One hundred and seventy-six entries have been received for the BLUE Sky the Outer-T competition which closed at the end of August. The competition called for creative ideas for the best use for the Outer-T of Queens Wharf and was open to everyone.
We are very pleased with the number of entries we received, and the fact that they came from such a wide-cross section of the Wellington community.
Willis Bond and Co has been granted a resource consent to redevelop of the Overseas Passenger Terminal. It plans to spend over $100 million on a makeover that will revitalise the area, providing a range of new indoor and outdoor areas, including apartments, shops and cafes on the waterfront.
Wellington Wellington Waterfront Limited has announced that the winning design selected for the redevelopment of Frank Kitts Park is by Wellington based company, Wraight & Associates Ltd.
The northern waterfront promenade between Shed 5 and the old Eastbourne Ferry Terminal is to re-open from 9am on Thursday 29 November.
The promenade, to be given a Maori blessing earlier that morning by the Wellington Tenths Trust, has been closed since February while the new Meridian building and surrounding public spaces were under construction.
Wellington Waterfront Limited is seeking public feedback on entries in two design competitions that are currently underway. The competitions are for the redesign of Frank Kitts Park and concept building designs for Kumutoto sites 8, 9 and 10. All designs are being displayed in the Waterfront Project Information Centre in Shed 6 on Queens Wharf until Friday 2 November.
Wellington Waterfront Ltd Chairperson Fran Wilde has resigned after four years in the role. She will stand down on 29 August.
Mayor Kerry Prendergast says she wants to publicly thank Ms Wilde on behalf of all Wellingtonians for her hard work in driving the waterfront development forward.
Wellington's oldest ship, the floating crane Hikitia, will again prove age is no barrier to hard work when it lifts two 37-tones, 12 metre high contrete towers into place on the refurbished Tug Wharf, north of Queens Wharf on Saturday 26 May.
The promenade along the water's edge of the waterfront's Kumutoto Precinct will be closed from Monday 12 February for a period of four months as work begins on the creation of new public open space in the area.
Wellington Waterfront Ltd and the waterfront's rowing clubs, Wellington Rowing Club and Star Boating Club, today announced the car parking and vehicle access issues, over which they have been indispute, are now resolved.
Wellington Waterfront Limited today announced a landmark deal that will see New Zealand’s first “Green” office building developed on the Kumutoto area in the northern
precinct of the waterfront.
Some of the world's best architects display their leading edge designs, for four proposed new buildings for Waitangi Park, from 4-21 October at Queens Wharf.
WWL Chief Executive Ian Pike says it is a real coup for Wellington Waterfront Ltd to have secured such a high calibre of architects to compete to design buildings down on the Waterfront.
Some of the world's most innovative and exciting architects have said ???yes??? to an invitation from Wellington Waterfront Ltd to compete for the opportunity to design four new buildings proposed for Waitangi Park.
Wellington Waterfront Ltd is to erect today, nine interpretive signs around the perimeter of the Waitangi Park construction site, that explain to passers-by the features of the park and how they’re being built.
The former Wellington Free Ambulance Building is set to get a new lease of life, with Wellington Waterfront Ltd announcing that it has awarded a development contract to Willis Bond & Co Ltd (Willis Bond) to restore and refurbish the building, which will eventually house offices on its upper levels, and a combination of cafés, bars and restaurants on the ground floor.
The first section of an ex-Union Steam Ship Building (formerly the Greta Point Tavern) was transported overnight by truck to its new location north of Queens Wharf.
The Board of Lambton Harbour Management Limited has now selected one of the three proposals it has been actively considering for the restoration and redevelopment of Shed 22 and the Odlins Building. These are adjoining heritage buildings in the Taranaki Wharf area.
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