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Takapuna, Milford, Castor Bay, Forrest Hill and Sunnynook ELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15 March 2019
104 – April 28, 1 2023 ORTNIGHTLY DELIVERED FORTNIGHTLY AN2019 INDEPENDENT VOICE AN INDEPENDENT VOICE Issue 1 – 15Issue March 2019 Issue – 15 March PREMIUM REAL ESTATE LTD LICENSED REAA 2008
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Huge apartment tower planned for Takapuna site Renters the target market in housing game changer A 39-storey tower and 358 ‘build to rent’ dwellings are included in a massive new development planned for central Takapuna. The proposal – for a prime block-wide corner site next to the Toka Puia public car-parking building – includes a tiered street-front ‘podium’ up to six storeys high, along with ground-floor retail, hospitality and business space. The 140.6m-high trapezoidal tower will rise behind it. The development would rival the nearby Sentinel apartment tower, which has only 30 storeys but peaks at 150m, so would narrowly remain the North Shore’s tallest building. The project would be the Shore’s largest example of a build-to-rent residential development. One of the two companies in the trans-Tasman consortium behind it already has a partnership with student-accommodation operator UniLodge, though student housing is not mentioned in an application for planning consent.
Apartments in the plan include 64 as small as 42sqm, plus balconies. In addition to studios, units with one, two and three-bedrooms are offered. Tenants would have access to extensive common areas, including dining, gym, lounge and recreation facilities, a pool, roof-top space, meeting areas and on-site management. The consortium has lodged an application in the name of Gasometer Developments Ltd for a non-notified consent to build in the metropolitan centre zone. Its application to Auckland Council planners lodged this month carried an attachment described as an endorsement from council property arm Eke Panuku. A spokesman for Eke Panuku confirmed after Observer inquiries last that it had entered into a conditional sales and development agreement for the council-owned land dating back to 2021. A sale price would not be revealed until setTo page 4
The planned tower in Takapuna, shown in an architect’s view (right), is set to change Takapuna’s skyline. The project’s block-wide podium-style frontage (above, at Auburn and Northcroft Sts) will feature shops.
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