Bayleys pulls marketing on stalled $85m project

Hurry up and wait: Beachcroft still in idle

Sat, 12 Jun 2021

Marketers of the troubled Beachcroft Residences, dubbed ‘Fawlty towers’ by prospective buyers, have pulled the pin on all sales efforts and removed it from TradeMe’s property site. Suzie Wigglesworth, national director and general manager of residential projects at Bayleys Projects, said the realtor was no longer actively promoting the stalled Onehunga project.“At the moment, if somebody said they were interested in purchasing a property, I couldn’t give them a definitive date as to when the building will be...

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