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Otago Daily Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Released sections sell straight away
The iconic 'Kingston Flyer' in action. PHOTO: ODT FILES Strong demand for sections in the Kingston Village (KVL) residential development continues, with the latest release snapped up in minutes. KVL senior development manager Nicola Tristram said yesterday's 23 sections took the total sold since March to 110. All three releases had sold out immediately, Ms Tristram said. "We think it's the affordability that's driving it, with sections from $299,000 and very local buyers. "First-home buyers and families are what we're seeing at this stage." With registrations of interest on the company's database steadily increasing, that demand was expected to continue. Titles for the first 87 sections were expected by winter next year. Titles for yesterday's 23 sections, which ranged in size from 350sq m to 600sq m, were expected by the winter of 2027. A decision on the timing of the next release, to be marketed by real estate agents Bayleys, had yet to be made, she said. Civil works for the 88ha development, which is south of the existing township, began last month. Zoned for 750 sections, it is set to triple Kingston's population once fully built and occupied.
NZ Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- NZ Herald
New World Pt Chevalier to open next to derelict building and abandoned tyre site
Next door is a third of a hectare ex-Magnum Motors corner site, also fronting 8 Parr Rd North but looking in very poor shape. New World Pt Chevalier, Auckland nearing completion. 22 July 2025 New Zealand Herald photograph by Jason Dorday The contrast between the two sites could hardly be greater. How did such a situation arise and what do council and local board people say about it? The state-of-the-art supermarket is aiming to draw tens of thousands of shoppers weekly in the suburb, which currently only has a small Woolworths. The unsightly empty site next door is owned by New Zealand-registered company Hobson One. Its director is Zhengzheng Guo of Remuera. Derelict buildings in front of and around the New World Pt Chevalier which is planned to open in August. Photo / Jason Dorday He has applied for resource consent for apartments to be built in blocks beside the New World. But he is yet to succeed. 'An application was lodged in December 2024 for a three-storey mixed-use building - retail and residential,' a council spokesman said. The application was now on hold, awaiting further information, the spokesman said. Advertising showed he did try to sell the site two years ago, before downscaling plans. In June 2023, he advertised it with Bayleys. 1150-1160 Great North Rd, Pt Chevalier, Auckland, outlined in red. This was in 2023 when Bayleys' agents were marketing the property for sale. Since then, the New World Pt Chevalier has been built on the ex-RSA site next door (above the red line). Photo / Bayleys The big lot was marketed as a development site, with a 177-unit resource consent. Bayleys agents Gerald Rundle and Marty van Barneveld marketed it but were unsuccessful in selling it. Derelict buildings in front of and around the New World Pt Chevalier which is planned to open in August. Photo / Jason Dorday 'The development potential of the site under the zoning has been greatly enhanced by an approved Resource Consent for an eight-level [including basement] development of 177 apartments and three ground-level commercial units over approximately 18,000sq m according to the consented plans,' Bayleys said. Construction progresses at the site of the new New World Pt Chevalier on Great North Rd, Auckland. The store, developed by Foodstuffs North Island and designed by Wingate Architects, is due to open later this year. Photo / Jason Dorday The new supermarket has been set back from the street, with a partly covered walkway now being finished beside the Kumho Tyres building, short-stay parking out the front and a big underground basement for parking. Auckland Council documents describe buildings on the Hobson One site: '1150 and 1158 Great North Rd are occupied by a vehicle workshop, tyre shop and paint and panel beaters. Plans for apartments on Great North Rd beside the new $73 million New World Pt Chevalier. Photo / Auckland Council consent documents 'Built development within these lots comprises two-level industrial style buildings located centrally with a canopy extending over the forecourt in front, a double garage and electrical transformer at the rear of number 1150, and concrete/asphalt driveway and parking areas across the remainder of the land,' the council document says. A larger scheme was once planned. Consent was granted non-notified on February 20, 2023, for an eight-storey apartment block, with basement parking, three commercial units and 177 dwellings, the council noted. Derelict buildings in front of and around the New World Pt Chevalier which is planned to open in August. 