[Discussion] the building last night

[Ed]

$700/wk is not the price for the place.

I asked what the current folks were paying and that was the reply. So 
I took that as an informal guideline. The price is effectively still 
an unknown, but we will get some numbers shortly based on which vs 
all areas. Also, those can be a guideline as well considering the 
mentioned possibility of the main landlord's potential to act as 
partial patron to the project, since it sounded like he (as well as 
the Art Doors guys) are looking for something 
funky/inspiring/community-wise to do with the place.

Sorry for the confusion,
Ed


At 12:09 p.m. 18/08/2010, you wrote:
>as announced a couple of days ago, a group of us visited a building
>last night in newmarket, with a view to renting it as a venue for the
>creative zone.
>
>for those who didn't attend:
>
>the space is a collection of adjoining single storey (with high enough
>ceilings for a mezzanine in some parts) brick and corrugate buildings,
>totalling 900m^2, with access via a roller door from clayton st
>
>one of the rooms is partially soundproofed
>
>the rent for the entire space is $700pw, which is $36kpa - quickly
>comparing this to a few similar-sized buildings on trademe, this is
>*very* cheap (the going rate for this size starts around $65k)
>
>the building is close to khyber pass road (lots of buses, trains, good
>food places and pubs) and the domain. there is some parking on the
>street
>
>they are amenable to us renting a part of the space, say the
>soundproofed room which is probably around the 100m^2 mark (?),
>although no price figures were discussed for this. we would then
>possibly have the option to expand at a later date, as we got more
>members and hence money
>
>the owner of the space is currently renting it out to a business
>(http://artdoors.co.nz/), who would like to sublet part of the space
>to somebody. it is currently being used as a book shop
>(http://www.redyellowblue.co.nz/) and store room, with some parts
>empty
>
>the people who run art doors showed us round, and were very keen on
>the idea of the creative zone. they have indicated they will ask for
>help from the owner of the building, recognising that we are not
>commercial, and have community values at our core
>
>they are looking for tenants in the next two months
>
>is there anything i've missed guys?
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