Property Insider: Waiwera tower went with whimper; wholesale fund repayments looming
Demolition more of a labour of love, slowly unpicking the structure from the top down.
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Townhouse construction funding most popular, land development not so much
Appetite grows for lending to terraces and townhouses.
Why $65.4b Super Fund is pouring millions into plans for new 5000-residence hub
'Sometimes difficult for us to find domestic investment opportunities of sufficient scale'
Can 5000 new homes rise at Beachlands with no reticulated water, sewage?
Bore water for homes and a new sewage treatment system are proposed by developers.
Four-level mansion rising in front of $2m-plus apartments on Takapuna beachfront
'Suffice it to say, it was a tough outcome for that end of The Sands.'
Ex-Carrington Hospital buildings to remain: Strengthening, new uses planned
"These buildings rightly have the highest level of heritage protection."
Auckland's newest skyscraper: 41-level $250m tower nears completion
The tower will be a 225-room Hotel Indigo and 30 upper-level or ‘sky’ apartments.
Property Insider: 'Value heading for zero' on Parnell homes; who owns sinkhole property
Things beginning with L: leasehold, leaky, litigation. What to avoid in a property.
Dark, moody, indigenous: Inside the appliance centre taking luxury to a new level
'This is a physical manifestation of our brand.' - Mark Elmore
Fletcher's grim AGM: Perth leaky pipes and problems on housing
$1b losses had been a 'near-death experience', the company would never return to that.
Winton Land AGM: $138.5m lawsuit revealed against Kāinga Ora
'We remain firm in our resolve to re-zone the entire Sunfield.' - Meehan
How billion-dollar builder quadrupled annual revenue
"We don’t just move people around from project to project but let them put down roots."
Property Insider: Billionaire bails on South Auckland sites
Today we launch this new regular feature, focusing on what's going on in property.
Simplicity Living's biggest scheme: $225m Mt Wellington rental apartments
New business plans to develop 10,000 rental housing units nationally.
Eke Panuku to sell Northcote town centre
The 3.13ha publicly owned site now a large carpark surrounded by shops on council land.
'Sensationalist': Fletcher boss hits back at Aussie builder on $750m leaky pipe repair claim
Poor installation practices in Perth were cited including over-bending, poor lagging.
'Is it going to take someone being electrocuted and killed?': Fletcher pipe crisis
"We believe this is an Australia-wide issue and that WA is simply the tip of the iceberg."
Snapping up the neighbour: Sir Bob Jones buys $70m Auckland office tower
He already owned the neighbouring tower.
First-half commercial, industrial, retail property sales $1.2b, down 25pc
Private investors are the single most active group, ahead of syndicates and foreigners.
Hiwa-i-te-Rangi reaches major milestone
Watercare's Hiwi-i-te-Rangi Tunnel Boring Machine has reached the halfway mark of its 14.7-kilometer journey to central Auckland as it excavates the Central Interceptor tunnel. Video / Watercare Services Ltd
Maat suspends returns from four property investment schemes - Tuffin
Investors poured around $180m into 11 Maat property schemes - what next?
Giant Ruakura Superhub will swell Hamilton City Council’s coffers
Tainui Group Holdings sets the record straight on its commercial obligations.
NZ's biggest builders: The contenders with $100m-plus workloads
They're nipping at the heels of the biggest operators.
Focus: Ikea finally on the way at Auckland’s Sylvia Park
The traditional big blue box, large-format store of 34,000sq m will sell the latest design and home furnishing at Sylvia Park. Video / NZ Herald
Premium: First look inside $15m Highbury Birkenhead mall expansion
Highbury Birkenhead is spending $15 million on a grand makeover with plans for new-look mall to be open around Christmas. Video / Michael Craig
Markets with Madison: Construction slowdown hits suppliers
Building product supplier Metro Performance Glass is seeing demand slow and expects it to get worse. Plus, bio-tech company Pacific Edge is awaiting a decision over its Medicare cover.
Focus: City Rail Link boss on opening date, dealing with AT and learning from overseas mistakes
City Rail Link CEO Sean Sweeney talks exclusively to Bernard Orsman inside the freshly completed rail tunnel on the project's opening date and how the team learned from mistakes made overseas. Video / NZ Herald
‘H Central’: The bold plan for a commercial centre in Hastings’ CBD
A new development is growing from three empty buildings, and a bar might have to make way.
Lifting the lid on Scarbro failure: Construction companies owe $14m
Biggest NZ builder to declare insolvency this year: McGrathNicol says who's owed what.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 7
Tere Insley, Elisapeta Heta & Raukura Turei, wahine toa incorporating an indigenous aesthetic which considers tikanga and mātauranga Māori shaping spaces through a Māori lens. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 6
Derek visits Te Rau Karamu marae a masterpiece of interwoven philosophies, artwork and technology which has won multiple awards and received massive recognition in the design world. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 5
Derek visits post-quake Christchurch to see if the rebuild of Aotearoa's most quintessentially English city has shaken off its colonial past and embraced Ōtautahi's rich Māori heritage. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 4
Derek visits Te Ara a Tāwhaki at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and explores the process of collaboration between Pākeha architects Tennent Brown and Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.