commercial real estate agents. “When this came onto the market I was immediately interested,” she…