Respected Sydney Studio Given A Month To Relocate By Developers

A popular and respected Sydney music studio has been given one month to pack up and move out in favour of a new housing development conducted by Mirvac.

The Echo Creative in Alexandria, founded by session musicians Marcus Catanzaro and Dave Jenkins moved into the space four years ago and have since hosted a number of Australia’s biggest music acts including Daniel Johns, Chet Faker and Flight Facilities, among many more.

Speaking exclusively to theMusic, Catanzaro said he recently received a "letter under the door" from Mirvac lawyers, informing the company that they had one month to vacate the premises, after the property was bought for an estimated $22 million dollars.

After reaching out to both the real estate and lawyers, Catanaro feels as though his concerns are not being heard and though he stresses that he has no issues with the fact that the property is to be developed, he is upset with the small time-frame in which the company has been given to move.

"I guess what I'm trying to achieve by making noise about it is that surely now with our city being so crammed and arts spaces constantly being eaten up…there should be a percentage put back into the community, something that takes note of what was actually there," he explained.

"One month is not enough time to start finding another property so we're now faced with the cost of storage in-between, there's a loss of business there from multiple people."

Adding to this, Catanzaro is simultaneously preparing to head to Europe for a tour with local act Jarryd James and he currently has no alternative short term options saying, "We are all just literally rushing to pack up and get out."

Catanzaro revealed his intentions to reach out to Lord Mayer of Sydney, Clover Moore to enquire about what can be done.

"From what I've read about Clover Moore and what I know about the government in Sydney, they're actually quite supportive of arts communities," he said.

"It is enough of an issue that Clover Moore or whoever it may be should probably know what’s going on and if there's a way that we can change this, it should be looked at."

"I don’t know what the solution is at this point in time, but it kinda feels stupid that we've built this mini-empire and this awesome community and to let it go because of this."

The Music has reached out to the office of Clover Moore.