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26<br />
Tuesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>16<br />
SOUTHERN VIEW<br />
Business park bringing jobs and growth to Hornby<br />
LEFT TO RIGHT Artist’s impression of how Islington Square will look / Waterloo BP Lot 110 / Recreational facilities for community use are included in the new business park development.<br />
An integral part of the Hornby<br />
community, Hornby High<br />
School, which opened in<br />
1975, is itself about to undergo<br />
significant developments.<br />
All the present school buildings, apart<br />
from the auditorium and music school,<br />
which will have a facelift, are to be<br />
demolished and replaced with a brandnew<br />
complex of buildings. Work on<br />
the $24-million project is due to start<br />
in March/April <strong>20</strong>17 with completion<br />
expected in late <strong>20</strong>18.<br />
The development of a new business<br />
park in the heart of Hornby is bringing<br />
a new era of employment and business<br />
activity to the area, while retaining<br />
elements of its rich and colourful history<br />
– the Waterloo Business Park is located<br />
on the site once occupied by the Islington<br />
Freezing Works and there are plans to<br />
incorporate some of its Victorian-era<br />
buildings within the new complex.<br />
Construction activity got underway<br />
in <strong>20</strong>13; however, the concept for<br />
the park was well over a decade in<br />
the planning, assistant development<br />
manager Joel Webber says. During<br />
that time, community engagement,<br />
participation and integration were key<br />
considerations in the evolution, planning<br />
and development of Waterloo Business<br />
Park, he says.<br />
The park will have a total of 104 lots of<br />
development land, and once completed<br />
will be home to around 100 individual<br />
businesses, including retail.<br />
“Sub-division of development land<br />
is due to be completed by mid-<strong>20</strong>17,<br />
while our convenience-retail focused<br />
development, Islington Square, on the<br />
site of the old Islington meat processing<br />
plant will be constructed and delivered<br />
in phases over an additional two to five<br />
years,” Mr Webber says.<br />
The typical profile of businesses that<br />
have committed to Waterloo Business<br />
Park are well-established, owneroccupier<br />
businesses, Mr Webber says,<br />
with a number having bought multiple<br />
lots and consolidated them into single<br />
lots for their specific requirements.<br />
These include Hamilton Jet, which has<br />
consolidated five lots into one lot of 7.5ha,<br />
Connetics, which has consolidated three<br />
lots into one lot of 5.5ha and Cardinal<br />
Logistics, which has consolidated four<br />
lots into one lot of 2.5ha.<br />
“We have noticed that the majority of<br />
the businesses that have committed to<br />
Waterloo Business Park are dominated<br />
by freight/logistics/distribution, light<br />
manufacturing and food production<br />
industries.<br />
“As a sub-set of those businesses,<br />
we’re seeing strong trends representing<br />
businesses that are relocating from<br />
Christchurch’s eastern industrial areas<br />
to take advantage of such factors as the<br />
superior geotechnical ground conditions<br />
in the wider Hornby area, the strong<br />
growth in Christchurch’s western corridor<br />
and the superior roading infrastructure,<br />
vehicular access and proximity to both<br />
Christchurch International Airport and<br />
Lyttelton Port.<br />
“We are also seeing strong interest from<br />
businesses that are outgrowing premises<br />
in the immediate area. They have a high<br />
degree of confidence and comfort in the<br />
broader Hornby industrial catchment and<br />
will only consider relocating within its<br />
confines.”<br />
Mr Webber acknowledges Hornby’s<br />
transition from traditional primary<br />
industries into a more services-oriented<br />
model, as is reflected in the take-up at the<br />
business park.<br />
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CHANGING FACE OF HORNBY
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