Govt stumps up $85 mln for problematic Lincoln Uni innovation hub

Wed, 28 Jun 2017

By Paul McBeth June 29 (BusinessDesk) - The government will inject $85 million to make sure Lincoln University's problematic building project to create an innovation hub gets over the line. Tertiary Education Minister Paul Goldsmith today announced the capital injection for the university's $206.4 million project to be a cornerstone of Christchurch city's planned innovation hub. The 27,000 square metre joint facility with AgResearch has been under the Treasury's watchful eye, getting an amber/red rating on the department's list of major...

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