Toll NZ buys $59.5 mln site from Fletcher for new freight forwarding facility in Otahuhu

Toll NZ buys $59.5 mln site from Fletcher for new freight forwarding facility in Otahuhu
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth June 30 (BusinessDesk) - Toll Group NZ, whose parent Toll Holdings in Australia was bought by Japan Post for A$6.5 billion last year, has purchased a new site in Auckland's suburb of Otahuhu for $59.5 million, where it wants to build a new freight forward facility with access to KiwiRail's rail network.  The freight forwarding company bought the site from Fletcher Building subsidiary Fletcher Steel and ex-Fletcher unit Pacific Steel, which is now owned by ASX-listed Bluescope. The transaction received Overseas Investment Of...