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Subscriber only The Kern Arcade will go on the market early next year, according to a Facebook post from its owners, the Cooper family. The post went up Thursday afternoon on the Kern Arcade Facebook page. It read: The parking station will remain open for current permanent parkers only from February on. The complex has not been sold, contrary to some ill-informed or speculative media contributors. The complex will be put on the market early next year. There has been much spectaculation around the future of the arcade in Rockhampton s CBD. A social media post on December 10 revealed that three of its iconic stores - Coopers, Propaganda and The Arcade Outlet - would close after the New Year.
Mr Benson, from Benson Bananas near Yeppoon, has been selling his farm-fresh produce and other edibles at the markets for 20 years.
He said it would be bitterly disappointing for him - and his many loyal customers - if they did not continue.
He said customers were able to buy there some products which were not readily available elsewhere in the region, among them penang ducasse bananas and banana flowers. The Kern Arcade in Rockhampton’s CBD is set to close in the New Year.
Demand was at fever-pitch on Sunday morning, with a 30m long queue greeting Mr Benson as he set up his stall at the Bolsover St entrance to the markets.
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Evan Treacy is looking forward to seeing his grandparents at Christmas when they come up from Bundaberg. Evan Treacy on East St Rockhampton
He has fond memories of eating seafood with them around the pool at Rydges, and felt sad when he played golf out there recently and saw the resort closed down.
Mr Treacyâs barber shop in East St is flat out as people get ready for the party season.
âHalf the older generation are taken aback when I say Iâm a business owner,â he said.
âThey see the tattoos and nose ring and donât think I dress the way they think a business owner should.
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THE owners of Blue Leaf Takeaway will relocate after last weekâs shock news that their current place of business, the Kern Arcade, will close in the New Year.
The Ahlstrands plan to stay in Rockhamptonâs CBD and are currently negotiating with landlords in East Street.
Kern Arcade co-owner Clarke Cooper reportedly delivered the news to the owners of the four other existing businesses â Blue Leaf, Arcade News and Casket, Downtown Diva and Scoffins Watches and Clocks - on Thursday.
There has been no date given for the closure, though it is understood it could happen just weeks into 2021.