Breathing new life into old structures

Chesser Street is one of my favourite places in the City of Adelaide and is famous for Chesser Cellars and the fabulous old grape vine canopy that extends across a large section of the street. The precinct is architecturally very interesting, with lots of stone and red brick warehouse buildings now used as offices, shops and design studios.

The opportunity came up to get the building on the corner of Chesser and French streets and we ultimately secured it for our client and good friend Graham. He is a designer/developer, and his company is called Urban-Edge. The name might give you a clue to his mission in life - rehabilitating city buildings by fusing the old with stunning new contemporary design.

We introduced a lift to the building and created 3 separately titled office floors all sold to owner occupiers who run their businesses from their fabulous new spaces.

The French Street frontage now comprises of a 5 storey structure with the ground floor space holding 3 cars and the upper levels containing 3 two level apartments.

We talked Graham into keeping the biggest apartment as a long term investment and we leased the space to a boutique legal firm....a very happy ending to some great old buildings!