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$400m Queen St apartments: Design experts want changes to improve elegance
A site beside the famous and troubled theatre would become a 43-level tower.
Shareholder challenges Ryman board, plans FMA complaint
Dispute about what was listed as completed and whether that was true.
Sneak peek: Auckland Airport's $200m retail outlet centre
More than 100 stores will sell fashion, athletic/leisure items and homeware brands.
Rich pickings: NZ's wealthiest man sets new industrial rent record
Experts said Graeme Hart could be booking development margins of up to 20 per cent.
Top 10 house builders in Canterbury named
Rapid rise of new homes across the region, earthquake rebuild in full swing.
Who are some of Christchurch's top 10 developers, builders?
The new eschew the gothic for the go-ahead, the Anglican for agnostic aesthetics.
Gib crisis: Is housing minister's taskforce making progress?
Taskforce established to investigate ways to resolve the plasterboard shortage.
Who wants $55.7m from failed Ormiston housing developer?
All up, 34 creditors claim from business involved in a 122-property project.
Ormiston housing project owes $55.7m: Developer blames vandalism, Covid, building costs
Creditors claim big-time as $85m Onehunga projects await buyers.
Auckland area's 41 best new, refurbished buildings
All up, architects won prizes for 41 area projects - the work was seen as outstanding.
New study reveals NZ retirement village numbers and trends
The sector continues to see expansion.
Watch: 134-unit Auckland apartment block finished five months early
Spoiler alert: how this builder managed to avoid the Gib crisis. Look and learn.
$50b apartment sector reformed: What you need to know
"Know what you're getting into," says lawyer on apartments.
Council selling 1.58ha in Avondale for planned development of 750 apartments
Avondale's regeneration "much needed and long overdue," says Mayor Phil Goff.
DDL Ellerslie apartment buyers anxious at delays, developer insists project progressing
Buyers concerned about progress on the site
Concern over caveats registered on title of troubled Ormiston property
Caveats potentially put blocks between the developer and all the home buyers.
Gib crisis: 'We're not gouging' - Fletcher CEO Ross Taylor
'We think we will take a hit as we come through this' - Hamish McBeath, Fletcher Building.
Stalled Ormiston development: Buyers fretting, sites sit 'dormant' - receivers
'They are playing mind games with poor gullible people,' says frustrated buyer.
Gib crisis: Call for Fletcher chairman to resign
Strongly-worded letter sent to directors, calling for them all to stand again.
Gib crisis: Container Door gets 'overwhelming response'
Imported board more expensive than Gib, won't arrive till September.
Permanent rentals? New 32-unit central Auckland apartment block opens
Ockham's The Nix opens at Great North Rd, a block from Karangahape Rd.
Gib crisis: What happened at meeting between Fletcher chiefs and critics
Critics met Fletcher Building bosses to talk about the Gib crisis - with mixed results.
Gib crisis: Council cuts back on red tape
Alternative wall lining is being approved on-site to get through supply crisis.
Customers furious as builders start new business months after closing company owing $500k
Crafted Decks and Fences went into liquidation in February.
Gib crisis: Businesses rush to import alternative plasterboard
'We need to help as many companies as we can get through this' - Shane Brealey.
Gib crisis: Emergency meeting plea to allow rival products
Builders fight to break Gib maker's near monopoly on approved product.
Gib crisis: Fletcher reveals even they had to import Australian plasterboard
Fletcher bought ETEX board, deal ended but hopes for resumption soon.
Lianne Dalziel: Only two options for the Christchurch stadium
My heart says I want to just get on with it.
Gib crisis: Struth, builder off to Australia for plasterboard
'Necessity is the mother of invention. Gib will lose ... a lot of loyalty.' - Rick Herd
Building company collapse: Dream home turns into 'nightmare'
What happens when a franchisee of a national building brand goes into liquidation?
Sudden switch shocked Ormiston house buyers
"Should I be worried?" asked one concerned buyer, unsure where to turn next
'Piss-take': Builder fumes as Fletcher cites 'error' in early Gib drop to its own site
Company blames miscommunication for piles of Gib at building site.
105-house Ormiston project frozen: Lawyer's advice for anxious buyers
"Should I be worried?" asked one concerned DDL buyer this week of possible next steps.