Greengrocer and gym replacing major Vinnies store

ONE of the nation’s busiest St Vincent de Paul sites has sold for more than $11 million and now a fruit and vegetable business and mini-market is due to move in.

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ONE of the country’s most profitable op-shops has sold for more than $11 million and the site is being promoted as a mini-market.

The St Vincent de Paul store in Brookvale, next to the bus depot and opposite Westfield Warringah, has been operating for decades.

In February the new owners took possession of the 2662sq m site and last week advertisements appeared calling for tenants.

A northern beaches family greengrocers is the confirmed anchor tenant and will occupy much of the ground floor but there is ground floor floorspace ranging between 100sq m to 526sq m up for rent as well as the entire first floor.

Twenty-seven car spaces will serve the site.

Agent Mark Novak, of Novak Properties, said businesses that could complement the market include a gym, cafe, juice bar, bakery or butchers or bottle shop.

“The new owners are keeping the existing structure because it is strong,” Mr Novak said.

But they intend to configure it differently inside to create a convenient mini-market with parking.

“It is a very convenient ­location with super-high exposure and right on all major transport links,” he said.

An artists impression of the Westfield Warringah opposite which is undergoing expansion.

People will be able to grab their fresh food without having to drive into the large shopping centre opposite, he added.

The single-level building at 638 Pittwater Rd, Brookvale was on the market late last year. According to Core­LogicRP Data the land, zoned general commercial, sold for $11,362,000 and settled in February.

The charity op-shop is leasing back the site on a short-term basis until it can find other premises.

Mr Novak said he understood the longstanding op-shop was one of the busiest and most profitable in the country.

Brookvale is being transformed at the moment with old homes being replaced with new apartments and old industry replaced with gyms and juice bars.