Real Groovy. Photo: Todd Niall/RNZ
Auckland record store Real Groovy plans to relocate to make way for new apartments being built on the site.
The building, which is one of Queen Street's most recognisable, looks set to be demolished with apartment developer Conrad Properties saying it was about four weeks away from publicly launching the development. They currently have a conditional agreement to buy the site.
It’s not the end of Real Groovy though, with co-owner Marty O’Donnell telling Cheese On Toast that the business plans to relocate in January 2016 to a site close to the current one.
“We still want to carry the same product mix: music, movies, books, pop-culture merchandise and other weird stuff, and we’ll continue to grow the range of vinyl and turntables and look for new categories that fit with the brand,” he said.
Information about the development had been leaked on a website which described more than 200 apartments, with shops on the Queen Street frontage.
The record store, which is one of the city's best-known recorded music retailers, was originally the Dixieland Cabaret before becoming car dealership Campbell Motors. Real Groovy have been on the site since 1991.
