Two glaringly-empty sites on the main road into the Orange CBD have been put up for sale.
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The car yards on the corner of Bathurst Road and Endsleigh Avenue have been vacant since the Holden and Audi dealerships moved to new premises on the eastern edge of town late last year.
Estate agent Gary Blowes said the two sites would likely be set for new uses.
They really lend themselves to food, fuel and retail.
- Gary Blowes, Blowes Real Estate
That might include becoming service stations, fast food eateries or even child care centres.
However, he said it was unlikely they would be converted into residential sites which has been proposed in the Orange FutureCity plan for that area, including the nearby but soon-to-close Deparment of Primary Industries building.
"They really lend themselves to food, fuel and retail," he said.
"Under the zoning there's quite a few things that could go there.
"We think they will be more fuel or food."
Mr Blowes said there was a string of fast food restaurants in the area including the new Taco Bell development three blocks away that was approved by Orange City Council last week.
"Years ago we had a service station on every corner, but then they closed them," he said.
However, now several have opened in Orange in the past two years.
Mr Blowes said the properties were being advertised in Sydney and Melbourne newspapers and online to try to attract developers from around the country.
He said he had already received four enquiries about the properties.
The former Holden site covers 5742 square metres while the former Audi site covers 1762 square metres.
Expressions of interest for the sites will be received until August 26.
The entire Five Ways intersection has become noticeably empty of businesses, apart from a service station, in the past year.
Even the former Uniting church at Five Ways has closed.
While it has been sold the main part of the church has not been re-used.
A bicycle repair shop has been set up at the rear.
The two properties are being advertised together with two occupied car dealerships in Bathurst and Dubbo under the titled "Invest in the Central West."
It said they were all "prominent strategic highway sites."
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