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.

A big new Auckland office block, planned and developed during last decade's financial slump, last night picked up the Property Council's supreme award.

The operators of Tournament Parking have made a surprise offer of $75 million today to buy the downtown carpark from Auckland Council.

Building exteriors on Auckland's Federal St are sprouting 3500 plants as the new shared-space street project goes vertical.

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?

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.

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.

Properties worth $35 million have been bought to secure the route for Auckland's proposed $2.86 billion City Rail Link.