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Colliers International's industrial team, based at Highbrook, South Auckland, reported a record year for 2012 through a broad range of sales and leasing deals.

Boutique commercial office space in the South Auckland building that was the childhood home of former Prime Minister David Lange is up for sale.

An out-of-pocket Mainzeal Property and Construction subcontractor estimates the builder could record $50 million to $100 million of losses.

An Auckland construction boss has warned about the building resurgence, saying now can be the most perilous time for businesses.

The gigantic task of upgrading New Zealand's earthquake-prone building stock to a safe level has not yet sunk in, Housing and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson says.

Imperilled are the jobs of hundreds of employees, and the financial future of numerous subcontractors, writes Brian Rudman. The latter are now at risk of being bankrupted for no fault of their own.

The collapse of Mainzeal has people worrying about who will construct the residential and commercial buildings required for Christchurch, writes Liam Dann.

Angry subcontractors are trying to retrieve their tools locked in a Wellington Mainzeal construction site after the company went into receivership.

Work has stopped on a number of Mainzeal developments around Auckland today after the construction firm was placed into receivership yesterday.

Giving building owners 10 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings would amount to an "execution order" for many heritage buildings, says the Auckland Council.

SkyCity Entertainment Group is looking at expanding in Queenstown with accommodation, big-ticket sponsorship and new restaurants.

Mainzeal Property and Construction - one of New Zealand's largest construction companies - has gone into receivership.

It's time for a dose of fatalism and some common sense when it comes to dealing with earthquake-prone buildings across New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch quakes.

A Northland rural commercial property, occupying a prominent highway position an hour north of Whangarei and previously planned as the site of a motorhome village, has been put up for sale.

A large villa leased to four commercial tenants and located in the popular Auckland city fringe boutique business district of Ponsonby is for sale.

The country will continue to swelter, as temperatures in some areas reach at least 30C today.

Consents for 127 retirement village units is one feature of strong building consents data for December.

With Rotorua's new convenience retail complex the Redwood Centre, located about 3km east of the city's CBD, due to open on Friday only a few tenancies remain to be filled.

More than 700 members of one of Auckland's best-known golf clubs are upping sticks and moving south.

New Zealand's biggest listed diversified real estate business told the Asian investment community this week it was one of the world's top performers in its sector.