PM to open Precinct's $1b Commercial Bay
Retail

PM to open Precinct's $1b Commercial Bay

Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard is surprisingly relaxed considering the frenetic level of activity around him in the lead up to the launch of its long-awaited, $1 billion Commercial Bay precinct on Auckland’s waterfront. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will atte...

Brent Melville 09 Jun 2020
Covid recovery fund derails $85m from PGF lines
Economy

Covid recovery fund derails $85m from PGF lines

About $85 million of the $600 million appropriated from the provincial growth fund into the covid response and recovery effort will come from money earmarked for tourism rail and local council developments that were unable to get their act together. Head of the provincial deve...

Brent Melville 09 Jun 2020
Opotiki Harbour a $110m 'shovel ready' project
Primary Sector

Opotiki Harbour a $110m 'shovel ready' project

The revitalised Opotiki Harbour development has become a poster child for the government’s regional investment programme in ‘shovel ready’ projects.

Brent Melville 08 Jun 2020
Intervention in commercial leases 'fraught with difficulties'
Property

Intervention in commercial leases 'fraught with difficulties'

Retail and business property owners say the government’s plan to intervene in contractual leases will potentially do more harm than good.

Brent Melville 05 Jun 2020