The leasehold of a Venetian island described as one of the most haunted places in Italy is to be auctioned next month as the state desperately seeks to raise revenue.

A Beijing developer has won the right to build a $200 million five-star hotel on the Auckland waterfront site currently occupied by the Team NZ headquarters.

The Cornwall Park Trust Board has proposed a new "modern lease" to resolve long-running dissatisfaction from Greenlane and One Tree Hill residents.

One of the world's biggest and oldest insurers is underwriting a new building warranty insurance scheme being launched in New Zealand.

Editorial: Stonefields, a village-style residential development in what was the Mt Wellington quarry, has branded itself with environmental "sustainability".

The first round of investment properties featured in NAI Harcourts' Key Assets magazine has been auctioned, indicating Hamilton is achieving better yields than Auckland.

The next wave of office development is under way in Auckland with much of it focused on land near the waterfront in the central business district.

The tradition of high tea at Cornwall Park Restaurant by the historic Huia Lodge is over for the moment, after the establishment closed.

Fancy staring down the home stretch of a racetrack from your bedroom window? An Auckland racing club is selling land to try to clear its $2.75m debt.

A spokesman for the jailed South Korean developer says "personal" issues should not hinder or harm any of the business interests left behind here.

One of the Far North's largest retail properties, the PlaceMakers complex in Kerikeri, will go under the hammer next week as part of a Bayleys Total Property auction.

A Takapuna warehouse with office space has been refurbished into six studio offices and is being offered for sale fully leased with six separate income streams.

A $10 billion national seismic building upgrade will save only seven lives during almost a century yet destroy much of the country's heritage, an economist says.

North Harbour Stadium has moved under the wing of the Super City's major venue operator as a $60 million asset.

An Auckland horse breeder and member of the Racing Board must move his bloodstock business off land he sold for $3.1 million last year.

NZ's biggest metropolis stands at a juncture. Do Auckland residents wish to compete with the likes of Las Vegas and Macau for the glitzy yet dubious title of Sin City?