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Where Ikea is hunting for its first Auckland site
Will your neighbourhood be near the new store?

City of chaos: 63 CBD streets to be disrupted by roadworks
The 63 separate CBD streets to be disrupted by road work in 2020 are under scrutiny.

'So angry': Customers fume as awning business folds
"We have heard nothing" - Total Cover NZ customer

$65m Remuera apartment project planned
Clonbern Garden is seeking buyers to pay deposits.

Lower migration could 'bust' construction
Fewer migrants than previously thought could hit construction and labour markets.

Claims Ihumātao deal near 'simply false' - Winston Peters
Deputy PM shuts down reports Ihumātao land dispute would be settled by Waitangi Day.

Earthquake tests to show how to protect homes on hills
Live in a house on sloping ground? Your foundations could be at more risk in a quake.

Massive 191-room hotel planned for Auckland CBD
Two new hotels opposite NZICC, another new one nearby

Scammed Chinese workers told to leave the country - union
Construction workers caught in an employment scam have been asked to leave the country.

AT asks for investigation into road workers' behaviour
Apartment dwellers kept awake all night by noisy road works.

The Auckland suburb with the most cinema theatre seats
The suburb will have three large multiplex theatres within a few blocks of each other.

Comment: Getting the fundamentals right with infrastructure spending
Looming announcements on infrastructure spending need to be part of a coherent strategy.

'Major risk': Rundown hospitals need $14 billion fix
Most DHBs have listed major infrastructure problems as a risk to patients and staff.

Owner of defective apartment left $23m short after contractor folds
Victopia owners won $53m to fix apartments - but only got $30m.

Interactive: Building boom in NZ - where is it happening?
New building consents reached a 45-year peak last year. Where were they being built?

NZ house-building hits highest mark since 1974
The great boom of the mid-1970s was the last time we saw houses spring up so fast.

Dear Jacinda: Phil Goff's $12b wish list
The Auckland mayor has disclosed his priorities for the Govt's $12b infrastructure fund.

IKEA rival Nido opening delayed
New Zealand's largest furniture store due to open soon in Henderson.

Get ready for gridlock: Auckland commuters face chaotic return to work
Thirty three separate city centre streets disrupted by road works this summer.

Creditors owed $46m by failed NZ building company
Administrators were called in by the company in February.

Leading questions: Scott Pritchard on $500m of development
His first job was as a milk boy and he despises gardening but loves development.

Fletcher's Ross Taylor on restructuring, fire and golf
"If I could eliminate all safety risks, I would."

New-build nightmare continues at dream retirement home
Moyrah Ryan Lewis still in financial difficulties after caveat placed on retirement home.

Watch: $200m Seascape tower rising on schedule
"Allegations about hold-ups due to defects in the diaphragm wall are incorrect" - engineer

When is a 'garden' not a garden? Apartment buyer wants refund
Neil Gray claims he was misled about the unit he was buying and wants his deposit back.

Hundreds of Auckland Council staff to move to $120m block
The new office block will be located in Albany.