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Consultation is now open for proposed changes in the Wellesley Street and Queen Street area to accommodate the shift of buses back to Wellesley Street. Changes need to take place ahead of the closure of Victoria/Albert Street and...

Heart of the City's feedback to Auckland Transport on changes to bus infrastructure in the city centre: submitted 26 February 2021. Heart of the City represents the interests of business and property owners in the city centre. Please find our...

On 10 March 2021, Viv Beck presented on behalf of Heart of the City to Auckland Council's Finance and Performance Committee regarding the Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031, prior to completion of our written submission on the plan.  Last April I...

Excerpt of Viv Beck's full Op-Ed "Great city needs beating heart", published in the New Zealand Herald's Project Auckland on Friday 5 March 2021. Click to read the full piece on the NZ Herald website. Four questions have been raised with me consistently...

Auckland Council’s Long Term Plan is open for feedback until 22 March. As well as proposed general rates increases, included are options for the reinstatement of the Accommodation Provider Targeted Rate, paused last year to due to COVID, as well as...

1 - 31 May 2021 New this year, in line with the NZ International Comedy Festival, Heart of the City will be promoting Cheap & Cheerful food and drink offers ($15 or less) from city centre café, bar and restaurant businesses. Offers must...

Hospitality operators - do you have an outdoor trading license? Did you know that Auckland Council can extend your licence expiry date for the period of time Auckland has been at raised Alert Levels? At this point in time, we've spent 156 days in...

The updated construction start date for the Viaduct's Project WAVE, a trial connecting the cycling route from Nelson Street to Quay Street, is 14 April. Additional loading zones, pedestrian crossing points, and a one-way system also form part of the...

Heart of the City's submission to Auckland Council's 10-Year Budget 2021/2031: submitted 22 March 2021. Heart of the City is the business association for Auckland’s city centre. We represent the interests of businesses and property owners in the...

Heart of the City is clear that they want to see a beautiful and well functioning Queen Street but the Auckland Transport plans released today are a fail, and no one is going to win. Heart of the City Chief Executive Viv Beck says that “Queen Street...

With the reopening of the CPO as the main entrance for the Britomart Transport Centre in early April came some new retail offerings in the beautifully renovated heritage space. Artisan breads from OM Goodness, beautiful blooms from the Britomart Florist...

Aucklanders have only two days to give feedback to Auckland Transport’s proposal for Queen Street, and Heart of the City is urging Aucklanders to tell Auckland Transport what they think. “We’ve heard from a wide range of Aucklanders with different needs...

Heart of the City (HOTC) is the business association for Auckland’s city centre and we represent the interests of businesses and property owners. We are committed to the growth and success of the city centre as a vibrant, accessible, safe and welcoming...

From 1 - 31 May, over 80 Heart of the City cafés, bars and eateries will be serving up Cheap & Cheerful Eats for $15 or less. Whether diners are in the mood for dumplings or burgers, a coffee and something sweet or something salty with a cold beer,...

A sophisticated retail, hospitality and commercial transformation has been completed at 246 Queen Street, an eight-storey example of 1960s architecture in the mid-city block between Victoria and Wellesley Streets. Designers Fearon Hay...

Another skyline transforming addition to the city, completed early in 2021. The Pacifica is a 57-level apartment tower in the Fort Street area featuring a boutique hotel and a new laneway connecting Commerce and Gore Streets with shopping and dining...

It's widely recognised that the city centre plays a vital role in the economy of the Auckland region, which means its success is a priority for local and central government as well as for those of us here in the city centre. Auckland...

Wynyard 100 is a six-building mixed use development on the block bounded by Halsey, Pakenham, Gaunt and Daldy Streets. The first stage, including a 154 room Travelodge hotel, new NZ Bus office space, a Countdown Metro at ground level and 385...

The 36th America's Cup was held in Auckland city centre's Wynyard Quarter, with the event base spread across Wynyard Point, Halsey Street wharf and Hobson Wharf. Developments in the area to enable to event to take place will have a lasting impact...

Britomart is an urban regeneration success story, with refurbished heritage buildings with nautical and commercial history and well-designed modern low and mid-rise developments linked together by a number of well-used public spaces that people...

Commercial Bay is a major development by Precinct Properties completed in 2020 in the block bounded by Quay Street, Lower Queen Street and Albert Street. The project delivered 39,000sqm of office space across 39 levels in the new PwC Tower and a...

Heart of the City (HOTC) is the business association for Auckland’s city centre. We represent the interests of business in the city-centre and strive to ensure the city centre is vibrant and successful, commensurate with its role in Auckland’s economy....

“By 2032 Auckland's city centre will be highly regarded internationally as a centre for business and learning, innovation, entertainment, culture and urban living - all with a distinctly 'Auckland' flavour.”  -  Auckland City Centre...

StoreWatch is a communication network between 170+ city centre retailers and the NZ Police that aims to reduce and prevent retail theft in the city centre. The network is designed to get retailers talking to and looking out for each other by sharing...

We have an opportunity for a limited number of city centre businesses to access a business mentor for a 12-month period, in partnership with Business Mentors NZ. This service provides confidential one on one support for small business owners...

We measure pedestrian numbers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at multiple Auckland city centre locations. We spoke with Reveal Smart Nations, the provider of our counting system, about how powerful the data is for understanding the...

Update 1 June: Auckland Transport has reopened consultation for the Queen Street changes - with submissions now being received by email (to ATengagement@at.govt.nz) until midnight on Friday 4 June. Auckland Transport is proposing network ...

If you missed out giving feedback on Queen Street's network changes, Auckland Transport has reopened consultation until this Friday 4 June. Please take the opportunity to do this, particularly if you have concerns about for loading, drop-offs, scooters/...

Heart of the City (HOTC) is the business association for Auckland’s city centre. We represent the interests of businesses and property owners in the city centre. We are committed to the growth and success of the city centre as a vibrant, accessible, safe...

Artweek Auckland returns to the city centre from 9 - 17 October. As a proud long-standing supporter of the event, we're proud to be partnering with Artweek to offer opportunities for local artists to reimagine and transform some familiar city...

We’ll keep you on top of everything you need to know about Auckland’s city centre - from how it’s transforming and what this means for business, to what’s on in the city around you. To go to our membership sign-up for city centre businesses and...

Want to know how CRL construction is progressing behind the hoardings? It's a complex project with multiple worksites and workstreams, so we've rounded up some of the key activity for the coming months in the city centre, from tunnelling to road...

To allow the next stage of CRL works to take place, including construction of Aotea Station, there are some significant changes for access around this area of the city. The Victoria/Albert Street intersection will be closed from Tuesday 29...

Businesses facing the imminent closure of the Albert/Victoria Street intersection will gather in demonstration on the steps of Auckland Council on Thursday 17 June at 9am, asking for those accountable for the CRL project to make a decision on financial...

Auckland Transport are offering city centre workers assistance with planning their journeys to and from work. With City Rail Link construction progressing and the intersection at Victoria and Albert Street closing on 30 June, a number of workers’...

One week on from when more than two dozen businesses impacted by the City Rail Link gathered and only days before a major city centre intersection closure, businesses have still not had an answer on financial relief so desperately needed. Whilst...