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Pāpāmoa retail boom: Big brand expansion plans revealed
By Samantha Motion, A Mitre 10 MEGA, BP service station, medical centre and big box retail shops are among a swag of new commercial development projects planned for ever-expanding Pāpāmoa. Together, they are expected to create more than 200 jobs. BP Oil has been granted resource consents to build a BP Connect service station and…
Read MoreSmall sections in Pāpāmoa help first-home buyers into Tauranga property market
By Zoe Hunter, Sections as small as 200sq m to 300sq m are being sold in Pāpāmoa. The development of a large area of medium-density housing in Golden Sands has proved a lifeline for first-home buyers struggling to get on to the property ladder. Tauranga building companies have noticed a boost in first-home buyers aged between…
Read MoreMore than half a billion dollars pumped into Pāpāmoa ‘hot spot’
By Zoe Hunter, More than half-a-billion dollars of construction activity is under way in Pāpāmoa East that is estimated to create more than 1000 jobs. The news comes after the Bay of Plenty Times revealed Pāpāmoa’s population is predicted to climb more than 11,000 to reach 40,339 people by 2028. A total of 270 houses are being built…
Read MoreAsbestos removal and demolition begins to make way for New Plymouth’s multimillion-dollar shopping complex
By Brianna Mcilraith, Asbestos removal and demolition of one of Taranaki’s biggest eyesores is under way. Auckland-based Nikau Group has begun clearing the asbestos-contaminated and rundown former Ravesndown site on State Highway 3 at the northern entrance to New Plymouth. Nikau Group director John Paul Stil said the work began on November 7 and involves…
Read MoreDemolition work to start at former Ravensdown site, making way for construction of retail complex
By Leighton Keith, The transformation of an eyesore into a multi million-dollar shopping complex on the outskirts of New Plymouth has taken another step forward. Tauranga-based developers Bluehaven Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with mana whenua for the area, Ngāti Tawhirikura, in the city on Thursday and announced demolition and removal work at the…
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