How George Kerr is making Queenstown affordable

How George Kerr is making Queenstown affordable
It's remarkable that even NZ's titans of industry want in on the affordable house action.
Paul McBeth
When you mention the name of expat businessman George Kerr, affordable housing developer isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.Kerr comes from South Island royalty and helped recapitalise Pyne Gould Corp – which has its roots in his great-great-grandfather’s Pyne & Co – in the wake of the global financial crisis.He came on board as an active investor when the GFC was at its crescendo in late 2008, then went on to pour his Equity Partners Asset Management unit into the then-NZX-listed firm, giving it a vehicle to p...

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