The opening of a childcare centre in booming Gungahlin may be delayed after the company expected to operate the centre was placed into voluntary administration.
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Brisbane-based liquidator John Shanahan said Amaroo Early Learning Centre Pty Ltd was put into liquidation on April 28, with insufficient funds to achieve its purpose of operating the childcare centre on Mornington Street.
Mr Shanahan said there were limited debts, with four unsecured creditors claimed to be owed a combined $10,000.
Four investors combined to purchase the central block for $882,000 in 2013. They then sold it to a company the following year with a deed providing for the Amaroo company, of which they were owners, to have the right to enter into a lease to run the childcare centre once it was built, according to an affidavit filed in a separate matter in the ACT Supreme Court by one of the four investors.
The investor said in the affidavit, sworn on March 2, that there was not much further work to do to complete the centre building. However, the Amaroo company was placed in voluntary administration on March 17.
A development application for the centre was first approved in May 2014 and provided for a maximum capacity of 120 children.
Fairfax Media was unable to reach the owners of the Mornington Street block this week.
It is not known what arrangements have been made to replace the planned lessees for the centre.
Mr Shanahan said there was a claim by the centre owners for $100,000 from the Amaroo company.
Vincents Accountants' Tony Lane, appointed on March 21 as a trustee of the parent company of the Amaroo company, said he had only learned of the Amaroo administration after being appointed.
It was revealed on Saturday the long-running Fyshwick childcare centre would close, as several in the industry said the capital had too many childcare operators, with 15 new centres opening since July.
