Odeon to retain listed status

Environment Minister Freddie Cohen announced today that he had decided to keep the 1951 building as a Site of Special Interest because it ‘deserved a chance to survive’.

C Le Masurier had asked for the Odeon to be removed from the listed register so that they could develop it into flats and offices.

But following Senator Cohen’s decision, which upheld the building’s initial listing in 2003, managing director of C Le Masurier Brian McCarthy said that they would be cancelling their project.