Precinct to make a call on fast-tracking Downtown redevelopment

Precinct to make a call on fast-tracking Downtown redevelopment
The proposed plan for redeveloping Auckland's Downtown carpark site. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
Precinct Properties will decide shortly whether to use the Government’s fast-track process or stick with the traditional consenting route for its Downtown redevelopment, CEO Scott Pritchard says.The two new towers proposed for the site of Auckland’s old Downtown carpark in the CBD are one of 149 projects selected for potential fast-tracking under the Fast-track Approvals Act, passed just before Christmas.Precinct lodged resource consent for Downtown in the middle of last year, before the law came in, and the plan has recently b...

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