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Centuria: Lower threshold, new direction into storage, residential

New directions, new ways of looking at property: How Centuria NZ is handling the downturn.

Alexandra Park stand to be demolished for 193 apartments

Paul Brown and Associate Architects designed Queen of the Park and Cardigan Bay blocks.

$1.4b sale: Singaporeans want to quit five NZ malls

A non-management stake in five NZ malls with $2.37b annual sales is on the market.

Inside Economics with Liam Dann: Why can’t Kiwis fix their mortgage for 30 years?

In the second of his new mid-week columns, Liam Dann answers reader questions.

$3m not yet due to Eke Panuku for ex-council HQ The CAB

Allan Young says he's very comfortable with the contractual obligations.

Where new supermarkets have opened and might rise soon

Where are new stores opening? One store shut in Flaxmere but that's been eclipsed.

Sister has brother evicted from Taupō home to enable sale

Sibling had taken out an ANZ mortgage over the parents' home to invest in a business.

Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do deals with news media outlets

Facebook’s parent company said today it would not renew commercial deals with publishers.

Fletcher shares plunge amid $120m loss: Why CEO and chairman are going

'We both realise the buck stops with us. It’s in the best interests for us to hand over.'

Fletcher Building shares plunge as it makes $120m loss, CEO and chair resign

Dividend cut: Million-plus KiwiSaver investors indirectly affected.

‘Issues keep arising’: Calls for Fletcher Building board shake-up

'Fletcher has done considerably worse than the average company on the stock exchange.'

SkyCity CEO Michael Ahearne takes questions on DIA prosecution

Four separate regulatory actions involving the company under way here and in Australia.

SkyCity facing prosecution from gaming watchdog, up to $8m fine

More planned to be said at 11am when a teleconference call is planned.

No sign of a spending slowdown in Australia, even at the luxury end

OPINION: Retailer share prices have hit a 12-month high despite higher interest rates.

Who's to blame for Perth's exploding water pipes?

New findings could be out in a few weeks.

What Fletcher Building might declare in half-year result next week

Gearing could be at the top end of the range and dividends to shareholders could drop.