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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.

Home-building construction crunch: Who has failed lately and why

A 12-point list of the many builder failures lately.

$148m development dispute: Hawkins granted interim injunction in battle with Farmers owners

The builder and owners of the apartment, retail and dining project have gone to court.

Housing Minister grants Auckland Council one-year extension to devise new intensification rules

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's been pushing for an extension, now Chris Bishop's granted it.

Focus: Empty Chateau Tongariro cost taxpayers millions

The historic hotel is costing taxpayers $2.2m a year in maintenance costs. Video / NZHerald

Public-private partnerships, Chateau Tongariro and building consents | Focus Morning Bulletin March 21, 2024

The Government considers private investors to build more Kiwi schools, how much Chateau Tongariro is costing taxpayers to sit empty and why Tauranga’s been labelled the country’s most ‘unaffordable city’ in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald

Auckland house builder Selah Homes liquidated: What went wrong?

Secured creditors listed include the BNZ, PlaceMakers and The Warehouse.

'They're moving fast' - steel framing rises for NZ's first Ikea store

The framework for the giant store is now up to the second level of a planned three levels.

Property Insider: Who ate all the pies? Sacked Filipino worker finds new job

How to keep tradies on your site? Could a pie-dispensing machine help retain them?

Letters: Landlord tax breaks aren't a 'success', firefighters' speed bump fears

OPINION: 'Does this Government intend to worsen the social divide?'

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

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

Greenpark huts face demolition

Time is running out for the owners of 32 huts, who have been told by the local iwi they have until June 30 to demolish their properties and leave. Video / George Heard

Prof Deidre Brown wins Institute of Architects' gold medal

'She continues to make an astounding contribution to architecture in Aotearoa." - NZIA

How many people rent homes in New Zealand? Bond data shows all-time record

Rental bonds were lodged for 410,904 properties by November 1, Tenancy Services said.

Houses for sale flood Auckland market, hit 11-year peak

Sale numbers plummet, new listings skyrocket: not a market in recovery at all.