Work on a trimmed walking and cycling promenade through Westhaven is due to start in September, but the project has encountered problems.

Commercial property yields across Auckland have shown the strongest drop across New Zealand over the past year.

A secret Auckland Council agenda item has revealed the Wynyard Quarter as a possible site for Fonterra's planned new $100 million campus-style world HQ.

Auckland Transport's parking wardens are enjoying views of Takapuna Beach from the upstairs balcony of a building which was gifted by North Shore citizens for a public library.

We now have a tax system that favours the investor over any family wanting to own a home of their own - regardless of price, writes Alan Dudson.

The Salvation Army has bought the Destiny Church complex in the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington and has its 12-storey building in Queen St up for sale.

Editorial: A contributor to our website today suggests an interesting way to make houses more affordable for young people seeking their first homes.

"Is National planning to confiscate private property to get houses built on it?" asks Tim Hazledine. "Labour has come out with a promise to build 100,000 new houses, which turns out to be half-baked in its lack of detail."

Almost a year after the Bronwyn Pullar scandal erupted, privacy breaches at the Accident Compensation Corporation remain "unacceptably high", chairwoman Paula Rebstock says.

Join us at noon today for a live chat with Geoff Cooper, economist for Auckland City.

Colliers International's industrial team, based at Highbrook, South Auckland, reported a record year for 2012 through a broad range of sales and leasing deals.

Boutique commercial office space in the South Auckland building that was the childhood home of former Prime Minister David Lange is up for sale.

An out-of-pocket Mainzeal Property and Construction subcontractor estimates the builder could record $50 million to $100 million of losses.

An Auckland construction boss has warned about the building resurgence, saying now can be the most perilous time for businesses.

The gigantic task of upgrading New Zealand's earthquake-prone building stock to a safe level has not yet sunk in, Housing and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson says.

The collapse of Mainzeal has people worrying about who will construct the residential and commercial buildings required for Christchurch, writes Liam Dann.

A mainzeal contractor has been issued with a trespass order after trying to remove $1 million worth of equipment from an apartment building yesterday morning.

New Zealand's commercial construction sector has been nailed into the ground by the recession, industry chiefs say, and Mainzeal Property and Construction's receivership came after a string of others.

Angry subcontractors are trying to retrieve their tools locked in a Wellington Mainzeal construction site after the company went into receivership.

Work has stopped on a number of Mainzeal developments around Auckland today after the construction firm was placed into receivership yesterday.

SkyCity Entertainment Group is looking at expanding in Queenstown with accommodation, big-ticket sponsorship and new restaurants.

Giving building owners 10 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings would amount to an "execution order" for many heritage buildings, says the Auckland Council.

Mainzeal Property and Construction - one of New Zealand's largest construction companies - has gone into receivership.

It's time for a dose of fatalism and some common sense when it comes to dealing with earthquake-prone buildings across New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch quakes.

A Northland rural commercial property, occupying a prominent highway position an hour north of Whangarei and previously planned as the site of a motorhome village, has been put up for sale.

A large villa leased to four commercial tenants and located in the popular Auckland city fringe boutique business district of Ponsonby is for sale.