22 July 2025 New Zealand Herald photograph by Jason Dorday But the market changed and now only about 50 units are planned. 'Given the changing demands of the market, the applicant wishes to achieve a similar development in terms of land use, albeit on a much smaller scale in terms of the height of the built form, but also notably the depth and volume of earthworks required will be significantly less,' the council document said. Kendyl Smith, chair of the Albert-Eden Local Board, said the site was private property which the council had boarded off. Smith was aware of safety and crime concerns. New World Pt Chevalier, Auckland nearing completion. Photo / Jason Dorday 'The council is actively working to maintain safety in and around this site, which involves working with the property owner to determine the next steps,' Smith said. The board had completed a review of crime prevention through environmental design in the wider area, Smith said. That identified safety-related improvements for Pt Chevalier. New World Pt Chevalier, Auckland nearing completion. Photo / Jason Dorday 'There are also ongoing patrols of the area from the council's community safety wardens, working with NZ Police,' Smith said. 'We're also looking forward to the new modular library, with full library services, joining the town square this October.' The New World opening would provide a welcome addition for locals and for the wider village, Smith said. Kāinga Ora has also developed new social housing in the town centre. This shows work on the block, long since finished. These are the new state homes in Pt Chevalier. Photo / Michael Craig On the corner of Great North Rd and Pt Chevalier Rd, a block of apartments was imported fully built from China. That is for people aged 55-plus moving into or from existing state housing. Kāinga Ora contracted Tawera Group and Teak Construction on this job. They assembled the 61-unit block of single-bedroom new units. Kāinga Ora said the modular homes were all one-bedroom apartments to cater for high demand for those types of places. They are single, factory-built modules. Last year, when New World Pt Chevalier was being built, and the home next door. Photo / Jason Dorday A man in his 90s is yet to find a buyer for his home next to the new supermarket. The Herald reported last year on 12 Parr Rd North. That has been in Albert John Andrews' family for 70 years. Foodstuffs said last year it had been working closely with the family, other neighbours and the community throughout the build process. Anne Gibson has been the Herald's property editor for 25 years, written books and covered property extensively here and overseas.
Otago Daily Times
16-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Canterbury manor with indoor climbing wall, 18-car garage sold
The six-bedroom manor on Tai Tapu Rd. Photo: Supplied A large Canterbury home with an indoor climbing wall and 18-car garage has been snapped up by a local family after interest from as far away as the US and UK. Bayleys listing agent Chris Jones told he was unable to disclose the sale price of the six-bedroom estate on Tai Tapu Road in the Selwyn district. But he told OneRoof he had only shown the property, which has an RV of just $5 million, to qualified buyers. "It generated quite a bit of inquiry because it's not something you see every day, with the garaging and the climbing wall. It's a massive home. "We had 10 people through, and at the higher end of the lifestyle market that is a lot. The vendors were very pleased.' A climbing wall in the two-storey home. Photo: Supplied He said many of the overseas buyers were frustrated to learn that they weren't qualified to buy in New Zealand. "The Americans do not really understand our rules. They say: 'We'd like to buy that' and don't understand why they cannot. Even on the new investment visa, it is not a five-minute process getting residency." The 1373sq m home was larger than most city sections and sat on more than 4ha beside the Halswell River. One of the vendors told OneRoof the previous owners, Canterbury racing enthusiasts Debbie and Dennis Chapman, had installed the two-storey professional-grade climbing wall that shoots through the inside of the home. The wall was built for their then-teenage children and came with an auto belay system. The garage has a car hoist, extra-height doors for boats and a kitchenette and bathroom. At one point there was an indoor pool, but the vendors covered it up and turned the room into an entertaining space. They also converted a go-cart room into a large billiards/pool room, complete with a kauri table from the Mataura Paper Mill employees' social clubrooms. The vendors, Richard and wife Lynda, said they bought the estate after their beloved 'forever home' was nearly destroyed in the 2010 Christchurch earthquake. They told OneRoof in April that they were selling because they had found a way to repair their old home. 'It's one of those earthquake stories where your house is a write-off, you don't know if it can be repaired, you think you're going to move on and then find you can fix it,' they told OneRoof.
