Developers make unsolicited bids for prime Christchurch rebuild site

The super lot developers have put in unsolicited bids on is to the right of this vantage point, between Lichfield and Cashel streets. (Image: Getty)

Oliver Lewis

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

Developers have made several unsolicited bids to buy and develop one of the last super lots in a Christchurch rebuild project. As BusinessDesk reported this week, Crown Infrastructure Delivery (CID) currently has a tender on the Government Electronic Tender Services (Gets) website for an agent to market and sell three land parcels.One of the lots, a 4,828sqm site with a rateable value of $5.97 million between Worcester and Gloucester streets, is part of the East Frame residential anchor project, which spans several blocks along Manchester...

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