The owners of the building that houses the now defunct Odyssey Nightclub at 119 Front Street, may consider leasing the 5,233 square foot premises as office space.

The Brunswick Co. Ltd. evicted Troy Starr Ltd., the operator of the nightclub, during the last days of the old year because the rent was in arrears.

A change of use for the space could end a long history of a nightclub presence at the eastern end of Front Street.

"It could be used as office space,'' Brunswick's lawyer Patricia Harvey-Burch confirmed yesterday. "But it is too early to tell what will be arranged.'' "Brunswick is now actively seeking a new tenant. If no suitable person or entity is available to run it as a nightclub, then they will certainly consider offers for use as office space.

"Brunswick is quite happy to look at any new proposals. But obviously, the easiest thing to do would be to find someone else who can operate it as a nightclub.'' Troy Starr Ltd. is believed to be chiefly owned by Tracy Tucker and his father, Clarence Tucker. The Brunswick Co. Ltd. issued a writ in November against Troy Starr Ltd., together with Tracy Tucker, Mario Dismont and Kenneth Wainwright as guarantors of the club's lease.

One former owner, Mario Dismont, was believed to have relinquished his share holding in the company in the spring of 1997.

Ms Harvey-Burch was asked why the company chose the holiday period to evict the tenants, instead of waiting for the start of the new year.

She said, "We were aware that the nightclub had a planned function over the holiday, but Brunswick Co. stands behind its decision to move at the time it did. Troy Starr Ltd. had been seriously in arrears for rent for quite some time.

"The Brunswick Co., as landlord, had been as generous as they could. They had allowed the operator to hold functions there during the Cup Match and Labour Day holidays, while they were in arrears.

"They had their events and collected money, but no rent was paid. It had not been paid for some time.'' A writ of possession issued by the Supreme Court on December 18, was executed December 29, after the building's owner claimed the Odyssey's operator, Troy Starr Ltd., was more than $50,000 in rental arrears.

Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux gave the order granting leave to issue the writ of possession of the premises on December 18, while a default judgement against the Troy Starr Ltd. was issued a week before.

A prior judgement for The Brunswick Co. Ltd. against Troy Starr Ltd. was given by the court for sums of $35,000 and $10,029.

The property has been the site of other ill-fated nightclubs, including the Forty Thieves Club, Disco-40, the New Forty Thieves Club and Scandal Nightclub.