PYRAMID Hill Progress Association is expected to formally take possession of keys to the town’s former aged hostel at the end of the month when legal processes for transfer of ownership are completed.
Respect Aged Care in May announced that it would be gifting the empty facility to the community after talks with the association that started after the fifth anniversary of the hostel’s closure in 2019.
Association president Drew Chislett said the property “became titled” last week and it was expected final settlement would be 30 days later.
“We currently have a small working group doing early work on developing a community vision for the former hostel and hope to have further conversations on that once the transfer of property deed is legally completed,” he said.
Talks to secure local ownership started ast November.
Mr Chislett and former president Neville Miller inked the deal six months later with Respect managing director Jason Binder, ending community uncertainty about the building that started as the town’s hospital in 1959.
The 24-bed hostel has sat empty since its closure.