Waikato Business News RECAP 2019

McCaw Lewis Director, Daniel Shore & Operations Manager, Chris Wano
Foster’s extensive redevelopment of 586
Victoria Street resulted in a new home for law
firm McCaw Lewis.
Their objectives were to find an open plan
office space where they could live their ‘one
team’ philosophy but also ‘wow’ their client
whānau and deliver a workspace staff were
proud of. The result is a big open space
office on the fifth floor of the building at 586
Victoria Street, with the sixth floor devoted
to a reception area, client rooms and a staff
room with enviable panoramic views over
Hamilton City. The industrial chic finish is
exceptional.
As a modern law firm with a 100-year
history, it’s also very fitting that McCaw
Lewis’s brand-new office space was part of a
project designed to create a new identity for
an older part of town.
Director Daniel Shore says it took 2-3 years
and talks with multiple developers before
they settled on the space at 586 Victoria
Street. “The opportunity to rejuvenate and
invest in the CBD was a good fit for us from
both a community and business perspective.
“We liked Fosters’ vision for this space, plus
they had the resource to get it done within a
fairly tight timeframe.”
The contract was signed in September 2018
with McCaw Lewis scheduled to move in
come January 2019.
“We put a fair amount of faith in both Fosters
and [architects] Chow:Hill” continues Daniel.
“I remember visiting the ‘new’ office space
in December last year and it had been
completely gutted. Somehow Fosters came
through and we were in by the end of
January.
“Fosters’ ability to work under pressure and
engage with sub-contractors to get the
project over the line was pretty impressive.
“I would work with Fosters again. They’re a
quality organisation of dependable, credible
and good people.”
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