All that is left of the old Southern Sports Bar and Grill building in Princes St is a facade that could be a part of a possible expansion of the nearby New New New Brewery.
The brewery, based in the 141-year-old Crawford St stables, opened last July.
Brewery owner Ian McKinlay said the old bar site had been marked for a brewery expansion.
As some aspects of the expansion still needed to be approved, he was not able to elaborate, Mr McKinlay said.
After buying the building, he met then city planner Glen Hazelton to identify any features able to be saved.
``We really did go through the process to see how much we could use from it, but it had been so modified over time it wasn't really a heritage building any more.''
A lot of engineering work had gone into keeping the facade, he said.
``It's in keeping with what we've already done with the brewery and I think it's quite important at least some of that carried through to the street.''
Dunedin City Council policy planner Dan Windwood said while it was not a listed heritage building, it was within the Princes St heritage precinct, which meant it had a degree of protection.
There had been a lot of discussion between the council and the owners about how to retain some of the building's heritage value, Mr Windwood said.
As the building had been heavily altered and lost a lot of its original features, the facade was seen as the best way to do that, he said.
