Campbell Street property designed by Stephanie Keays in Mort Street precinct introduces first tenant Teacup Cottage

It’s a ‘striking’ property in an area of the city centre rapidly transforming. Now this building has found its first tenant.

TRANSFORMED: Barron Builders' striking Campbell Street property, dubbed the Boathouse, has finally been leased to disability support organisation Teacup Cottage.

A Toowoomba City building that has undergone a stunning transformation finally has a new tenant, with a disability organisation announced as the occupants.

The property next to the Mill Street Tavern on Campbell Street, dubbed the Boathouse, will be the new home for NDIS service provider Teacup Cottage.

The Boathouse is the latest property in the Mort Street area to be revitalised by owner Barron Builders, as the precinct continues its shift from industrial sheds and worker’s cottages to offices and allied health spaces.

The new property features an open floor plan, massive feature windows and skylights, with hidden gutters to create a streamlined finish.

Architect Stephanie Keays, who worked collaboratively with Barron Builders to deliver the project prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, said it was an example of how modern properties could be artworks in their own right.

TRANSFORMED: Barron Builders' striking Campbell Street property, dubbed the Boathouse, has finally been leased to disability support organisation Teacup Cottage.

“As our heavy industry moves out and those uses become obsolete, owners look at changing uses for these buildings,” she said.

“It’s just reinventing them for new uses, and it offers offices or consulting rooms close to the city.

“Architects want their buildings to be art, and (the owner) likes his buildings to be unique — that’s also the attraction for a tenant.”

TRANSFORMED: Barron Builders' striking Campbell Street property, dubbed the Boathouse, has finally been leased to disability support organisation Teacup Cottage.

Other properties owned by Barron Builders that have been revitalised in recent years include 130-138 Mort Street (four properties) and 57-63 Bellevue Street (two properties).

“It’s the form of the buildings that make them so striking,” Ms Keays said.

“They’re mostly on Mort Street, they still look like houses but they’re actually for commercial uses.”

Ray White agent Mark Wynhoven, who handled the lease of the property, said he had been impressed at how the precinct had been developed.

“The only reason many of those businesses are in that area is because of (Barron Builders),” he said.

“(They've) got Uniting Care in two sites, Envision Disability is also in that area, and they’re all those properties.

“We started that with 136 Mort and the first inquiry wanted a shower along with disability toilets, so he’s been putting them in there ever since.”

Mort and Co also recently completed a transformation of the old Mort Estate Hotel to be its headquarters.