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Breaking Ground at Sunderland at Hobsonville Point

02 June 2014
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The launch of Sunderland at Hobsonville Point later this year is on track with the construction of a new show home underway from June 2014.  Sunderland is the latest precinct at Hobsonville Point to be developed and will incl... Read more

Advertising agencies take space in Clyde Quay development

18 March 2014
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SAATCHI & SAATCHI advertising and sister agency Starcom are moving into Wellington’s new Clyde Quay Wharf development in August.  They are the first major office tenants to take space in the $150 million Willis Bond redevelop... Read more

NZ Institute of Architects Ath Cup

27 January 2014
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The Ath Cup is awarded each year as part of the NZIA Wellington Branch Architecture awards. Nominations are received for non-architects in the Wellington region who have done something special during the year or over a longer... Read more

High demand for inner city quality living quarters

14 January 2014
The Elevate apartment block is due for completion in March, with about 80 residences in it, priced from $337,000. Property company Willis Bond's One Market Lane has 40 apartments ranged from $650,000 to almost $2 million, due... Read more

Willis Bond to buy Farmers

23 December 2013
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Managing director Mark McGuinness said the company wanted to redevelop the property although this was subject to negotiations with Farmers, which held a long-term lease on the quake-risk building. It is understood Farmers has... Read more

ANZ site to become stylish part of town

10 November 2012
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Public toilets and a banking chamber are set to make way for a collection of fashion shops on a prime section of Lambton Quay. Willis Bond has unveiled plans for a major revamp of the ground floor of the mirror-glassed ANZ bu... Read more

Willis Bond buys former Deka site

31 October 2012
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A former Terry Serepisos-owned property described as one of the city's most valuable development sites has been sold for about $12 million. Mark McGuinness, managing director of Willis Bond, confirmed yesterday that he had bo... Read more

Work on luxury apartments to start in January 2013

23 August 2012
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Construction of Wellington's latest luxury apartment complex will start in January after 28 apartments worth a total of more than $45 million were sold off the plans. The start of the One Market Lane development was announced... Read more

Capital home building on rise

31 July 2012
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New home building is picking up in Wellington city, mainly due to a jump in apartments, with one top-end waterfront apartment project all but certain to start work by the end of the year. In June, consents were issued for 148... Read more

Luxury apartment block to top $50m

09 March 2012
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A luxury apartment block, with harbour-view units selling for up to $5 million, is set to rise on the site of Wellington's old market building near Te Papa.  The $50m-plus One Market Lane is an 11-storey development on the va... Read more