CM Research will move into 2500 sq m and take naming rights over one of three buildings in developer Ted Manson's $45 million Millennium Centre office park, nearing completion on Great South Rd, Greenlane.
AMP Bank has already committed to 5757 sq m in the second building and Paul Dyson, of
Colliers Jardine, says three tenants are looking at the remaining two spaces in the office park.
Manson's ECM Developments has just under 18,000 sq m of office space and 641 parking spaces for a very attractive parking ratio of one to 28 sq m.
The four-level buildings all have regular-shaped floorplates for better space-planning efficiency, high-tech, energy-efficiency and security features.
The park sits halfway between the Penrose and Greenlane motorway interchanges.
CM Research is not moving far, but looked several years ago at where it should be from the year 2000.
"That wasn't well reflected by our existing building. It's important that we attract and retain the best people in the industry, and we didn't believe this building in its current form [the present CM Research House] was contributing to this goal," says New Zealand operations director Val Green.
She says the company looked at the CBD frame and Mt Eden, but was keen to stay in the Greenlane area. It came down to three options: refurbishing its present space, moving to Newmarket or to the Millennium Centre.
Dyson says Colliers Jardine has leased nearly 17,000 sq m in Greenlane office parks to 12 organisations since December. That includes the Stanway business park, also on Great South Rd and almost fully leased.
Syndicate fills
The St John Balanced Property Fund, a Ladstone Holdings syndication, has closed fully subscribed with $24 million of investment and $14.1 million of debt.
The syndicate was created to buy Canterbury Arcade, on Queen St in Auckland, the 7961 sq m Hardwarehouse store which opened in the Manukau Supa Centa last November and Walton Plaza in Whangarei.
The fund is projecting a 10.5 per cent net return to investors for the first three years (13.12 per cent on the bonds, no dividend on the shares).
St John Investments general manager Kim Bennett says the Hardwarehouse store has been revalued to $11.65 million, $350,000 more than the prospectus valuation, and refurbishment of the other two buildings was starting to increase cashflow.
Big auction
Bayleys goes to the market today with a fascinating selection of Auckland commercial and industrial properties to be auctioned.
They include sites on Fanshawe St, across from the Viaduct Basin in an area of central Auckland where interest is growing, the western precinct, Queen St buildings and industrial opportunities in Penrose and Mt Wellington.
The other half of the Total Property portfolio includes a few Auckland properties up for tender or expressions of interest and 27 properties spread south from Hamilton to Wellington, with another six auctions this week and on Friday next week.
CM Research will move into 2500 sq m and take naming rights over one of three buildings in developer Ted Manson's $45 million Millennium Centre office park, nearing completion on Great South Rd, Greenlane.
AMP Bank has already committed to 5757 sq m in the second building and Paul Dyson, of
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