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Welcome to Heart of the City
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Membership form
PageJoin Heart of the City and receive all the benefits of membership - a voice to represent you, marketing and events opportunities, business listings and regular communications. Read the full benefits of membership here. You are eligible for...
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Property
PageWith over 4,000 commercially rated properties within a 1km radius of the Sky Tower, we have a dynamic property industry of owners and developers large and small, property managers and real estate advisors. Find out more about how property owners...
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Queen Street
PageOne of the city centre's most iconic streets, Queen Street, and the laneways that stem from it are significant for retail – from international luxury through to department stores, mainstream fashion and youth brands - and for the professional services...
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Wynyard Quarter
PageOn the western edge of the city centre, right on the edge of the Waitematā Harbour, is a rapidly evolving mixed-use precinct, with longstanding marine industries like boat building and the famous Auckland Fish Market and legacy industrial silos adding...
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Britomart
PageBlending heritage commercial buildings with a nautical history and well-designed modern low and mid-rise developments, Britomart is home to a combination of creative and professional businesses and a range of high quality retail and hospitality. It’s...
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How do you want Queen Street to be in 10 years?
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WIN! A Late Night Art street food and art experience
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Aotea Arts Quarter
PageOur city centre’s creative heart is home to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland Central City Library, Aotea Square, Auckland Town Hall, Aotea Centre and the Civic Theatre. It also boasts a number of private dealer galleries, theatres and cinemas...
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Federal and Elliott
PageThe area west of Queen Street is anchored with hospitality and entertainment in the Federal Street and Elliott/Darby Street areas. Further north, there’s a diverse business mix including technology and education along with the High Court and supporting...
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High Street District
PageThe High Street District has an eclectic mix of independent fashion boutiques, mainstream brands, gifts and homewares, restaurants, bars, creative and professional businesses and residential apartments. The streets and lanes in the area are intimately...
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Viaduct and Waterfront
PageThe Viaduct and Waterfront precinct connects Wynyard Quarter in the west to the city centre. Made up of a number of quays, wharves, bridges and berthing areas on the edge of the Waitematā Harbour, this reclaimed land offers distinctive high quality...
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Victoria Quarter
PageThe historic warehouse and industrial area of Auckland's city centre is bounded by Hobson, Fanshawe and Union Streets and the motorway, and includes the beautiful Victoria Park. The quarter now offers a compelling mix of historic buildings and commercial...
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One question before you go
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Living in the city
PageAs recently as 2005, only around 20,000 people called the city centre home - the most recent numbers show the current residential population has reached almost 40,000. This rate of growth is far greater than that of Auckland as a whole.* As the balance...
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What do you think should be given priority or focus in the city centre?
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246 Queen Street
PageA 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...
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The Pacifica
PageAnother 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...
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Funding the transformation
PageIt'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...
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Wynyard 100
PageWynyard 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...
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America's Cup 2021 legacy
PageThe 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...
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Britomart developments
PageBritomart 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...
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Commercial Bay
PageCommercial 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...
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The vision for the city centre
Page“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...
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StoreWatch
PageStoreWatch 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...
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Sign me up
PageWe’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...
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Managing the impact of construction
PageKeeping the city and businesses operating as close to possible as usual during the transformational change that many spaces in the city are undergoing is a high priority for us. We work with major projects to manage the impacts of construction...
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What we’re hearing from businesses about safety in the city centre
Page10 August 2021 Over the past couple of months, we’ve heard from over 400 city centre businesses about their thoughts and concerns about safety, through a mix of survey responses and face to face conversations. Below, we’ve detailed some of the main...
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Downtown and waterfront
PageThe exciting transformation in the area around the bottom of Queen Street and along Quay Street is complete. We now have better links between the Waitematā harbour and the city centre and some new vibrant and attractive pedestrian-...
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Retailers: be part of bringing the Christmas cheer this year!
PageBe in to win $9,000 in prizes for your Christmas windows Following on from the fabulously festive displays of last year and positive feedback from participating retailers, we’re inviting businesses to take part in our second Christmas window ...
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Keeping the city centre and our businesses top of mind
PageOne of the ways we are working to support city centre businesses through the impacts of COVID-19 is to keep them – and the city centre – at the top of peoples’ minds. Some businesses are not able to trade as normal currently, so keeping...
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Options for online orders and deliveries
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Wynyard Quarter innovation precinct
PageAs part of a wider transformation of Wynyard Quarter in partnership with council controlled organisation Panuku and alongside the development of a residential neighbourhood in the area, Precinct Properties are creating a commercial innovation...
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Auckland City Mission - HomeGround
PageWork on Auckland City Mission's groundbreaking community facility on the site of their longstanding Hobson Street premises is nearing completion. The new Mission redevelopment, HomeGround, designed by Stephens Lawson Architects, will assist...
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Hotels and accommodation
PageHotel accommodation is important for the city centre’s entire consumer sector – it supports the activity of dining, shopping, nightlife, attractions, events and more. With the tourism industry projecting a shortfall of around 2,000 Auckland hotel rooms...
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