The Environment Court has today given consent for Simon and Paula Herbert’s company to proceed with $300 million plans to build 64 apartments at their.
Letters: Auckland growth, property investors, vaccination pace and light rail
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Is central Auckland already too densely populated? Photo / Michael Craig
NZ Herald
Groan pains After being put up this week in an Auckland CBD accommodation unit, 14 floors up, looking out over similarly small units, with many even higher up, I can see why your editorial (NZ Herald, April 9) makes perfect sense.
Indeed, we have a rather sparsely populated nation, where an absolutely unexpected newcomer, called Covid-19, has forced many of us to reinvent ourselves; work from home part-time; all the time or even have a fully remote-controlled business model.
Bayswater Marina project shrunk from 250 to 121 dwellings, new $300m scheme lodged
8 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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Empire Capital s Simon Herbert. Photo / file
Plans to develop part of a site beside an existing Auckland marina and ferry terminal have been downsized from 250 to 121 dwellings after strong local opposition. Marina owner Simon Herbert s business has applied to Auckland Council to develop 94 terraced homes and 27 apartments in three buildings at Bayswater Marina in a new scheme thought to be worth about $300 million.
Around 350 people could live on the site under the revised plan, the application says. The previous proposals for up to 250 units, while providing for the intensification sought across Auckland, did not find favour with some parties in terms of bulk, mass, landscape and amenity at the site. The revised design proposed with this application has purposely tried to address these concerns, the application said.