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Construction
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The winning design in an international architecture competition to find a new high-rise tower for Auckland is a building for the people – from its street level “Market Place” to its rooftop Zen Garden Designed by Melbourne-based architects Woods Bagot, in partnership with local New Zealand firm Peddle Thorp, the building is a sleek and crystalline 48-level tower that will stand around 180m high. Continue →
Facilities Management
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Leading wellness and technology real estate companies EDGE Technologies and Delos are exploring the integration of their respective platforms and capabilities Together these two industry leaders will investigate and create physical environments (air, water, light, comfort, sound) and inform behavioural choices (nutrition, movement, personal interaction) to improve the performance of people in new and existing commercial buildings. Continue →
Property Trends
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The impact of rail infrastructure developments to drive real estate investment and development is being dramatically demonstrated in Australia New South Wales is in the midst of an unprecedented period of infrastructure spending, with a nearly $90 billion pipeline accounting for a record 17.7% of total budget spending over the next four years. Continue →
Housing
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Housing New Zealand has won the inaugural CoreNet Global Proactive Property award run by the New Zealand chapter of CoreNet, the non-profit corporate real estate association Housing New Zealand’s Asset Development General Manager Patrick Dougherty says he was pleased the organisation was receiving national recognition for the design and delivery of state housing. Continue →
Construction
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Resource consent has been obtained for The Peninsula, 32 luxurious residences and penthouses priced from $2.7 million to $13 million to be built at the most northern point of Orakei Bay Village in Remuera The development follows the successful transformation of the village retail precinct in 2017 into a thriving hub of bars, eateries, boutique shopping and service stores, anchored by Farro Fresh and Kings Plant Barn. Continue →
Environment
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Sydney is showing the way to a greener future by committing to strong action on climate change with more than 100 other cities around the world The decision comes off the back of the Global Climate Action Summit held in Mexico where the city of Sydney signed up to six agreements, according to a report in The Urban Developer. Continue →
Design
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New Zealand’s largest owner of inner-city business space plans to further expand Wellington’s Bowen Campus with two new high-performance buildings As the owners of the Bowen State and Charles Fergusson buildings at 40 and 44 Bowen Street, Precinct Properties’ plans for the new buildings are set to increase the location’s offering with an additional 21,000sqm of office space, which on completion will result in a workforce of 5,000 across the four buildings that comprise Bowen Campus. Continue →
Design
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Timber industry and design professionals were honoured for their creativity and ingenuity at a gala event in Auckland last night Entries in the 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards demonstrated new and different ways to use timber that nevertheless meet all building codes and criteria as well as being beautiful. Continue →
Property Trends
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Green buildings aren’t just better for the environment and cheaper to run – there are also clear occupancy benefits for commercial property landlords and investors Colliers International’s latest monthly research report has found green buildings in Auckland and Wellington have higher occupancy rates than office properties in general. Continue →
Facilities Management
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New Zealand’s army of tradespeople who monitor, maintain and fix the billions of dollars of equipment that keeps offices, factories and shops open have become the new frontline in the advance of the Internet of Things (IoT) As the internet and smartphones become primary necessities over paper and landlines, trade services must embrace the next phase of business evolution in order to remain relevant in the market and to appear dependable, effective and cutting-edge for the modern customer. Continue →
Housing
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If the government wants to get anywhere close to delivering 100,000 homes in a decade, its primary focus should be encouraging the private sector to get the job done, rather than building significant numbers of houses itself, reckons James Kellow New Zealand Mortgages & Securities has more than $100m to invest and it is eager to support the government’s highly anticipated KiwiBuild programme. Continue →
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