Trustpower is one step closer to relocating its business into the city CBD unveiling plans for its new head office in Durham Street.
On Friday Trustpower and developers signed the contracts for the development of the new building planned to house up to 450 Trustpower staff within the three-storey development.
An artist's impression of the new building, which will incorporate atrium type construction and be the first of its type in Tauranga.
In a statement Trustpower community relations manager Graeme Purches says the building will accommodate existing staff at Trustpower's head office in Truman Lane and staff at the Westpac building in Devonport Road.
It will also allow for anticipated growth as New Zealand's fifth largest electricity retailer expands.
The new building will consist of three floors and a basement which will be below ground level in Durham street and at ground level at the rear.
Graeme says the building will be manned 24/7 by customer service staff and technical staff remotely managing and monitoring Trustpower's 38 New Zealand hydro schemes, two New Zealand wind farms, and the company's Australian wind farm development, via satellite.
He says given the nature of the Trustpower business, it will also house standby generators and a host of IT infrastructure including the dedicated equipment needed to supply Trustpower's growing number of telecommunications customers.
The building will be owned by the developers, and leased long-term to Trustpower which will occupy approximately 90 per cent, with two or three other smaller tenants occupying the remaining 10 per cent.
Development of the building is planned to take 102 weeks, with the company expected to make its move from the current Truman Road site around February 2016.
The parties signing duplicate copies of the 225 page contract. Lawyer for the developers Max Hamilton, Site owner Dwayne Roper, Trustpower Commercial Operations general manager Chris O'Hara, Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby, Building Developer Peter Cooney, and Trustpower chief executive Vince Hawksworth.
4 comments
Defies Logic
Posted on 08-03-2014 16:27 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
The Tauranga Electric Power Board (Trustpower) moved out of the CBD because it was claimed that they no longer needed to be in town, because they were getting away from retail; furthermore they needed room to expand and Te Maunga was ideal. Now they are reversing this idea, having flash new offices (of course with harbour views for the management team). A waste of consumer money. Goodbye Trustpower - its time we all voted with our feet.
dont
Posted on 08-03-2014 23:23 | By Capt_Kaveman
worry many have already left and yeah thats another 450 into the CBD which is already cluttered
Welcome
Posted on 10-03-2014 05:20 | By Sambo Returns
Trustpower, the C.B.D needs you, 450 more people will possibly power the de-fribulator, and breathe some life into the city centre, another antiquated building demolished, replaced with something bright and modern, and with its own parking.
Trustpower moving locations
Posted on 10-03-2014 07:47 | By purchesg
Gee "big ted" - don't let the facts get in the way of a good argument! When the Tauranga Electric Power Board moved from Spring Street to Te Maunga, we owned and operated lines and transformers, and even made concrete telephone poles. We had around 40,000 customers in Western BOP, and we needed premises to fit that. In 1999 when I started we had around 60,000 customers and 8 people working in a call centre, but Max Bradford made us sell off all the lines and transformers. We now have round 230,000 customers, 100 people in customers service, we don't own poles, transformers and trucks, and we don't employ people to climb poles and fix wires. We need an office that fits. Give me a call and you can come visit and I'll show you exactly why we need a new building. Happy Days - Graeme Purches
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