Age Concern has put its Broughty Ferry site on the market, but has vowed that its activities in the area will continue.
The 50-year-old building on Brook Street would cost the charity a fortune to maintain, and its board have decided that a better option would be to sell up and rent a hall instead.
Patrick Delargy, Age Concern manager, said: “The maintenance of the building is posing a heavy financial toll which is just not justified in terms of the numbers of people using the service in Broughty Ferry.
“We would need to replace the flat roof and renew the electrics, and the cost of these works would be huge.”
The Broughty Ferry building has twice been on the verge of closing but survived thanks to the help of the community.
This time a decision has been taken to seek a new future for the charity elsewhere in the area.
Mr Delargy said Age Concern has noted the merger of churches in Broughty Ferry and this situation offering the possibility of church halls being made available for community use.
“This is something the board is looking at and it is possible that we may relocate our activities to a church hall in Broughty Ferry which we would rent.
“If this does happen we would hope that the proceeds of the sale of Brook Street could be reinvested to safeguard the future of our activities in Broughty Ferry.”
The Age Concern building on Brook Street is being marketed as a “development opportunity”.
Centrally situated in Broughty Ferry, it could interest retail and residential investors.
Age Concern’s main building at the Fiveways Centre in Coldside is unaffected by the Broughty Ferry situation.
The charity provides support, care, information, learning opportunities, leisure activities and support services for older people in and around Dundee.
Age Concern Dundee was founded in 1947 as Dundee Old People’s Liaison Committee. It later became Dundee Old People’s Welfare Committee and was reconstituted as Dundee Age Concern in 1992. The Broughty Ferry club was opened in 1964.