Commercial and Industrial Property Development

Commercial and industrial property development in New Zealand is being shaped by changing workplace and retail patterns, demand for logistics and industrial assets, and increasing integration between private development and infrastructure delivery.

We understand the critical drivers of commercial and industrial developments and we work with investors, developers and tenants to deliver commercial and industrial property projects that create long term value.

We work alongside clients from concept through to completion, assisting with consents for projects (including obtaining overseas investment approval, if required), and dealing with land acquisition (including due diligence, feasibility and finance), master planning and development strategy, investment vehicles and construction arrangements.

We also regularly advise on property and construction disputes, providing pragmatic advice to resolve project disputes in a timely and cost effective manner.

Our work in this sector

• Consenting
• Industrial and logistics developments
• Large format mixed-use developments
• Development structuring
• Property and development finance
• Construction delivery
• Resolution of property disputes (reinstatement obligations, general contractual breach and market rent review disputes)

Experience highlights

• Advising Air New Zealand in relation to Hangar 4 at Auckland Airport and in relation to the significant redevelopment of the international Koru and Elite Lounge at Auckland International Airport.
• Advising Hamilton and Palmerston North airports on their respective master plan industrial development projects.
• Advising Norak Properties Limited (the purchaser/landlord) in respect of the development by Cardinal Logistics Limited of a fully automated 115,000 pallet facility - the largest of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Advising NZ Post on the development and leasing of its automated “Super Depot” facilities throughout New Zealand.  
• Advising Beca on the development and leasing of the "Beca House" in Wynyard Quarter.
• Advising on the Westgate Town Centre development, which included significant transactions with Costco, Microsoft, the subdivision and sale of land to DCI for the development of a cloud computing data centre, and agreements to lease with Mitre10, and various Restaurant Brands’ restaurants, including KFC, Carl’s Junior and Taco Bell.
• Advising Spark New Zealand on the property and environmental aspects of the sale of a 75% interest in its datacentre business to Pacific Equity Partners.