Jivan Imports will start the new year with a new look once minor renovation work being carried out on its over a century old building is completed.

The one-storey building on Albert Street that houses a shop on the ground floor and residential quarters on the first floor, is being re-plastered and given a fresh coat of paint while the roofing is being re-done.

Its proprietor, Mr Kantilal Jivan Shah, said he had no immediate plans to bring down the building or build a new one as this one, which was made from corals and laso, was still as solid as when it was first built back in the late 1800s. His sole desire, he said, was to conserve the building's unique Creole architecture, a feature which according to him was disappearing in most buildings coming up in Victoria or that are being renovated.

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