The Star: December 01, 2022

Thursday December 1 2022 The Star
• By Tony Simons
A SUMNER landmark building
on Marriner St that was, for most
of its life, known as Sunleigh
Flats, is to be demolished to
make way for apartments
designed by an architect who
was a student at the Prince of
Wales’ Institute of Architecture
in London.
The new
owner of the
distinctive
pink building
on the corner
of Burgess and
Marriner St
is developer,
Brooksfield. It
has employed
London-based architect Ben Pentreath
to design the building.
Pentreath is perhaps best
known for his involvement in designing
Poundbury, the Duchy of
Cornwall’s experimental planned
community development on the
outskirts of Dorchester. That development
was endorsed by King
Charles III when he was Prince
of Wales and Duke of Cornwall,
and many regarded it as the
prince’s pet project.
Sunleigh Flats was a private
hotel, then a children’s home for
a short time, before being turned
into flats. It then hosted Ali Barbers
Hair Stylists, but has sat idle
since the earthquakes. It is about
100-years-old.
Brooksfield typically builds a
mix of character and modern.
Its website states too many
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Sumner’s distinctive pink
building to be demolished
King
Charles III
NEW DEVELOPMENT: The landmark Sunleigh Flats/Ali Barber building in Sumner
will make way for a complex designed by London-based architect Ben Pentreath
who was involved in King Charles III’s pet project Pounbury (below).
people settle for a home that
is generic, when the decisions
we make today will help shape
Christchurch for the next 100
years.
“We really like buying corner
sites where we can make the
biggest, positive impact”,
Brooksfield director Vincent
Holloway said.
Given its prime position, this
site has to be the most noticed in
the Sumner village, he said.
“We’re very excited about this
one, [and] we want to do Sumner
proud.”
The new complex will front
onto both Marriner and Burgess
Sts and will include garaging and
ground level commercial space.
It’s the second time the
property has sold this year.
The previous owner bought it
in April but “had a change in
direction,” according to Colliers
consultant, Courtney Doig who
marketed the property.
NEWS 9
Jail for
trying to
take shotgun
onto plane
• By Belinda Feek
A MAN who tried to take a
sawn-off shotgun and cartridge
on an Air NZ domestic flight
claims he was “stitched up.”
Arana Joshua Anderson, 28,
arrived at the domestic terminal
at Christchurch Airport about
8.45am on July 6 to board a flight
back home to Hamilton.
However, he was denied boarding
due to his carry-on luggage
being “too large.’’
He was returned to the checkin
area where Aviation Security
scanned and checked his bag.
It was then they saw what looked
like a pistol and ammunition.
Anderson fled the airport and
police were called. Searching his
bag, they found a sawn-off shotgun
with an altered pistol grip
handle along with one shotgun
cartridge.
When questioned, he claimed
he was “stitched up by my cousin”.
He appeared in the Hamilton
District Court on charges of
unlawfully carrying a firearm and
ammunition. Anderson was jailed
for 18 months.
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