By RNZ
The Canterbury Regional Council says it plans to refurbish an earthquake damaged historic building it recently purchased from the Crown, and use it as an office space.
In August, the council bought the former Odeon Theatre and the Lawrie and Wilson building, which neighbour the council's central city offices, from the Crown-owned company Ōtākaro.
The Odeon Theatre is the oldest masonry theatre in New Zealand having been built in 1883 and is a Historic Places Category 1 building.
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