Auckland apartment builders tout in-fill potential

Auckland apartment builders tout in-fill potential
A new Simplicity Living development in Auckland. (Image: Simplicity Living)
Oliver Lewis
Auckland apartment builders are talking up their ability to source high-quality sites while blasting the environmental impact of greenfield development.In an interview with BusinessDesk, Sam Stubbs of Simplicity Living predicted New Zealand would progressively become more like other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries where large numbers of people lived in apartments and other dense housing types.He was scathing about sprawl.“Greenfield development is a potential environmental nightmare,” Stu...

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