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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>September</strong> 3 <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Demolition of<br />
derelict buildings<br />
at former<br />
Skellerup site<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
A LARGE portion of the<br />
abandoned Skellerup factory<br />
which remains at its former<br />
Woolston site is being<br />
demolished.<br />
BL Family Trust<br />
owns the 59,801 sq m<br />
land on Garlands Rd<br />
and is in the process<br />
of clearing more<br />
than 70 per cent of<br />
earthquake-damaged,<br />
asbestos-filled buildings.<br />
Rubber goods maker<br />
Skellerup moved out<br />
in 2016 to new $60<br />
million premises in<br />
Wigram and sold the Woolston<br />
site ‘as is where is’.<br />
BL Family Trust s representative<br />
Vipan Garg said the demolition<br />
is taking place in order to<br />
clean up the “eyesore” which was<br />
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derelict and attracting vandalism.<br />
“It was a problem within the<br />
community. People were getting<br />
into the buildings as they were<br />
left unattended.”<br />
National Steel, the<br />
main site occupant,<br />
processes and sorts<br />
metal on empty land<br />
and will continue to<br />
use one building as a<br />
“hub” which has been<br />
deemed safe by an<br />
engineer.<br />
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Lowe Industries<br />
and NZ Besthome<br />
Furniture also occupy<br />
shed-like buildings on<br />
the site which have been assessed<br />
and are safe.<br />
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for a proposed boundary adjustment<br />
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CLEANING UP: More than 70 per cent of derelict buildings at<br />
the former Skellerup factory site on Garlands Rd are being<br />
knocked down.<br />
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processed by the city council.<br />
However, demolition project<br />
manager Jarrad Smith said there<br />
are no plans to sell or develop the<br />
area at this stage.<br />
He said the purpose of the<br />
boundary adjustment is to<br />
square off the land into three<br />
clear parcels.<br />
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“Potentially, at some point,<br />
something will happen with the<br />
site. What that is and when that<br />
is hasn’t been determined. There<br />
is still a year or so of work to be<br />
done,” Mr Smith said.<br />
Demolition could take up to<br />
a year and all remains will be<br />
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BUS SHELTER<br />
Residents have raised the<br />
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Spreydon and Cashmere<br />
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TRAMPOLINING GRANT<br />
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WORLD RIVER DAY<br />
World River Day will be<br />
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River on <strong>September</strong> 22. The<br />
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its last meeting there will be<br />
events along the river and a<br />
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