Waterfront Auckland has been asked to “take the lead” to build two large buildings on Queens Wharf in exchange for upgrading the downtown ferry terminal.

A fully leased industrial complex on 1.9ha in East Tamaki, generating almost $925,000 rent a year and with a long lease to the anchor tenant, is on the market.

David and Anne Norman have nabbed a strategic stake in the country's largest listed retailer, Warehouse Group.

Six quality hospitality and accommodation businesses in Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island have simultaneously come on to the market.

The privatisation of Queen Elizabeth Square in downtown Auckland has allegedly been pushed through a council committee without councillors being told of an option to retain the $60 million public open space.

Morningstar has released a bearish analysis of giant landlord Kiwi Income Property Trust.

"It's not our core business to be a park. We're an education provider," says Unitec chief executive.

The historic, orange brick ex-Carrington Psychiatric Hospital as heritage apartments, pedestrian and cycle links, hundreds of new residents is the vision.

For more than two years, Progressive Enterprises has wanted a new Countdown on its Devonport land.

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'.