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    Why’s this building in front of the Brissy Magistrates Court empty still?
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    Why’s this building in front of the Brissy Magistrates Court empty still?

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    2. That_Guy_Called_CERA on

      This is just a guess. But I looks perfectly designed for a Cafe. Only problem is criminals won’t go there because why would you want to spend more time near a government building on a day where the government might already be charging you with whatever, and because there might be cops there.

      Cops and government officials won’t go there because they would assume criminals will be sitting there and don’t want to intermingle.

      Again, just a fun guess. No idea why it’s always vacant.

    3. Knohm on

      As others said. Seems like it was intended to be a cafe or restaurant but likely space cost is high and the patronage might be too low to be profitable

    4. bearly_woke on

      It’s one of the most unpleasant parts of the CBD for a number of reasons. I wouldn’t go there for a coffee or meal, and have no reason to be in that part of town.

    5. Sharp-Argument9902 on

      Was a cafe. Was worse than the one that’s in the left of your picture near the grass. Two cafes trying to service a limited clientele who won’t just walk across the street wasn’t going to work.

    6. VDburner on

      Fun fact, the walkway to the left was designed to link to a pedestrian and bike bridge over to Roma St Parklands which got canned.

    7. TimmySoup on

      Was formerly Ben’s Alibi. I actually found the food to be pretty good.

      Either way, I recall the people who ran the cafe saying something around issues to the roof that needed significant renovations, but whoever owned the building didn’t extend the lease. Not sure if it ever had the works done. Not sure how accurate that is – but the guy who used to run it is often at JB down near HJ’s as a security guard.

    8. knowledgeable_diablo on

      Probably just being used as a commercial real estate asset to get some extended value mortgages to an international investor by revaluing it on paper each year with an annualised increase in value of 20%.

      Or just poor maintenance coupled with astronomical rents.