Plans have just been revealed for a major new development by Manson TCLM in Auckland’s inner city suburb of Newmarket.
The new premium-grade, state-of-the-art office building that will be perched at the corner of Broadway and Alma streets promises to transform the heart of Newmarket’s office precinct.
The development is anchored by Mercury, following its recent rebrand from former name Mighty River Power and the decision to consolidate its numerous Auckland locations into a centralised hub.
Colliers International agents Paul Dyson and colleague Michael van der Putten are marketing circa 4,000sqm of remaining office space for corporate tenants looking for a new home.
Dyson says the 5 Green Star building is benchmarked against Mansons’ recently completed BDO Centre (4 Graham Street and home of NZME), which took out the Best in Category and Supreme awards at the 2016 Property Council awards in June.
The rigorous judging criteria included weighing the property against economic and financial factors, including but not limited to, project vision and innovation, degree of difficulty, design and construction, owner and user satisfaction and sustainability and efficiency of operation.
Dyson says the developer is pursuing 33 Broadway with the same considerations in mind. “This property will transform Newmarket’s look and feel with its leading edge design and building technology. It has a hugely prominent frontage onto Broadway with ground level showroom and retail amenity that adds to the district’s retail centric character,” says Dyson.
“It offers spacious areas such as a massive atrium which will extend through all levels to provide outstanding natural light and horizontal and vertical visual connectivity,” he explains. “Through the atrium, sky bridges will connect the floor plates to provide tenant flow and activation.”
Like the BDO building, 33 Broadway will boast a lobby atrium. “Buildings of this calibre cater to the needs of diversified businesses, as the BDO building demonstrates,” Dyson observes. “Tenants secured there include legal and shipping giants Meredith Connell and Maersk Line, NZME, Kotahi, Pernod Ricard and BDO.”
The large, efficient floor plates work to accentuate openness, accessibility and diminish hierarchy, van der Putten adds. “It will also feature generous 3.1m stud heights, secure basement parking with several charge points for electric cars and onsite end-of-trip facilities such as showers, lockers, storage and bicycle racks.”
Newmarket acts as a key junction in the rail network with easy access to the CBD, south and west Auckland. Its popular train station has previously been judged one of New Zealand’s best new buildings in the urban design category of the New Zealand Architects Institute awards.
“People prefer Newmarket to other places due to its proximity to the CBD, Parnell, Remuera, Mount Eden, and the northern, western and southern motorways, making it accessible to a huge portion of Auckland’s residential suburbs while avoiding the CBD’s renowned traffic woes,” van der Putten says.
