Bakery offers fresh slice of real estate | Daily Liberal

THE OWNERS?of a "long-established and popular" Dubbo bakery are part-way along a project to add two storeys of offices to the lot.

They expect construction of a 1900 square metre-expansion at 113 Darling Street, adjoining the Village Bakery Cafe, to be completed by late August.

The Stevenson family started works on the site - once touted as a home for greengrocer Harris Farm Markets - after gaining development approval from Dubbo City Council in February.

And as the landmark gains a fresh appearance, the owners are also searching for tenants or buyers.

They have offered three units of the five-lot subdivision for lease or sale, listing them with real estate agency Andrew McDonald Commercial Dubbo.

The works and listing mark a new era for the site, and comes after the earlier relocation of the bakery's back-room activity to a larger facility in Mountbatten Drive.

Stevenson family spokesman Mark Stanford confirmed they were building 1900 square metres of "premium office space" with a new car park and landscaping.

He anticipated construction would be completed by late August and that it would make the streetscape attractive.

"The Village Bakery Cafe will also be repainted and have a new outdoor playground and alfresco eating area," he said.

"The building has been architecturally designed by local firm Geolyse and the new building has been designed to tie into the existing building with the four large architectural parapets."

Agent Andrew McDonald said it was not unusual to offer premises for sale or lease and it provided flexibility.

They had received occasional inquiries and were following up with one or two parties but had nothing definite for units 2, 3 and 5, Mr McDonald said.

The owners had already received a commitment for unit 4 on the first floor and the occupant of unit 1, the Village Bakery Cafe, was staying, he said.

"(The business) is long-established and popular," he said.

The agent has marketed the two-storey building as a "new office, medical or retail space".

"It's a big site and the owners are expanding on what they can build but they're being sensible on access and parking," Mr McDonald said.

"The finished article will have easy access, I'm sure it will shine when it's finished."

The draft of the most recent local environmental plan proposed the site as B6 Enterprise Corridor, but under the final version gazetted in 2011 it was zoned B3 Commercial Core.

Source: http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/1511486/bakery-offers-fresh-slice-of-real-estate/?cs=112

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