The historic Shed 10 on Auckland's waterfront will be openedn today after a 10-month, $12.5 million refurbishment and restoration.

Five Auckland region commercial properties occupied by ASB Bank branches as anchor tenants will go under the hammer in a joint Colliers International and NAI Harcourts auction.

Foodstuffs (Auckland) has a $100 million development and refurbishment programme in the upper North Island.

The Government is preparing to deal with the contentious earthquake-prone building issue, deciding the fate of up to 25,000 old buildings.

Suzie Trewheela's ground rent shot from $3995 to $29,000 a year under increases to leaseholders' payments for houses in Auckland's Cornwall Park.

Jamie Peters salvaged property from his "crumbling" businesses, secured hundreds of thousands of dollars for his family and managed his bankruptcy on his own terms, the High Court has been told.

Precinct Properties NZ, with 10 Wellington office blocks worth more than $600 million, has been hammered by insurance premium rises.

Lack of business zoned land likely to halt new construction as firms look to migrate north to Silverdale.

A giraffe house, art gallery, Grey Lynn shops and apartment building are in the running for a top international architectural award.

A big piece of freehold, mixed-use commercial land on a prominent corner site is being marketed for sale in Silverdale as part of Bayleys' latest Total Property portfolio.

Colliers International has published a Christchurch-specific office and retail leasing portfolio called First Mover.

Activity-based working, where workers can change desks depending on what they are doing dominates the design of Auckland's new waterfront ASB North Wharf.

Activity-based working, where workers can change desks depending on what they are doing, pioneered by consultants Veldhoen + Company of the Netherlands, dominates the design of Auckland's new waterfront ASB North Wharf. Derek Shortt, ASB's property manager, took Anne Gibson, Property Manager for the New Zealand Herald on a tour of the controversial new Wynyard Quarter HQ, criticised by some for its radical, cone-shaped roof feature and unusual appearance.