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Invercargill businessman Scott O Donnell believes the positivity in the wider Southland market has been somewhat lost in amongst the doom and gloom attached to Queenstown and Fiordland s economic plight.
A key figure in Invercargill’s CBD revival says there is significant positivity in the Southland market and adds further retail tenant announcements are imminent. Invercargill businessman Scott O’Donnell said much of the spotlight had recently centered on the economic plight of areas such as Queenstown and Fiordland in the south. Southland MP Joseph Mooney said he counted 11 Te Anau retail shops that had shut down since the borders closed to international tourism, and a third of central Queenstown businesses expected to close within three months, according to a recent survey.
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The Last Tour: Inner City Heritage Stories documentary provides an insight into old buildings in Invercargill, stretching back to the 1800s.
A documentary on the old buildings in the Invercargill CBD rebuild zone, before they were demolished, will be screened as part of Southland Heritage Month. The documentary, titled
The Last Tour: Inner City Heritage Stories, will be shown at the Heritage-listed Embassy Theatre in Invercargill on March 18. It was to have been screened on March 4 but because of Southland moving to Covid-19 Alert Level 2 it had to be postponed. March is the province’s heritage month.
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An artist s impression of the planned HWR office tower on the corner of Dee St and Esk St in Invercargill.
The soon-to-be built HWR office tower in Invercargill will house about 100 of the company’s staff, HWR group director Scott O’Donnell says. Naylor Love Central Otago (Queenstown) has been contracted for the build on the corner of Esk St and Dee St, starting late March or early April, and probably finishing by December 2022. It will have nine floors, with the top four levels being the company’s head office and the other five being leased out. “Talks are going well with possible tenants for this space, and we’re confident the remaining floors will be leased in the very near future,” O’Donnell said.