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Building a better city waterfront
The reuse of rainwater, secure bike parking and community gardens are part of a concerted effort to make Wynyard Quarter the leader of sustainable urban development in New Zealand.
The reuse of rainwater, secure bike parking and community gardens are part of a concerted effort to make Wynyard Quarter the leader of sustainable urban development in New Zealand.
A North Island New World has cut its waste from 11 tonnes to 3.6 tonnes a month in the biggest recycling initiative by the country's largest supermarket chain.
Amystery bid to build two large commercial buildings on Queens Wharf in exchange for upgrading the downtown ferry facilities appears to be dead in the water.
A new lobby group is being formed to play a role in the development of the Auckland waterfront where public spaces are coming under pressure from private interests.
Auckland Council's Civic Building, which contains asbestos, could become a hotel or apartments and its ground-floor be converted into shops.
Plans are progressing for a new Auckland waterfront boutique hotel costing up to $1800 a night and two American-style restaurants employing up to 150 people.
The Auckland Council has rejected a $75 million offer for the Downtown carpark - with the CEO saying it's 'not currently for sale'.
The operators of Tournament Parking have made a surprise offer of $75 million today to buy the downtown carpark from Auckland Council.
One of China's biggest road toll businesses has permission to sell land around Auckland to an associated company in a $55.5 million deal.
Building exteriors on Auckland's Federal St are sprouting 3500 plants as the new shared-space street project goes vertical.
Claims about anti-competitive practices in New Zealand's plasterboard market have been added to by a former Christchurch building sector worker who says he has first-hand experience of it.
Auckland Transport is about to begin buying more than 200 subterranean central Auckland properties for the proposed $2.86 billion City Rail Link.
An ageing population has been a bonanza for retirement village companies and their investors, but will the good times go on?
An operator will soon be appointed for the all-new Cornwall Park cafe, which the trust board has spent just under $1 million building.
Planning work for New Zealand's tallest new skyscraper is going on behind the scenes.
New premises for Topshop and Topman in the Q&V Building opposite Whitcoulls in Queen St were leased to the business when the building was sold last year.
Properties worth $35 million have been bought to secure the route for Auckland's proposed $2.86 billion City Rail Link.