Asia's richest man, Sir Li Ka-Shing, is EnviroWaste's new owner after his Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure paid $501 million for it.

Work on creating tree-lined boulevards to connect Fanshawe St and Victoria Park with the waterfront at Wynyard Quarter will begin next month.

SkyCity has confirmed plans to increase floorspace at its Auckland casino.

The building sector has taken off and Canterbury earthquake repairs are one of its biggest drivers.

In one of the biggest commercial property deals of the year, New Zealand Post has sold two Auckland properties for about $33 million.

Building developer Cooper and Company has opened a new retail precinct in the $1 billion Britomart area near Auckland's waterfront.

Auckland builder George Levick expects tougher new seismic standards to be a big boost to the construction sector.

The Government's moves to permanently abolish tree protection rules for those not already named on district plans will be further strengthened, an expert says.

The world's largest global milk processor and dairy exporter wants to move into New Zealand's best new building in four years.

The future of the last big Auckland Council-owned commercial site in Devonport is up in the air, as city officials ponder its future.

An Auckland estate agent has been suspended for 18 months for misconduct over incidents including selling a Princes Wharf carpark she did not own.

Fonterra is hunting for new world headquarters.

A scheme has been launched to encourage Aucklanders to buy big new planned Christchurch houses for $640,000, as a financial watchdog reminds investors.

Groups opposed to a proposed high-rise brothel in central Auckland say the decision to grant resource consent is "disappointing but not surprising''.

Firms weigh options before charge kicks in.

The Labour Party wants Revenue Minister Peter Dunne to front-up over the leaking from the IRD of private information of 6300 people.