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Mixed use site with resource consent

A mixed use site of over 4000sq m with consent already in place to build an apartment complex just two blocks from the main Otahuhu shopping strip is being marketed.

$1b Auckland Uni expansion on the books

Auckland University has become New Zealand's largest real estate developer, with a $1 billion 10-year order book already well under way.

Convention centre and waterfront rejuvenation plans spark developers

Developers are eying opportunities to build new Auckland hotels.

Office block tipped for conversion into hotel

Major Auckland office block Swanson Towers could be in line for conversion into a hotel.

Brownfields appeal boosted by a lack of greenfields

Brownfield sites - older and rundown industrial properties - are increas-ingly becoming the only option for businesses hoping to develop industrial premises in Auckland's more established industrial suburbs, says Justin Kean, director of research and capi

Furniture firm's leasing deal worth $1.2m a year

Last call for 153-year-old pub

Few vacancies on waterfront

Developer's auto history

Ex-rich-lister Jamie Peters entered into a finance agreement on a luxury car at a time when he was unable to pay debts when they fell due, the High Court heard today.

House-building work accelerates

The house-building sector is experiencing its biggest surge in more than a decade as demand for new places.

Imperial Buildings win top award

Architects Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay of Fearon Hay have won NZ’s top award for architecture, from the NZ Institute of Architects for their work on the Imperial Buildings refurbishment and strengthening. Ross Healy of Phillimore Properties who owns the buildings had been more than impressed with the finished result. New Zealand Herald reporter Anne Gibson spoke with the winning team.

Dunedin's hotel tower plan rejected

Controversial plans for a $100 million 27-level Dunedin hotel have been knocked back.

Jewellery store humming along

A successful boutique fashion jewellery and accessories business occupying a prominent corner site at the main intersection in Napier's CBD is being marketed for sale.

Survivor has many years to go

A historic Napier harbour property that survived a devastating earthquake and which now houses an award-winning cafe is for sale for the first time in 50 years.

Sky City: Future Governments not bound by current deal - lawyer

The Government's pokies for convention centre deal cannot bind future governments to compensate SkyCity if the deal is revoked, leading constitutional lawyer Stephen Franks says.

Is the Captain Cook sunk?

Scarfie favourite, Dunedin's Captain Cook Tavern, could close by the middle of this month.

Chow bros plan next brothel

Sex trade entrepreneurs John and Michael Chow have opened a new downtown Auckland brothel, one in Wellington and are planning another in Auckland.

New long term leases reveal growing market confidence