Old building to be demolished to make way for servo

A BUILDING estimated to be more than 80 years old will be demolished to make way for a hairdressing salon, cafe and petrol station.

NEW BUILDING: Michelle and Adrian Zarb plan to get rid of the old general store building at CRT on the Bruce Hwy at Mount Ossa to build a petrol station and hairdressing salon. Picture: Shakira Sellen

A BUILDING thought to be close to 100 years old will be demolished to make way for a hairdressing salon, cafe and service station.

Operating as a general store, the building is located next to CRT on the Bruce Highway at Mount Ossa.

CRT owners Michelle and Adrian Zarb have been planning the upgrade for a while, Mrs Zarb said.

"The building would have to be close to 100 years old because my mum is 80 and she lived across the road and still remembers it,” she said.

"When we bought the shop 17 years ago we had to do other things. Finally, this is the last thing.”

SALE: The team at CRT is getting rid of stock before building a hairdressing salon and petrol station at Mount Ossa on the Bruce Hwy. Picture: Shakira Sellen

A clearance sale is under way as they try to clear stock in preparation for the new plans.

"We're going to have a mini servo, cafe and a hairdressing salon,” Mrs Zarb said.

"We will need more staff.

"Our daughter is a hairdresser, so she will have that.”

Inside the general store at Mount Ossa on the Bruce Hwy. Picture: Shakira Sellen

At this stage, Mrs Zarb said, they planed to open Monday to Saturday.

The couple also owns the CRT depots at Finch Hatton and Farleigh.

It's hoped the new service station, salon and cafe will be open by the end of the year.

Originally published as Old building to be demolished to make way for servo