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Post by ComfortZone on Feb 17, 2022 13:13:34 GMT 12
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Post by dutyfree on Feb 17, 2022 17:34:57 GMT 12
how do you get to it? Through Gulf harbour?
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Post by Fogg on Feb 17, 2022 17:39:25 GMT 12
Yup. It’s this bit on the E side (not yet called its proper name on Navionics).   |
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Post by dutyfree on Feb 17, 2022 17:47:03 GMT 12
ok, did not realise it was different, but I am a townie  |
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Post by fish on Feb 17, 2022 18:25:07 GMT 12
They have been planning some substantial land development all around Fairway Bay. I'm never sure who the actual money men are, but I aren't aware of that development getting the green light yet, so it might be a cash flow / rationalisation thing.
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Post by ComfortZone on Feb 17, 2022 18:50:19 GMT 12
They have been planning some substantial land development all around Fairway Bay. I'm never sure who the actual money men are, but I aren't aware of that development getting the green light yet, so it might be a cash flow / rationalisation thing. The Fairway Bay subdivision is being developed by the Chinese company Top Harbour Ltd app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/3154787 |
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Post by Fogg on Feb 17, 2022 19:43:49 GMT 12
Since I first moved to NZ there was talk about turning it into a mini viaduct including allowing visiting boats to tie up for a nice lunch - Med style - kind of making up for the missed opportunity of the original GH canal which became a private paranoid political waterway unwelcoming to any visitors. Even the seagulls avoid it.
But since the marina itself appeared nothing more has happened. So the rest of the development sounds a bit like Penlink (nice idea but always a one budget cycle out of reach).
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Post by ComfortZone on Feb 17, 2022 20:04:21 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Feb 17, 2022 20:30:49 GMT 12
Is this the same Chinese investors who bought the Country / Golf Club?
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Post by fish on Feb 17, 2022 21:18:06 GMT 12
Ah, Top Harbour, yes.
Trying to get Wuhan style apartment blocks in surrounding fairway bay, and can never quite get it over the line. Not the correct typology for GH, and lacked descent urban design. The Chinese money around GH have been integral in pushing penlink also. There was an unsolicited offer to build, own and operate it (with a toll of course) by China State Construction. They wanted some local track record so they can do the 2nd Harbour crossing...
Not entirely sure that was public knowledge, but it was a very well founded rumour.
I've never been sure what is going on with the golf course, other than the land is worth moonbeams, if it can be re-zoned, and there are plenty of golf courses there side by side anyway...
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Post by ComfortZone on Feb 18, 2022 7:25:11 GMT 12
Ah, Top Harbour, yes. Trying to get Wuhan style apartment blocks in surrounding fairway bay, and can never quite get it over the line. Not the correct typology for GH, and lacked descent urban design. The Chinese money around GH have been integral in pushing penlink also. There was an unsolicited offer to build, own and operate it (with a toll of course) by China State Construction. They wanted some local track record so they can do the 2nd Harbour crossing... Not entirely sure that was public knowledge, but it was a very well founded rumour. I've never been sure what is going on with the golf course, other than the land is worth moonbeams, if it can be re-zoned, and there are plenty of golf courses there side by side anyway... The Gulf Harbour Country Club appears to have been bought out of receivership a few years ago by the Phoenix Trust Ltd. Sole director is a Christchurch accountant so could be anyone's money behind it. There is another Chinese company Boezo Ltd that gets a mention re GH subdivision www.localmatters.co.nz/hibiscus-news/latest-development-brings-124-homes-to-gulf-harbour/ |
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