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'A punch in the nose': Precinct chief on shelving $1.5b office tower
Company will keep Downtown Carpark going: rising interest rates made the tower not viable.
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Auckland CBD's most prominent projects: Ten reasons to celebrate or cry
Cry over Seascape and Symphony. Celebrate Precinct and so much else in the city's heart.
Profit pain, pipeline gain: $3.2b landlord sticks with big build ambitions
Precinct has 97% occupancy in its portfolio. Planning new 56-level Auckland twin-towers.
Branching out: Kiwi office greenery firm plots global expansion after winning top awards
The studio’s designs feature in B:Hive, Commercial Bay and Sylvia Park.
$3.7m loss for Rodd & Gunn after Canadian problems
Although the retailer generated more revenue in 2025, it also took a big hit from Canada.
From farmers’ market to millions: The sweet rise of J’aime macarons
Bridget O'Sullivan built J’aime from a Christchurch market stall in 2008.
‘Nature has other plans’: Seagull slams reporter mid-cross in city centre
The bird was caught on camera hitting the woman's face mid-take, leaving a visible cut.
Society Insider: Eric Murray's renovation success; former TV journo moves to real estate; NZ designer's royal connection
Plus a hospo power couple on a family rivalry and their new St Heliers hotspot.
Property Insider: Biggest deals of 2025, 'pre-sales' event for $300m Seascape tower
The biggest single 2H24 sale was $66.5m but the largest 1H25 sale, $242.7m, eclipsed that.
Five levels, 135 apartments in $100m+ Mt Eden property plan
Nineteen submissions supported the big new scheme, 16 were made against it.
Auckland traffic management firm collapse sees 85 sacked, $2.8m deficit revealed
Employees owed $452,000 in wages, salaries; liquidator unsure they will get their money.
Auckland 56-level tower scheme to include hotel: Precinct Properties
Plans for 'capital recycling': sell part or all of the new PwC Tower in Commercial Bay.
'Market recovery' - Precinct's Pritchard on why it's building $1b+ of new Auckland apartments
Precinct has nine Auckland apartment schemes. Its largest is in Parnell for students.
Property Insider: The dire state of Auckland CBD real estate
A close look at 12 sites around the CBD gives an insight into the state of the market.
Watch: Inside Beca’s new $300m global HQ in the Wynyard Quarter
Around 1400 staff left Pitt St for the waterfront Wynyard Quarter and five new levels.
NZ’s biggest hotel deal: Precinct selling InterContinental Auckland to Singaporeans
Precinct bought the building in 2012 then undertook a massive $310m renovation of it.
Landlord with quarter-kilometre downtown tower plans pushes up profit
New leases in 1HY25 were 22.8% above previous contract rents, company said.
NZ’s tallest new skyscraper: Plans notified for quarter-kilometre Auckland tower
Lower Hobson St flyover to be demolished: No access from Quay St to Hobson St any more.
Property Insider: 6 big things likely to dominate 2025
Seascape, Ikea, some big new buildings and a court drama loom.
Auckland’s tallest office, apartment tower planned for downtown carpark site
Details revealed in application approved under new Fast-Track Approvals act.
Flagship rising: Rodd & Gunn opening Lodge bar, restaurant in Pompallier on Ponsonby
Bar and dining concept at Commercial Bay and Queenstown will be extended to Ponsonby.
Property Insider: $244k bill for Gulf Harbour Country Club’s owner; Here comes Santa Claus
It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially when Precinct goes tree generous.
Appointed last year, now gone: Farro Fresh CEO Craig Williams
The retail business now has co-CEOs to continue its growth and expansion plans.
Farro Fresh to open new store in Auckland's CBD
The central city opening marks a few firsts for the upmarket supermarket.