Herd migration starts into NZ's tallest office building

Sat, 25 Jul 2020

Businesses forced to extend their current lease arrangements in the wake of construction delays at Auckland’s new PwC Tower at Commercial Bay will start migrating into the 39-level marquee office development this week. Monday is moving day for anchor tenant PwC - whose 900 staff will take up six floors in the office block - along with a bevy of A-list tenants including investment house Jarden and law firms MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Chapman Tripp and DLA Piper, who act as the advance guard into the 180-metre glass citadel which lays claim as NZ...

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