Bay Harbour: August 02, 2017

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Wednesday August 2 2017
News
In Brief
Landmark building to reopen
COUNCIL HEARING FOR
SCHOOL’S LAND SWAP
A city council hearing panel
on the proposed Redcliffs
Park and Redcliffs School
land swap will take place on
Monday. Public consultation
on the potential swap closed
in June and attracted 853
submissions. Of those, 71
per cent (602) were in favour
and 22 per cent (183) were
against. Seven per cent (60)
supported the proposal but
had some concerns. The
hearing panel will listen
to submitters at Monday’s
meeting before making a
recommendation to the city
council.
NEW CAFE TO OPEN IN
ORTON BRADLEY PARK
A new-look cafe will open
at Orton Bradley Park in
October, replacing the former
Victorian-themed tea rooms
which closed over summer.
Co-managers Maria Lee
and Ursina Riederer say
they plan on using locally
grown produce. They want to
engage children at Diamond
Harbour School and local
residents in growing food
for the cafe, which will serve
“innovative, wholesome
food,” Ms Lee said.
• By Sarla Donovan
ANOTHER heritage landmark
is set to reopen in Lyttelton.
The Lyttelton Harbour Board
building, on the corner of
Norwich Quay and Oxford St
has undergone extensive renovations.
The building was damaged
in the February 22, 2011, earthquake.
The upper storey, including
the parapet and the roof, had
to be removed.
Brothers Aaron, Tim and
David Donaldson’s property
company Water Qual bought
the building in November 2010.
Though unaffected by the
September 4, 2010, earthquake,
the damage wrought on February
22, 2011, has cost $2 million
to fix.
Builders started work on the
restoration in January last year,
and two weeks ago the leasing
sign went up.
Aaron Donaldson said the top
floor office space was already
spoken for by “port support
entities” and there were several
parties interested in the ground
floor space – suited to hospitality,
offices retail.
“We are confident of getting
tenants, Lyttelton is highly
sought after.”
RESTORED: Aaron Donaldson’s property company Water Qual
bought the historic harbour building in November 2010. It has
been repaired after it was badly damaged in the February 22,
2011, earthquake.
A lot of effort had gone into retaining
heritage features, he said.
“We’ve kept the wooden features
in the interior and outside,
a lot of work’s gone into pinning
and supporting the historic brick
facade, putting up eyebrows and
moulding over the windows.”
Mr Donaldson said it was
guidance and support from city
council heritage officer Brendan
Smyth and a $333,548 city council
heritage grant that had made
the restoration feasible.
Although retaining historic
features while also meeting city
council compliance standards
had been a costly and at times
“almost impossible” task, Mr
Donaldson said they had developed
a “marvellous partnership”
with the city council.
“It’s a crying shame that
some make the effort to build
sympathetically while others
build monstrosities,” he said,
citing the new Lyttelton Primary
School as an example.
“I think any government
department should build sympathetically.
(The school rebuild)
would have been a prime opportunity
to complement the
heritage character of the area.”
The Lyttelton Harbour Board
occupied 5 Norwich Quay
from 1880 until 1962. During
that time, the ground floor had
a reading room for visiting
captains and the first floor contained
the board room.
After moving out in 1962, it
was used first for storage by the
railways before being renovated
in the mid-1980s for commercial
use. In the years immediately
prior to the February 22, 2011,
earthquake, it was home to a
cafe and offices.
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