Israel Adesanya is building apartments in Auckland

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Wed, 20 Mar 2024

Mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya's property company is behind a new residential development in Mount Wellington, BusinessDesk can reveal.Stylebender Ltd, which has Israel’s father Olufemi as the director, received resource consent from Auckland council in May 2023 to build an apartment block on 60 Hillside Road and to subdivide the address into 43 principal units, with two or three bedrooms per residence. Israel is listed as a minority owner of Stylebender with 95% of the company owned by a trust, Milli Banx, registered...

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