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Christchurch’s iconic heritage buildings have experienced differing fates
in the 10 years since the earthquakes struck. But some of the city’s most
famous sites are being saved.
Popular overseas, the rooftop bar experience has arrived in Christchurch.
One rooftop bar in Christchurch is not enough for these developers.
A disused Christchurch police station will be converted into a medical and technology research centre.
Eight artisan producers will offer a medley of international eats at The Yard in St Asaph St.
The cop shop joins an old glass factory, a 1960s office block and an old printing press on Box 112's roster.
The former central Christchurch temporary police station at 56-68 St Asaph Street has been sold to South Island investor Box 112 for around $25m.
The gaps between developments continue to be filled around Christchurch, slowly bringing a sense of completeness to the city's rebuild.
Flip Grater's vegan food outlet another small businesses capitalising on industrial Sydenham.
Construction has begun on the conversion of a mid-20th-century office building in Christchurch into a new 40-room hotel. The building was severely damaged in...
Work has begun converting a 1950s office building into a new hotel with shops underneath and a rooftop bar.
New laneway part of "special" plan for old electricity building in central Christchurch.
Ōtākaro Limited and developers Box 112 have reached a conditional agreement for the sale and purchase of the former Municipal Electricity Department (MED) building at 200 Armagh St, Christchurch.
Christchurch's reputation as an artistic and creative city continues with the announcement that Yoobee School of Design and Design & Arts College New Zealand (D&A) will merge into a completely renovated state-of-the-art campus in central Christchurch in mid-2019.
Yoobee School of Design will bring up to 700 students into downtown Christchurch from mid-2019.
The sixth floor balcony atop a 1960s modernist office block has views of the Port Hills and the Southern Alps.
A secret rooftop pavilion harbours a story about Christchurch and one of its most celebrated architects.
Amid the concrete and glass of Christchurch’s sparkling new city, the CBD is emerging as a space that packs a culinary punch. Because, although deciding where to have dinner can be a tough decision, the central city has become a hotspot for the hungry with all types of foods and cuisines including Thai, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Japanese and everything in between.
Outdoor space a key to early learning at Christchurch's newest childcare centres.
From kombucha bars to boutique apartments, "South Town" may be best place to be in central Christchurch.
Browsing in a secondhand store is a mix of a nostalgia trip and a treasure hunt.
Heritage renovation delights owners, sends city squatters packing.
Basketball, coffee and clipper cuts. All is on offer at Christchurch's biggest and most unique barber.
A hub of artisan-style eateries will soon call Christchurch's Welles St home.
‘Beautiful character and heritage spaces in central Christchurch’. That’s the tagline. But in reality, Box 112’s day to day is much grittier. Think clearing out an old welder’s workshop, strengthening an abandoned heritage building and retrofitting a former grocery distribution centre.
A late 1950s office building in central Christchurch will be restored and turned into a hotel with the help of a ratepayer grant.
Private developers are moving into Christchurch's south frame with plans for cafes, bars, a gallery, offices and apartments.
New owners of old Caffe Roma building needed two things to save it - a council grant and the right tenants.
OPINION: Christchurch has lost a lot but some heritage remains and must be valued.
Welcome to Welles St - an industrial part of central Christchurch becoming its own neighbourhood.