Category Archives: Property & Projects

A growing shortage of industrial-zoned land in the Auckland region could limit the scale of New Zealand’s big-box retail sector expansion, according to industry experts. The warning comes as hundreds of millions of dollars are set to be invested in developing some of NZ’s largest retail infrastructure projects at a South Auckland site over the nextContinue reading “Land shortage set to constrain retail, DC growth”

New road prioritises freight flows at Auckland Airport Extra connectivity is being added at Auckland Airport as a new route takes off on its roading network as part of a $300 million transport upgrade. Now open to traffic, Te Ara Kōrako – a 700m stretch linking George Bolt Memorial Drive with Nixon Road – isContinue reading “CONNECTING THE PRECINCT”

Recently, Auckland’s City Rail Link held two weeks of community celebrations to mark the formal end of complex construction around the project’s Maungawhau station site on the North Auckland/Western Line. The colossal construction programme spanning four years and well beyond one and a half million worker hours included the removal of unsafe level crossings, diggingContinue reading “‘THANK YOU’ marks end of complex CRL works”

Kmart backs NZ growth with new DC and in-store tech Kmart New Zealand has marked a new chapter of growth with the opening of its new distribution centre and the introduction of the famous self-navigating inventory robots in every store, both of which will help build an even better customer experience for New Zealanders. ItContinue reading “TORY: AN EYE ON INVENTORY – ALWAYS”

Auckland industrial space also continues to be in high demand, with South Auckland leading the way in annual city-wide rent rises at 16.2%. Similar demand can also be seen across our other major centres, as evidenced by Christchurch industrial rents rising for the third quarter in a row to now sit at $141 per sqmContinue reading “CBD SPACE ON THE RISE”

Large-scale vacant industrial facility with yard Bayleys, New Zealand’s largest full-service real estate company, is presenting an “exceptional industrial facility” to the market for sale by Deadline Private Treaty (unless sold prior), Thursday, May at 2pm, at 2 Harris Road, East Tamaki, Auckland. The property at 50 Lovegrove Crescent, Otara, boasts a massive 4,400sqm fullyContinue reading “POSITIONING PERFECTION…”

SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been awarded an operations and maintenance (O&M) advisory services contract to support the development of the Auckland Light Rail project, New Zealand, which is set to transform the way Aucklanders get around their city and help reduce the city’sContinue reading “SNC-Lavalin awarded services contract for Auckland Light Rail in New Zealand”

Argon & Co and Colliers join forces to deliver new industrial service in New Zealand. Industrial advisory specialist Colliers and supply chain expert Argon & Co have announced what the two-companies say is an industry-first collaboration to provide a full end-to-end industrial advisory service across New Zealand and Australia (ANZ). The partnership will see leadingContinue reading “New partnership to provide strategic advisory service”

Maynard Group builds leading international transport design practice Maynard Group has announced the acquisition of Transport Design Consultancy (TDC) in a merger that brings together the two original “pioneers of the multi-disciplinary transport design consultancy sector”. The company says it will become the most experienced multi-disciplinary design consultancy in the transport sector with over 400Continue reading “PROJECT POWER…”