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10 Thursday January 26 2017 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch News Another bid to fix mill • By Bridget Rutherford IT COULD be third time lucky for Addington’s Woods Mill buildings as yet another developer goes to the city council to get funding to help repair it. Loprinzi Properties Ltd has plans to turn the category 2 historic buildings into a $7.6 million commercial and retail complex. The Mill is made up of a fourstorey building and a two-storey former grain store building. They date back to 1886 but have been empty since the February 22, 2011, earthquake. They were badly damaged by a fire, thought to be set by squatters, in June. Loprinzi has put in an offer to buy the Wise St mill, and has applied for a $900,000 heritage incentive grant from the city council to repair it. The city council will decide today if it will approve the money for restoration. It is not the first time developers have attempted to restore and refurbish the site. In 2012 the city council approved an incentive grant of $884,750 to Woods Mill Ltd, a company set up specifically for the project. • By Andrew King POLICE ARE investigating whether the armed hold ups of two Kiwibanks by a robber on a bike are linked. Riccarton New Zealand Post and Kiwibank was held up about 12.30pm yesterday, and the robber fled on a red bike. Last Thursday afternoon, the New Zealand Post and Kiwibank on Waimairi Rd, Upper Riccarton, was also robbed by a man with a firearm who also fled RESTORATION: A developer is hoping to restore and refurbish the earthquake-damaged Woods Mill in Addington with the help of an incentive grant from the city council. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN It also received a $750,000 grant from the Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund Trust. However, those plans fell through and the work never progressed past the planning stages. The grants were not paid out to the company. In 2014 a grant of $900,000 was approved along with a $500,000 grant from on a bike. Police are asking for sightings of a European middleaged man, wearing a white mask with a dark balaclava on top. He was on a red mountain bike, with a silver helmet, carrying a black bag and a firearm. He wore faded jeans, a black zip-up style polo shirt with a green T-shirt underneath and gloves. Anyone with information should phone police on 363 7400 or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. CEHBFT to a branch of Plains Development, Woods Mill Investments. But that too never eventuated because the cost of refurbishing the mill was higher than first thought and the company did not end up buying it. The grant is only paid out once the work is completed. Loprinzi’s director, Michael King (left), is a chartered structural engineer. He designed the engineering component of the building for one of the previous developers, so is familiar with the buildings. Loprinzi Properties wants to retain as much of the heritage fabric of the original buildings as possible. Second bank held up by robber on a bike The Star Violent assaults drop at Hillmorton Hospital • By Gabrielle Stuart WORK DONE to make Hillmorton Hospital safer appears to be working, as the number of violent assaults has dropped. There were 507 physical assaults reported at the psychiatric hospital in 2014, but that dropped to 299 in 2015. The numbers dropped again last year, to 198 in the 10 months to October. Canterbury District Health Board mental health service general manager Toni Gutschlag said it was a range of initiatives, rather than any one thing, that lead to the change. Those included creating a calming area and sensory room for patients in the building, keeping staff numbers stable so relationships could build with patients, and improving the assessment process. The changes to the unit so far have cost $6600, while another $3 million has been set aside for improvements to the unit next year. Plans include more space for patients, and a space for people to use when they are agitated and need to calm down. Although the numbers have dropped, she said one assault was still one assault too many. “We are constantly looking at ways to improve the care we provide to people using our services,” she said. The numbers include both assaults on patients and assaults on staff. The changes were made to make the environment as safe as possible for staff, as well as patients, she said. SIT OPEN NIGHT CHRISTCHURCH CAMPUS 60 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2017 5PM - 7PM CHECK OUT 2017 STUDY OPTIONS Come and discuss your study options with our staff For more info email sit@sit.ac.nz 0800 TO STUDY www.sit.ac.nz
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