Susanna Freymark
The former IGA supermarket site at 121 River Street is up for sale. Owners Tania and Neale Hundy put it on the market in April.
Neither the property agent or the owners are saying what price they expect – Expressions of Interest will be considered when it comes to pricing.
Ms Hundy said she still had the liquor licence if someone bought the property and wanted to build a supermarket and bottle shop again.
During the 2022 floods, the supermarket and house were inundated.
“It took 18 months to get the IGA up and running again,” Ms Hundy said.
She still has the plans she had drawn up for a new supermarket after the floods.
She even wrote a letter to the NSW Reconstruction Authority asking if they’d like to buy it, especially because it came with a house and the Authority has been offering buybacks in Woodburn.
“They’ve broken me,” Ms Hundy said. “We’ve got nothing.”
The Hundys are living down south. Ms Hundy is still on the local business chamber in Woodburn and she’d like to see someone buy the site and put a supermarket there.
“I feel sorry for the whole town,” she said.
The property is being sold by Pidcock Commercial Real Estate and its listing describes it as:
‘A formerly successful IGA supermarket and bottle shop with a cleared front portion that offers a blank canvas for retail or commercial redevelopment.
There is a renovated 2–3 bedroom residence at the rear with Cedar Street frontage. The house has timber flooring, a new kitchen with a commercial‑grade cooker, updated bathroom, air‑conditioned living, and aluminium windows. There is a large metal‑clad storage shed with elevated floor and loading dock on the property.’
The nearest supermarket is 10km away in Evans Head.
Further along River Street, Rod n Reel publican Daniel Simpson is looking for someone to lease a building that was former takeaway, next to the pub, and turn it into a supermarket. Read more about that here.
For comparison, 95-97 River Street, Woodburn, another main-street block previously home to two commercial shops sold in April 2025 for $350,000. This property did not have a residence attached.
Pidcock has commercial properties for sale in Lismore.
147-149 Woodlark Street, Lismore is for sale for $550,000 and includes a shop, warehouse and first-floor residence.
78 Magellan Street, Lismore is for sale for $349,000 and it has a large retail site.
In Evans Head, 1-3 Winjeel Road, Evans Head, a two storey metal-clad building sold for $1,045,000 in November 2024.
More about 121 River Street, Woodburn here.