Waikato Business News January/February 2020

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