
SkyCity shares jump to 5-year high
SkyCity shares have jumped after details of a controversial convention centre deal with the Government were announced today.
SkyCity shares have jumped after details of a controversial convention centre deal with the Government were announced today.
Details of the controversial SkyCity convention centre deal with the Government have been announced, with the listed casino operator paying $402m for the new centre.
Auckland Council and the Government have struck a deal to fast-track plans to free up land for residential department.
The headquarters of failed construction firm Mainzeal is back on the market for sale or lease.
Assets belonging to failed construction company Mainzeal - including everything from toilet blocks to tower cranes - are being put under the hammer.
A towering 108-level Melbourne apartment/hotel block set to be one of the world's tallest buildings will be about 30 storeys higher than Auckland's Sky Tower.
Australia's housing sector is in the tentative stages of a recovery as investors and homeowners take advantage of low interest rates.
A building industry official has hit back at criticism about material pricing on big construction jobs and a threat to source concrete for the new Christchurch Convention Centre from Mexico.
The future of a residential building company with unfinished houses in Hamilton and Auckland is unclear today, with creditors owed millions of dollars.
A national building industry conference has been told that seismic fears are now dominating the sector.
Canberra's $358 million Majura Parkway contract is one of the largest won by Fulton Hogan.
Kiwi Income Property Trust suing the builder of $540 million shopping mall over alleged building defects.
New Zealand's biggest civil engineering and resource business, Fulton Hogan, has a $3.7 billion forward order book, nearly four times the size of Fletcher's Construction's $1.1 billion.
Fletcher Building and Goodman Group are planning a $500 million four- to five-building commercial office precinct near Auckland's waterfront, a boss involved in the deal says.
The towns of Pukekohe and Warkworth and communities served by the Northwestern Motorway are among rural areas earmarked to contribute to Auckland's population.
A property developer who has copped flak for proposed apartments at Milford hopes Auckland's Unitary Plan will provide more certainty.
The Government is becoming increasingly heavy-handed over Auckland's housing shortage, with talk of a new Crown agency to free up more land.