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Posted: 2018-01-21 13:00:00
A rendered image of what the Tanners Row townhouse

A rendered image of what the Tanners Row townhouses will look like. Supplied

ONE of Hobart’s smelliest and run down industrial sites is finally getting a new life after nine years lying dormant.

Ground works have begun on the Tanners Row development at the former Blundstone site in South Hobart.

Giameos Constructions and Developments Pty Ltd are raising 24 townhouses from the ground up in Wynyard St, South Hobart.

Project manager Stefan Giameos, the son of developer George Giameos, said his crew were six weeks into construction, with completion expected about April next year.

A rendered image of what the interior of the Tanne

A rendered image of what the interior of the Tanners Row townhouses will look like. Supplied

“We’re in the initial stages, it’s mainly civil works so it’s a lot of digging, pipes, getting all the services in, diversions, a bit of road work and getting the connections done,” he said.

Mr Giameos said there had been interest from buyers, but there would be no sales until late in the development.

“We’ve just started so I really want to just get established and see how it looks and let the market dictate where it will sit.”

The original tannery opened in the 1930s.

Historian Alison Alexander, author of South Hobart history Beneath the Mountain, said the land had been mostly unused over the past nine years since the factory closed.

“The tannery closed around 2008 largely due to the loss of the market for leather after Blundstone moved its factory offshore,” she said.

The townhouses are being built with two different layouts, each two stories with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and two carparks.

Mr Giameos expects the properties to appeal to “empty nesters” and “young executives’’.

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