[6] The MTAG website was then updated with the below message: We are devastated at this news, and this heritage gem will be lost forever after this irrevocable alteration for a business plan that stacks up or has longevity...

Sadly, despite much pressure for local residents, due to a system stacked against us and the inertia of the NSW arts minister, we have lost.

[7]Central Element put the building on the market in January 2024 and it was sold to Gretel Packer's company Sacred Firebird for $26 million in July 2024.

The City of Sydney heritage citation states that : "The Metro Theatre, although altered, is an exceptional example and represents the apotheosis of the Art Deco Streamline Moderne style in New South Wales.

The Metro Theatre has an expertly controlled geometric massing of the exterior form, exhibiting all the trademarks of the Streamline Moderne style.

Strongly influenced by Expressionism, the tower is one of the most strikingly successful Streamline Moderne structures ever realised in New South Wales.