The historic former Orange ambulance station has been sold.
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However hopes for it to be converted into a boutique brewery and cafe have been dashed.
Instead it will become a dental surgery, reverting to its last use before the building was vacated about 15 years ago.
Blowes Real Estate principal Gary Blowes said the buyer was a dentist from Forbes.
Mr Blowes said the building sold for "in excess of $1.5 million."
He said the building, on the corner of Prince and Anson streets, had been bought subject to gaining Orange City Council planning approval to become a dental surgery.
Mr Blowes said the building would require a lot of work to become usable again.
"Someone got in there and pulled out all the plumbing," he said.
Mr Blowes said the dental surgery would probably be on the ground floor.
"I'm not sure what they're going to do with the top floor," he said.
Mr Blowes said architects had arrived from Sydney this week to assess the building.
He said he expected the heritage feel of the building, including open fire places, would be retained.
"It's going to be very trendy," he said.
The Queensland-based developers, Verde Property Australia, who built the neighbouring DPIE state government office block originally proposed turning the ambulance building into a boutique bar and cafe.
However, when the DPIE project was completed they announced they had abandoned those plans.
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