SOURCES have revealed that Grace St Child Care Centre and Kindergarten has purchased the third former Mowbray campus in Brookside.
One source, who asked not to be named, confirmed with the Weekly today that child care centre has finalised the sale.
The Mowbray Patterson campus has been sold to Heathdale Christian College and the principal Reynold Tibben said it was an exciting chapter for the K-12 school.
Mr Tibben said he hoped the school would have enrolments finalised for the 2014 school year.
‘‘It’s great to be expanding our services to another community,’’ he said.
Mr Tibben said the school would initially start with kinder through to grade 4 classes, and hopefully expand from there.
‘‘It would be impossible to establish kinder to year 12 in one hit, this way is manageable,’’ he said.
The third campus — Caroline Springs town centre — was purchased by Truganina businessman and candidate in the upcoming Wyndham Council election Intaj Khan for $6.3 million. He plans to establish a vocational education centre on the site.
It’s believed the Patterson campus in Melton
sold for $8.5 million to Heathdale Christian College, while the Brookside campus – also in Caroline Springs – sold for $3.3 million to Grace St Child Care Centre and Kindergarten.
After almost 30 years, the school officially closed its doors at the end of June after it was revealed it was more than $18 million in debt.
In July, the Weekly revealed Mr Khan — chief executive of Western Institute of Technology — was seeking to purchase the college’s Caroline Springs campus, but his initial offer was knocked back.
Mr Khan said he hoped to open the vocational education centre using the school’s current infrastructure by the end of next month.
‘‘It was a disgrace that school even had to close in the first place and I feel so sad for the students that didn’t get to stay,’’ he said.
‘‘But hopefully the new facility will provide more learning opportunities for people in the west.’’
He said his proposal was expected to provide between 10 to 20 jobs.
In August, the Weekly reported Mowbray College’s former Brookside campus was thriving after winning the fight to stay open.
After a five-week closure, the former Mowbray kindergarten reopened as Kinder for Kids at the start of term three.
Comment has been sought from Fitzroys, the real estate agents overseeing the sale, who have not returned the Weekly‘s calls.
