 Shortly after, the council expressed interest in purchasing the CBC site to allow for the widening of St Georges Terrace and Victoria Avenue.At this time, the college was facing the facts that the site was very small and the buildings were becoming run-down and educationally inadequate.The Council purchased the site from the College, for £267,000 and provided the Brothers with a new site on the riverbank near the Western Australian Cricket Association grounds (WACA).