Bread + Butter Launceston moving to make way for $27m development
It can be revealed a beloved Tasmanian bakery cafe will be operating from new premises from Friday. Find out the $27m reason why here.
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A beloved northern Tasmanian bakery, cafe and butter factory is relocating to a new home as its former landlord forges ahead with a $27 million redevelopment.
Bread + Butter, founded by Olivia and Rob Morrison and formerly occupying premises at 89 Cimitiere St, Launceston, will throw open the doors to its new home at 70 Elizabeth St on Friday.
The last day of service at Cimitiere St will be on Saturday to enable the smooth transition.
“The new home of our cafe and patisserie is in a beautiful heritage building at Princes Square,” Ms Morrison said.
“(It’s) an accessible building with high ceilings, exposed brickwork, park views and an expansive dining area over two levels, a tricked-up version of Cimitiere St.
“The only problem was that we couldn’t fit our giant bread oven and impressive team of bakers in there.
“So that’s why we realised our long term dream to open up a bakery in the old servo in Lilydale.
“Each time we travelled past it, we thought it would be perfect.
“It is the ideal location to craft our naturally leavened bread in utter peace.”
Ms Morrison said it was “heartbreaking” to have to move from Bread + Butter’s “iconic” Cimitiere St home, but she had “embraced” the challenge of getting a do-over.
Bread + Butter will have the option of moving back to Cimitiere St in 18 months when site owner, St. Lukes Health, completes its $27m, seven-storey redevelopment, which is due for completion in July, 2023.
A St Lukes spokeswoman said the development would likely contain three ground-floor tenancies (a mix of health and food and beverage), a mezzanine floor home to three not-for-profit health services with shared facilities, two floors for St Lukes’ head office and a floor for confirmed tenant Newton & Henry accountants.
The spokeswoman said St Lukes was “in discussion with a national business tenant who are looking at up to two floors,” leaving one floor still available for leasing.
St Lukes Health is aiming to achieve Australia’s first ‘Zero Carbon Certification’ build for the development, which involves reducing or offsetting any emissions related to the construction process.
It will also be constructed from timber.
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