Otago Daily Times
16-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Canterbury manor with indoor climbing wall sold
The six-bedroom manor on Tai Tapu Rd. Photo: Supplied A large Canterbury home with an indoor climbing wall and 18-car garage has been snapped up by a local family after interest from as far away as the US and UK. Bayleys listing agent Chris Jones told he was unable to disclose the sale price of the six-bedroom estate on Tai Tapu Road in the Selwyn district. But he told OneRoof he had only shown the property, which has an RV of just $5 million, to qualified buyers. "It generated quite a bit of inquiry because it's not something you see every day, with the garaging and the climbing wall. It's a massive home. "We had 10 people through, and at the higher end of the lifestyle market that is a lot. The vendors were very pleased.' A climbing wall in the two-storey home. Photo: Supplied He said many of the overseas buyers were frustrated to learn that they weren't qualified to buy in New Zealand. "The Americans do not really understand our rules. They say: 'We'd like to buy that' and don't understand why they cannot. Even on the new investment visa, it is not a five-minute process getting residency." The 1373sq m home was larger than most city sections and sat on more than 4ha beside the Halswell River. One of the vendors told OneRoof the previous owners, Canterbury racing enthusiasts Debbie and Dennis Chapman, had installed the two-storey professional-grade climbing wall that shoots through the inside of the home. The wall was built for their then-teenage children and came with an auto belay system. The garage has a car hoist, extra-height doors for boats and a kitchenette and bathroom. At one point there was an indoor pool, but the vendors covered it up and turned the room into an entertaining space. They also converted a go-cart room into a large billiards/pool room, complete with a kauri table from the Mataura Paper Mill employees' social clubrooms. The vendors, Richard and wife Lynda, said they bought the estate after their beloved 'forever home' was nearly destroyed in the 2010 Christchurch earthquake. They told OneRoof in April that they were selling because they had found a way to repair their old home. 'It's one of those earthquake stories where your house is a write-off, you don't know if it can be repaired, you think you're going to move on and then find you can fix it,' they told OneRoof.
NZ Herald
23-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Real estate talent honoured at Success Realty, Bayleys Awards
In the residential category, Residential Salesperson of the Year was awarded to Richard Wright (Bayleys Mount), while Individual Residential Salesperson of the Year went to Sharon Hall (also from Bayleys Mount). Commercial honours went to Brendon Bradley (Tauranga Commercial), who won both Commercial Salesperson of the Year and Greatest Number of Deals Settled, with Willem Brown (Hamilton Commercial) named Individual Commercial Salesperson of the Year. Top Office of the Year was awarded to Bayleys Mount, a reflection of their market leadership and strong results. Rookie of the Year was Arun Mehan (Tauranga Residential), Greatest Year-on-Year Growth went to Mark Frost (Hamilton Residential), Individual Auction Growth was won by Sarah Adams (Hamilton Residential) and Office Growth of the Year went to Bayleys Mount. The Marketing Campaign of the Year was awarded to Sarah Campbell for her standout campaign on 323 Plummers Point Rd in Tauranga Residential, a powerful example of strategic property storytelling. The Bayleys Way Staff Recognition Award was presented to Stephen Shale, while the Altogether Better Award was went to Peter Kelly (Hamilton Country), recognising both for their unwavering commitment and embodiment of the Bayleys philosophy. Bayleys said it also acknowledged those who upheld the company's values and made an impact – whether with clients, in the community or behind the scenes. Winner of the Big on Community Award were Nicki & Wayne Robb (Hamilton Residential), Property Management Excellence went to Brodie Thomas (Tauranga Commercial), Administrator of the Year was Jess Cleaver (Tauranga Country), PA of the Year was Grace Reid (Hamilton Country), and Realty Services Excellence went to Mary Derksen (Finance). Bayleys chief executive Heath Young said: 'The night was a testament to the calibre of people we have across our group. It was about celebrating not just numbers, but the attitude, care, and collaboration that drive our success.'
