Avoiding a future of stranded assets

Sustainability manager Tom Slade says 80% of Goodman's biggest tenants have carbon-reduction targets.

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Two warehouse projects in the Highbrook Business Park in Auckland's East Tāmaki are New Zealand’s first industrial building developments to get six green stars from the NZ Green Building Council. Warehouse and logistics specialist Goodman Property Trust developed both of them: a purpose-built warehouse for NZ Blood Services, and Tāwharau Lane, a three-warehouse complex leased to wearable tech firm Garmin, Chemist Warehouse and safety solutions firm pH7. Each warehouse was constructed from lower-carbon materials to reduce emb...

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