Despite the numerous empty shops along Summer Street, Games n More owner Nic Drage said he is unable to remain on the main drag following the fire above adjacent business Cafe Latte on April 5.
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Mr Drage said he was hoping to announce the new location for Games n More in coming days, but that rents on Summer Street had made it impossible to stay on the main drag.
"We were very lucky with the [Summer Street] landlord, they were very reasonable in terms of rental price.
"Unfortunately everything else that is in that sort of size range, we couldn't fit it into our budgets based on what we were wanting to do."
Games n More was one of a number of businesses forced to close following the fire.
They have suffered significant stock damage and have been unable to trade as normal.
Mr Drage had established Games n More as a community for gamers, and didn't sell online.
Circumstances have forced him to pivot and for now he is offering home delivery to customers until a new site is established.
Hopefully we'll be in a new premises by the end of the month and back to relative normal
- Games n More's Nic Drage
"People contact us and say 'Hey this is something we're after', we order through our supply chain then we deliver and use mobile point of sale to process the transaction," he said.
Concerns from fire investigators over the potential for asbestos to be on the site meant stock adjusters and contents assessors couldn't properly survey Games n More until testing had been completed.
Mr Drage said that he had been able to salvage some stock, which is being kept in storage until a new premises is secured.
"But plenty of stock sitting there hasn't been touched since the day of the fire; we can't do anything until the stock adjusters come through," he said.
Some of the stock is clearly water damaged, he said, but other items may be salvageable.
Mr Drage said the issue was that as soon as you remove the plastic on the sorts of items he sells, they are instantly devalued.
"We need to wait for assessors to make a decision on whether to write it off, or compensate for devaluation of the product [because] it's been opened."
Mr Drage said "hopefully we'll be in a new premises by the end of the month and back to relative normal".
Aaron Wright, who owns Cafe Latte with his wife Emma, told the Central Western Daily this week about the cafe's plans to open a temporary shop at the Orange Uniting Church, following an offer from the church.
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