'Fantastic outcome': Former hostel in central Christchurch to stay in public ownership
The council has now backtracked on sale plans, but other sites will be sold off.
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Former YHA hostel in central Christchurch could be sold by city council
It has been vacant since then. John Kirk-Anderson/Stuff It was used by the Youth Hostel Association between 1974 and 2020. The council had contacted organisations with a possible interest in using the building, but those attempts were unsuccessful, he said. The council also reviewed its own potential uses, but no unmet need was identified. Rolleston House was built in 1900 and is listed as a heritage building by the council. In 1919, it was sold to Canterbury College and became a university men's hostel. That closed in 1974 and the council then took over ownership and began its lease wit...
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