The Bob Dey Property Report

Long Bay a long way from Oteha style

16 October 2000

North Shore councillors cringe when they think about the way Oteha Valley turned out — full residences in tiny spaces where they envisaged one-bedroom, maybe two-room, apartments.

But they reckon they’re starting to get the hang of things, and the outcome at Long Bay should be much better.

The council has come up with a concept plan and will go to the formal hearings process about April next year. All going well, which is probably unlikely, the process which has taken a decade of dithering and a year of more concerted activity could see development in two years.

Next month the Shore council gets back on to the subject of Okura, and what should be allowed on the top end of the city there.

Down at Papakura, the district council has various structure plans moving steadily through the early stages of the rezoning process, and the plan for the urbanisation of the Hingaia Peninsula is well advanced.

Metro Apartments deal

Trevor Canty and John Roberts have come up with a bright idea to let small investors into the Metro Apartments mortgagee tender. Story details inside.

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Snapshot on world business, October 2000 (18 Oct 2000)
Bayleys’ formal link with Cushman & Wakefield begins (18 Oct 2000)
Bayleys auction action (16 Oct 2000)
Snapshot on External links, October 2000 (16 Oct 2000)
Bulk bid for Metro units lets small investors in on deal (16 Oct 2000)
Long Bay concept plan released (15 Oct 2000)
Snapshot on local property, October 2000 (13 Oct 2000)
Good news on ASB Securities site (12 Oct 2000)
Hingaia greenfields schedule for release next May (12 Oct 2000)
Second new site nearer town centre proposed for Papakura station (12 Oct 2000)
Widely divergent court views in lifestyle block cases (11 Oct 2000)
Snapshot on local business, October 2000 (10 Oct 2000)
Pye family buys six TasAg farms (10 Oct 2000)
Fletcher Building to be a standalone listed company (10 Oct 2000)
Pressure on syndicate (9 Oct 2000)
Familiar story: NZ quality disdained (6 Oct 2000)
Manukau consent activity, August 2000 (3 Oct 2000)
Raptis settles with NZ investors in Gold Coast apartments (3 Oct 2000)
Metro apartments tender closes 9 November (2 Oct 2000)

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