Hotel franchisee sought on Trade Me

An artist’s impression of the new Devonport Road apartments. Photo: Trade Me.

Quest Apartments has turned to Trade Me to find a franchisee for its new Tauranga development.

The hotel apartment will be built at 71 Devonport Road, above the current Home Etc store, and just across the street from Devonport Towers.

The anticipated commencement date is October 1, 2017, and the complex is described as comprising of 42 apartments – a mixture of studio, one and two bedrooms.

The asking price from potential franchisees is $575,000.

Mainstreet Tauranga chairman Glenn Tuck says the development can only be good for the city.

'You're bringing more into the CBD, and they're staying there. We need more people living in the CBD, to be fair. That will actually help grow the city and change the culture.”

Parking is often an issue in the city, particularly for shoppers. But Glenn says the more people who can make their home in the CBD, the better for local businesses.

Newly-elected mayor Greg Brownless agrees with the benefits the new apartments will bring.

'It will provide people with another choice of accommodation, and might even lead to more people going to the shops,” says Greg.

He is also pleased to see private enterprise behind these initiatives.

'Whether it will cure the problems facing the CBD, I don't know. But I'd rather see people there, than empty buildings. Hopefully it will bring a feeling of vibrancy to the area.”

The Devonport Road apartments will be the third Quest complex in Tauranga, the others being on Durham Street and at the Mount.

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2 comments

Great But.

Posted on 12-10-2016 18:44 | By Accountable

Where will the guests of the forty two apartments and the leaseholder find car parking when the developer is only supplying parking for eleven cars? This is proof that the Priority One initiative to encourage development by changing the parking requirements is a stupendous failure. If the Council is to continue down this ridiculous path why don't they build more car parking before allowing developers the consents to build in the CBD? There is no point in having all this proposed development and no where to park. The retailers will once again bear the brunt of the poor planning by our under qualified Council staff.


Some facts

Posted on 12-10-2016 19:30 | By Accountable

Martin Parkes the Councils transport manager insists that the people of Tauranga have to start using public transport to visit the CBD that is why he is forcibly trying to restrict parking. Here are some facts from his home country of England.Travelling to work in England and Wales.In the 2011 Census, driving was the most common form of commuting to work, used by 15.3 million people (57.5 per cent of the working population).A further 1.4 million people (5.1 per cent) got to work as passengers in cars or vans, giving a vehicle occupancy rate of 1.09 persons per vehicle. 16.4 per cent travelled to work by public transport.Some 2.8 million people (10.7 per cent) walked to work.2.9 per cent cycled to work.With English statistics like that how does he expect to convert enough people in Tauranga to avoid building more car parks?


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