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Amazon construction freeze: PM at tech giant's launch but massive Auckland site sits abandoned

Amazon announced it would spend $7.5 billion in 2021.

'Miscommunication' in update on 56-level Seascape apartment tower: Property Insider

As a new builder is set to sign the contract to complete, the developer clarifies facts.

Can we build homes faster, better & cheaper?

BusinessDesk digs into our poor construction productivity and how some say we can improve massively.

Retirement village residents fail in complaint over alcohol dispute

Group of residents displayed boastful attitude while violating a zero-alcohol policy.

Big revaluations spur Metlifecare to 25% net profit rise

Despite housing downturn, company sales remain strong: 332 new units, care suites built.

Plan for McDonald’s Newmarket drive-through sparks concern over nearby schools

A McDonald's spokesman dismisses a claim it targets sites near schools as 'spurious'.

$8.6b giant Summerset makes record half-year sales

Sales in this year's first half were the highest the company had recorded in a half-year.

The CBD retail area with the highest percentage of empty shops in NZ

Yet the 13% is an improvement on last year, when a startling 16.5% of shops were empty.

Auckland Council approves first step in plan for two million new homes

The council aims to increase building heights around transport routes and town centres.

'Actively looking to sell' – SkyCity CEO on dash for cash

Plans are advanced to sell two big assets as well as the capital raise: is $490m possible?

'Delayed economic recovery in NZ' – SkyCity CEO on 42% profit drop

$200m of asset sales also identified: Carparks in Auckland as well as 99 Albert St.

'No shred of support': Te Puna community appeals industrial park decision

Western BoP locals worry about increased trucks on Te Puna Rd due to the industrial park.

Three achievements for Fletcher Building: Andrew Reding

'It's a very patchy, volatile market' – Fletcher's Andrew Reding.

Richard Prebble: Labour's silence a strategy for winning, not governing

OPINION: National can't run on its own record, but has nothing to attack Labour on.

Fletcher Building makes $419m loss after 'one of the most demanding years'

Company sued waterproofers over NZICC but is being sued by SkyCity over the same building.

Napier building projects begin, 400 homes expected

A block of 24 apartments will be built on the site of the former Napier barracks.