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With 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...

We asked three leading restaurateurs from Auckland's city centre what makes our dining scene so special. Michael Dearth from The Grove and Baduzzi, Bo Manoonpong from Mai Thai, Grasshopper and Thai Street and Kyle Street from Culprit and Lowbrow talk...

One 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...

On 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...

Blending 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...

The University of Auckland's main graduation ceremonies run in May (Autumn) and September (Spring) each year. On graduation day the formalities start with a street procession from the University to the Aotea Centre. There are three processions in Autumn...

AUT’s graduation ceremonies happen twice a year, soon after the end of each semester. A graduation street procession runs from Albert Park, through Princes Street, Bowen Avenue and Victoria Street East into Queen Street and up to Aotea Square...

Our major marketing campaign for the city launches today. This winter, we’re inspiring Aucklanders to explore their city centre by highlighting the unique personalities of the neighbourhoods that make up the city centre and the range of...

One of the city centre's major cultural venues, Aotea Centre, is undergoing a transformation to rejuvenate the 28-year-old building. The transformation will be in stages, starting with significant exterior and internal works which will pave the way for...

Updated 16 August 2018 We wrote nine months ago about the projected shortage of hotels in the city centre due to high demand, and about the new developments that were underway at the time. Since then we've seen a huge number of new ...

City Rail Link have just released new virtual tours of the new and redeveloped stations that will be opened when works are completed, scheduled to be in early 2024. You can see some of art and design features woven into the fabric of the stations,...

International fashion brand H&M opens its Auckland flagship today in the brand new Commercial Bay development located at the waterfront end of Queen Street. By the end of next year, this much anticipated new addition to the city centre will be home...

We see kindness every day here in the city centre, shared between strangers, friends, family and colleagues. This week, it’s more evident than usual, thanks to Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day. RAK days are celebrated around the world, and NZ’s is this...

The Farmers Santa Parade will take place on Sunday 2 December due to rain on the original parade date. The major community family event that is the Farmers Santa Parade returns to the streets of the city centre for its 85th outing in 2018. Many city...

Tomorrow brings American Express Restaurant Month to a close for another year. We've pulled together some of the most delectable food shots and vibrant event moments in celebration of the brilliant city centre restaurants that make this event such a...

From 6 – 14 October, we’re celebrating Artweek 2018 in the city centre and encouraging Aucklanders to discover our cultural heartbeat - from galleries to art in the streets and corporate art collections. We're a longstanding major partner of...

With Auckland Heritage Festival kicking off later this month and the city going through big changes at the moment, we were inspired to talk to a few city centre businesses with a whole lot of history - over 400 years’ between them to be more exact –...

In 1934, Marbecks was opened, the Levy Building on Customs Street (home to RJB Design and Xuxu) got the art deco makeover you can still see today, around half a million people lived in Auckland and we were nearing the end of the Great Depression. 1934...

Five designs have been revealed for a new tower on the waterfront side of the Sky Tower at 65 Federal Street, in a competition run by Australian-based property developers ICD. The brief to the competing architects – local firm Warren &...

From 6 – 14 October, we’re celebrating Artweek 2018 in the city centre and encouraging Aucklanders to discover our cultural heartbeat - from galleries to art in the streets, corporate art collections and the star event Late Night Art on Tuesday...

It's time to get together over a glass of wine and some nibbles to look back on our achievements over the past year, share our plans for the year ahead and take care of our annual governance business. We'd like to invite Heart of the City members to...

We recently held a safety meet-up for more than 40 interested businesses in the city centre. Members of the local Police Crime Prevention and Beat team gave us an overview of their role in the city centre, discussed prevention programmes such as...

Yesterday Auckland Transport confirmed that following public consultation they will be proceeding with changing Freyberg Place to a pedestrian mall – this change will take place from 15 October. We will be working with the High Street community to...

LPS is New Zealand’s largest Delivery and Transformation Services Consultancy. LPS New Zealand is a regarded innovator in project and transformation. We deliver high profile projects for New Zealand’s leading companies and organisations. LPS...

Park(ing) Day is celebrated around the world on 21 September - it's an annual event where community groups, architects and anyone else who's interested takes over on-street car parking spaces to create places for people for the day. Take a look at what's...

It’s nearly three years since early works for CRL began in the city centre, and with realistic video flythroughs of the stations being released and enabling works not too far from being complete, it’s getting easier to imagine the day (in about six years...

The eighth outing for our American Express Restaurant Month in August 2018 has been another success story for the city and for the businesses involved. Among the participating 108 restaurants, spending was up 9.7% compared to 2017’s event, to a...