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Soho Square Ponsonby was a failed development in the suburb of Ponsonby in Auckland, New Zealand. The $250 million project was announced in 2006 and was meant to be a major attraction in the area with apartments, office space and retail areas. Construction started on the site of an old yeast manufacturing plant, but progress was slow and the developers had gone into receivership by the end of 2009. In 2010 receivers sold the development to Innovus, but the site remains an unused excavated hole.
Planned location and features
The project was planned for the west end of Ponsonby, Auckland, across the road from Western Park. It was to occupy 1.3 hectares, nearly the whole block within Williamson Avenue, Pollen Street and Crummer Road.
The developer website stated that the site would contain 25,000m² of office space, 35 retail shops, 53 apartments and over 1250 undercover car parks.
History of the site
From 1910 the site was a yeast production plant. The former Dominion Yeast Company site was sold in 2004 by New Zealand Food Industries (now part of the international AB Mauri group) and up until that stage had been producing nearly all of the compressed yeast in New Zealand. The plant has since been moved to Hamilton.
In 2006 the location was sold to the Marlin Group. The site was not without controversy, with many in the area protesting the development. In 2008 resource consent was turned down. Protests against the development continued after construction had halted, one included a group of artists using the area as a swimming pool.
The development did not progress any further than the initial excavation for five floors of planned underground car park.
External links
- Soho Square - company website
References
- ^ Taylor, Colin (2006-07-01). "Soho Square to rise in Ponsonby". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- ^ Marlin Group. "Soho - Ponsonby Auckland". Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- Rein, Jocelyn (2009-12-09). "So much for Soho plan". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- Dey, Bob (2010-05-13). "Soho Square sold". The Bob Dey Property Report. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- "AB Mauri - Regions" (Company website). AB Mauri. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- Auckland City Harbour News (2008-11-04). "Soho Square development turned down". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- Gibson, Anne (2009-03-25). "Artists pool resources for 'Sohole' swim". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- Rein, Jocelyn (2010-04-14). "Soho's plans unfold". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
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