Former police station demolished to make way for townhouses – Times

Considered one of east Auckland’s most iconic public buildings is being demolished to make method for a residential housing improvement.

The long-unoccupied constructing that occupies 34 Moore Avenue in Howick served because the Howick Borough Council Chambers after which as Counties Manukau East Police headquarters.

Auckland Council owned the property earlier than promoting it, together with quite a few others throughout town, in an effort to boost cash from “asset recycling”.

The location was purchased by D3 Improvement, which plans to construct 31 two- and three-bedroom townhouses set inside landscaped gardens on it.

Townhouses within the improvement, named The Oaken Residences, are being marketed on the market by Harcourts Howick. Lifts might be obtainable in some items.

D3 Improvement director Scott Illingworth beforehand instructed the Occasions stage one of many venture is focused for completion later this yr.

It can improve the group whereas offering high-quality homes at an reasonably priced value level, he mentioned.

“The Oaken Residences assist the Howick village imaginative and prescient for a lovely, energetic and walkable village that celebrates its historical past and offers a robust sense of identification and group.

“Our townhouses are architecturally designed to mirror the aesthetics of Howick utilizing kind, scale, and high quality supplies that complement the historic village and can stand the take a look at of time.”

D3 Improvement is working to make sure the event meets the important design outcomes stipulated as a part of the gross sales settlement, together with these associated to the Howick Village Centre Plan, parking and entry, density, sustainability, and design, Illingworth mentioned.

D3 is obsessed with delivering sustainable brand-new properties that make on a regular basis dwelling stress-free.

“The Oaken Residences might be extremely habitable, effectively linked to public transport hyperlinks and native facilities, have glorious vitality effectivity, and the choice for bike parking and composting.

“We consider they are going to be an asset to the Howick group.”

In a latest replace, Illingworth says 5 townhouses within the improvement have been bought unconditionally.

“Over the summer season break, with a optimistic financial outlook for 2024, our enquiry fee has been greater than we’ve got seen all through the entire advertising marketing campaign.

“Our Harcourts brokers … have conferences lined up for folks getting back from their holidays to buy their new properties within the coronary heart of Howick.”

The corporate’s plans require the elimination of the prevailing dilapidated and unsafe constructing, which was “not weather-tight, however is earthquake susceptible and constructed from hazardous supplies”.

An asbestos elimination crew was on the website from January 15-17 with the demolition course of starting on January 18 and anticipated to take about three weeks.

On-line advertising for the townhouses by Harcourts Howick state they’re priced from $1,250,000.

“Oaken Residences is a spot to name dwelling for all phases and ages, providing relaxed village dwelling inside a family-friendly neighbourhood and a beautiful group vibe,” the advert states.

“Genuinely a minute’s stroll from the center of Howick village, alive with its common cafés, eating places, boutique buying, Monterey Cinema, the well-known Saturday morning markets, public transport, grocery store, medical centres, pharmacies, parks, bowling membership, [and] tennis membership.”