The Bunnings store in Toombul has closed its doors.

Retail expert at QUT, Professor Gary Mortimer, said it was a small format store.

“This is Bunnings’ first attempt at a small format store … it was in the Toombul complex, it was a smaller store it was in the site of an old Bi-Lo supermarket,” he told Scott Emerson.

“They have decided to exit the lease or the lease has coming to an end, and they have got a big one up in Virginia, New Farm and Stafford as well.”

He said it didn’t have a large trade component but it was great for the area.

“Smaller format seems to have worked in other places.”

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