In 2006 the owners of Bees Nees City Realty, Rob and Keryn Honeycombe teamed up with Rob's dad John to purchase this landmark South Brisbane building at 17 Cordelia Street.
Bootmakers Astill and Freeman had the building constructed in 1897 and the two storey brick warehouse has been recognised by Brisbane City Council for its heritage significance. In 2000 they placed the building on their heritage register. (Read their full citation here.) The last of its industrial use ceased in the early 1990's and in recent years the building's been home to a design college and was showing every bit of its 109 year age!