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New World first major tenant in planned $1b Pāpāmoa East town centre
By Zoe Hunter The first major tenant for a planned billion-dollar town centre development in Pāpāmoa East has been revealed. Foodstuffs’ New World is the first and cornerstone tenant for The Sands Town Centre and is expected to create about 180 new jobs in the area. The supermarket is part of stage one of the…
Read MoreRevealed: $1 billion town centre planned for Pāpāmoa East will be ‘four times the size of Bayfair’
By: Zoe Hunter Details of a new billion-dollar town centre planned for in Pāpāmoa East that will be four times the size of Bayfair Shopping Centre and surrounded by 11,000 new homes have been revealed. The Sands Town Centre will be mixed-use, with stage one including a $100 million aquatic centre with a 50m Olympic-sized pool, a…
Read MorePāpāmoa tipped to get another 11,000 people by 2028
By: Carmen Hall, Pāpāmoa’s population is predicted to increase by more than 11,000 by 2028 – and Bay business leaders say the booming seaside suburb is in the midst of an ”evolution”. However, there are concerns about whether the suburb’s infrastructure will keep up with the rapid growth and whether a planned interchange to connect Pāpāmoa East…
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…
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