Waikato Business News December Recap 2020

FULL STEAM AHEAD
FOR CBD CONSTRUCTION
HILLS APARTMENTS
TRISTRAM PRECINCT
THE STORY THEN
June - Local developers are making the running
amid a surge of commercial development
in central Hamilton.
Stark Properties is extending Panama Square on
Garden Place while also progressing Tristram
Precinct and, across the river, Hills Apartments.
Tristram Precinct, which will hold Waikato Regional
Council and WSP (formerly Opus), is set
for completion in February. Hills Apartments are
currently under construction and director Matt
Stark is reporting strong buyer interest with 70
percent of the first stage sold.
THE STORY SINCE
Construction is well underway on both Tristram
Precinct and Hills Apartments. The glass install
on the exterior of the building at Tristram
Precinct is on track to be completed before
Christmas with the full project completion set
for the second quarter of 2021.
The Hills Village project is ramping up with
construction well under way on the Hills
Apartments and over 80 percent sold.
The roof structure has been lifted onto the
existing Hills Laboratories building and work
continues on the underground car park. The
next stage of apartments is now for sale.
‘MUCH
NEEDED
HOUSING’
FOR CITY CENTRE’S
DOORSTEP
THE STORY THEN
September - With residential land at
a premium in central Hamilton, a rare
development will see more than 100 homes
built on a site close to the city centre.
Three well known Hamilton builders are
combining forces to create a mixed community
beside Innes Common and just 2.5km
from the centre of the city.
The 4 ha site will feature two, three and four
bedroom homes, with a set proportion selling
below Hamilton’s average house price.
The 110 house development, achieved
under the now defunct special housing
area legislation, brings together Anthem
Homes, Golden Homes and Holah
Homes.
They are the joint shareholders of Quentin
Residential, which is buying the Quentin Drive
site off Jack House Transit.
Dubbed Jack’s Landing in honour of the longestablished
house moving business, earthworks
will begin in November, with building to start
in April and stage one completed by the start
of 2022.
Jack’s Landing is unusual in central Hamilton as
a large tract of land zoned residential. Featuring
cycle and pedestrian access to Rotoroa
(Hamilton Lake), the development is set to help
achieve the city council’s goal of denser living
in the city.
Blake Richardson, of Golden Homes, says
they want the development to contribute to
the council’s aspiration for Hamilton to be a
compact, livable city.
THE STORY SINCE
Members of local iwi group Te Haa o te
whenua o Kirikiriroa (THaWK) joined the
Jack’s Landing development team, Jack’s
House Transit representatives and contractors
from Camex Civil on December 9 to bless the
site and turn the first sod for the residential
housing development.
A karakia performed by THaWK (managed
by Rawiri Bidois) was followed by Des Jack,
a director in the Jack House Transit business
and third generation of the family, digging
up the first sod. Afterwards, he noted it was
fantastic to look out at the 4ha site and what
will be more than 100 houses within a couple
of years’ time.
Leonard Gardner, CEO of Fosters
Construction, part owner of Anthem Homes
MEMBERS OF TE HAA O TE WHENUA
O KIRIKIRIROA (THAWK) WATCH AS
DES JACK BREAKS THE FIRST SOD.
and partner in the Jack’s Landing development
group, said it’s exciting to get the development
underway.
“We’re pleased to have THaWK here today to
bless the site, which will offer homes to help
satisfy the high housing demand Hamilton is
currently experiencing, and give the site a new
purpose for years to come.
“We’ve also worked closely with the Jack
House Transit Ltd team since the development’s
conception, so it’s great to have Des and Aaron
Jack here today to honour the site’s history.”
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