The industrial sector is leading the Tauranga commercial and industrial property market along a steady, albeit slow, recovery path.

Port of Tauranga has continued its national expansion by buying up 15ha of commercial land in Canterbury to create a new inland port.

A new Arch Hill boutique cinema with four theatres is to be built on a site where 80 apartments and new shops are also planned.

A bankrupt property developer who used fronts and false information to borrow money as part of a $50 million loan scheme has been found guilty this morning.

Balmoral residents and their local MP Phil Goff are angry about plans for a large expansion of The Warehouse.

Investor confidence in the Auckland industrial sector is at a net positive 63 per cent - up from 36 per cent a year ago, says a survey by Colliers International.

Without action, Auckland faces a shortage of business-zoned land, potentially hampering manufacturing, transport, storage, construction and wholesale trades.

Auckland University's $1 billion decade-long property push is in full swing at Newmarket where many brewery structures, buildings and view-blocking fences have come down.

The Western Park Village caravan park, on a big site in the heart of the West Auckland suburb of Ranui, is for sale for the first time in 16 years.

The Arch Hill Residents Society is going to the Environment Court, appealing against Bunnings being given permission to build in their Auckland neighbourhood.

A financier has sold 65 Quay Park apartments and eight shops and offices on Maori land to a developer in a multimillion-dollar deal.

Weathertight Homes Tribunal rules dwellings in St Heliers retirement village are private residences.

Maurice Williamson says he will name and shame property owners if they fail to check whether their buildings have similar flaws to Christchurch's CTV building.

A rare chance for a retailer to buy a good-sized and well-located retail property in Ponsonby's main shopping area has come up with a vacant property at 275 Ponsonby Rd.

Business growth forecasts are so strong that Auckland is facing a big building shortage and needs 18 more PwC Towers, 18 more Metropolis blocks and 18 new malls like Downtown at the foot of Queen St, says a property expert.

A founding hospitality business which helped turn around a once-desolate rural township into one of New Zealand's busiest stopover, antique and collectibles centres is for sale.

Tenants are already being sought for Manson TCLM's big new office building now under construction at 151 Victoria St West.

A peek inside Auckland's Wynyard Quarter residences gives an idea of how the 1500-apartment precinct could look. And there's one big thing missing...