Fletcher Building Ltd held an official opening on Wednesday for its Clever Core prefabricated home factory in Wiri, which the company expects will reduce onsite build times from 22 weeks to about 6-10 weeks.
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University researchers respond to sound insulation need arising from medium-density housing
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has awarded a team of mechanical engineers at the Auckland University engineering faculty’s Acoustic Research Centre $991,000 to create a new kind of partition material. The aim is to reduce the capacity of a wall to vibrate in response to sound, thereby providing better sound insulation, but […]
Read more →Ex-church, new commercial unit in apartment building and block of 6 shops sold
A former church in Orakei, a commercial unit in the new SOMA apartment building and a block of 6 shops in the New Lynn town centre have been sold by Bayleys agents.
Read more →14 commercial sales
Colliers has reported 14 commercial sales around the country over the last few months.
Read more →SugarTree Centro & Tower Hill apartments sell
Apartments at SugarTree Centro & Tower Hill were sold at Ray White City Apartments today. A Whitaker Park Central unit was passed in after just one bid.
Read more →New first-homebuyer loan scheme lifts Hamilton demand
Lodge Real Estate managing director Jeremy O’Rourke said yesterday the Government’s first home grant coupled with new first home loan criteria available from 1 October, had sparked an influx of buyers into the Hamilton residential market.
Read more →House price median up nationally, small gain in Auckland
The Real Estate Institute said yesterday median house prices nationally were up 6.6% in September from a year ago to a record $597,000.
Read more →Immigration on rise again
The net inflow of migrants has risen from 49,200 for the year to August 2018 to a first estimate of 53,800 in the year to August 2019, Statistics NZ said yesterday.
Read more →Ex-bowling club now sold
The former Hillsboro Bowling Club property, which went close to a sale in July after a Bayleys tender, has now been sold. Also sold are a Moerewa service station, another unit in Stonedon Terraces in East Tamaki and a Morrinsville office building.
Read more →Argosy launches second green bond offer
Argosy Property Ltd opened its second issue of green bonds yesterday, again for up to $100 million.
Read more →Wider footpath trial shrinks High St parking
Auckland Council began a trial of less roadway/more footpath along High St in the central city this week.
Read more →Goff faces ongoing challenge from the disgruntled at Auckland Council
Auckland mayor Phil Goff secured the job for a second term on Saturday against the challenge of John Tamihere, 155,957 votes to 70,822.
Read more →St Heliers apartment sells, Broadway Park & Epsom units passed in
A St Heliers apartment has been sold at a Bayleys auction brought forward. An Epsom sub-penthouse & a Broadway Park apartment were passed in at auction this week.
Read more →7 commercial & industrial sales, 3 warehouse leases
Colliers agents have sold 5 commercial & industrial properties around Auckland, another 2 in Tauranga & Te Rapa, and have signed 3 warehouse leases.
Read more →Let the real battle for US control & influence begin
Tomgram contributor Andrew Bacevich captured my views splendidly in a column on the US debacles leading to the global financial crisis and into the election of Donald Trump as president.
Read more →Augusta, partners & council hit go button for Queenstown Lakeview
The partnership between NZX-listed Augusta Capital Ltd & Melbourne developer Ninety Four Feet Pty Ltd has signed the development agreement with Queenstown Lakes District Council for the 3ha Lakeview site in Queenstown.
Read more →Provincia industrial property fund settles 5th acquisition
The wholesale Provincia Property Fund Ltd has settled its latest industrial property acquisition at 1/30 Kerwyn Avenue, East Tamaki, taking the fund’s portfolio to $30.9 million.
Read more →Surgical hospital to rise beside Arvida’s new Queenstown retirement village
Tauranga-based developer Fraser Sanderson has won agreement from the Central Lakes Trust & Southern Cross Hospitals Ltd to build a new surgical hospital beside the Queenstown Country Club retirement village, which he sold to NZX-listed Arvida Group Ltd in July.
Read more →Evolve’s new board slashes its own fees
Evolve Education Group Ltd’s new board of directors said yesterday it would cut board fees by 16.7% from 1 December.
Read more →Windsor Castle & Beresford Square redevelopment prospect among sales
The Windsor Castle pub in Parnell – nowadays containing a mix of tenancies – has been sold by Bayleys agents with development consents in place.
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