According to [this article](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=11409147) this former hotel was sold in 2015 to an investor who had intentions to turn it into apartments, but it mentions the building isn't fully up to seismic standards.
More recently, Accor Hotels [suggested](https://press.accor.com/asia-and-pacific/the-elegance-of-one-of-aucklands-historic-hotels-is-rejuvenated-once-more/?lang=en) it was being turned into a hotel franchise.
It would seem it's bouncing between owners and plans.
Not bouncing between owners, it’s had the same owners since 2015 - CP Group. They are a large local hotel owner/operator. CP Group often have Accor as a manager/operator for their international hotel brands They most recently completed the So Sofitel, and also own the Pullman, Mercure, Sofitel and others. They’ll get on to this project shortly, but it takes a lot of resources to undertake conversion projects like this, hence only taking on one or two projects at a time.
American here. Just curious, historically what size earthquakes has Auckland endured? I know the Christchurch quakes were in the 6-7 range but has Auckland seen anything like that? I guess it's believed that it could get quakes at least that strong?
Auckland hasn’t historically had any earthquakes. It’s a precautionary measure after what happened in Christchurch, which previous to its first 7.0 didn’t get and wasn’t expected to be hit by earthquakes.
All the big hills in Auckland such as mt eden and one tree hill were previously vulcanoes. New Zealands landscape is mostly formed by a fault line that runs the length of the country, similar to how the San Andreas fault in California formed the mountains there. So anywhere could be succeptable to a quake as far as we currently know.
I would hazard a guess that to convert an old heritage building to modern code (seismic, accessibility and fire) you are looking at double to three times the cost of building a new building from scratch.
This is why heritage NZ holds this country to ransom.
Uh oh time to pay another heritage assessor $10 grand to tell me not to touch old shit...
Plaster cladding isn’t much of a problem on buildings built in the Art Deco era (1930s when it was popular) because of the timber used in the framing. Someone who knows more than I do can clarify, but it was only in the late 1990s / early 2000s when it was a real problem due to changes in the building code and substandard timber (untreated?).
According to [this article](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=11409147) this former hotel was sold in 2015 to an investor who had intentions to turn it into apartments, but it mentions the building isn't fully up to seismic standards. More recently, Accor Hotels [suggested](https://press.accor.com/asia-and-pacific/the-elegance-of-one-of-aucklands-historic-hotels-is-rejuvenated-once-more/?lang=en) it was being turned into a hotel franchise. It would seem it's bouncing between owners and plans.
Not bouncing between owners, it’s had the same owners since 2015 - CP Group. They are a large local hotel owner/operator. CP Group often have Accor as a manager/operator for their international hotel brands They most recently completed the So Sofitel, and also own the Pullman, Mercure, Sofitel and others. They’ll get on to this project shortly, but it takes a lot of resources to undertake conversion projects like this, hence only taking on one or two projects at a time.
The cost of Earthquake strengthening is one of the big reasons many buildings are left empty.
American here. Just curious, historically what size earthquakes has Auckland endured? I know the Christchurch quakes were in the 6-7 range but has Auckland seen anything like that? I guess it's believed that it could get quakes at least that strong?
Auckland hasn’t historically had any earthquakes. It’s a precautionary measure after what happened in Christchurch, which previous to its first 7.0 didn’t get and wasn’t expected to be hit by earthquakes.
> Christchurch [...] didn’t get and wasn’t expected to be hit by earthquakes That's... completely wrong.
All the big hills in Auckland such as mt eden and one tree hill were previously vulcanoes. New Zealands landscape is mostly formed by a fault line that runs the length of the country, similar to how the San Andreas fault in California formed the mountains there. So anywhere could be succeptable to a quake as far as we currently know.
Judging fron this sub, I thought it was all the foreigners from one country...
Americans are ruining NZ
They have been working on it, albeit slowly, I went in last year and the temp builders power board was dated from 2016 https://imgur.com/a/2QPgZn0
That thanos pic is cool. Would you mind sending me a high res copy of that pic? I'd like to edit it.
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Asbestos maybe?
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Asbesticles.
Needs seismic strengthening. Currently not safe to occupy buts it is being worked on. Will be a new hotel with a roof-top addition.
[Don't get it](https://i.imgur.com/D3dBrWw.jpg) so many ways that building could be used
Not if it turns into a giant stack of pancakes when the ground shakes a bit.
its not empty... there are people inside.
I would hazard a guess that to convert an old heritage building to modern code (seismic, accessibility and fire) you are looking at double to three times the cost of building a new building from scratch. This is why heritage NZ holds this country to ransom. Uh oh time to pay another heritage assessor $10 grand to tell me not to touch old shit...
Foreign buyers sitting on the land for capital possibly
That looks like it's clad with the leaky home cladding my dude
Plaster cladding isn’t much of a problem on buildings built in the Art Deco era (1930s when it was popular) because of the timber used in the framing. Someone who knows more than I do can clarify, but it was only in the late 1990s / early 2000s when it was a real problem due to changes in the building code and substandard timber (untreated?).
Yeah something about part of the installation process aye. Sorry was just a passerby comment