Plans are in progress for a massive 88-hectare development in Whangārei, including the construction of more than 500 homes to cater for the region’s population boom.

The Whangarei District Council last year approved the Port Nikau Environment Master Plan submitted by Port Nikau Joint Venture Partners, co-owned by Tony and Clare Davies-Colley.

After the first project of the construction of 520 residential properties over 59-acres of land back from the waterfront, the next in the process is to create “precinct plans” for the area, which includes mixed-use, residential, commercial, marine, industrial, town centre, open space and road reserve.

Mrs Davies-Colley said it was too early to say how much residential properties would cost or the type of market the developers would be eyeing.

“There’ll be a mixture of houses, including traditional standalone houses, townhouses and apartments. We’d start with the construction of traditional houses until we get a bit of momentum to develop other types of houses as demand increases.”

Find the full story here