Aucklanders should be able to choose between living on large sections or "high rise shoe-box apartments", the developer a new subdivision on the city’s southern fringe, says.
Kevin McQuire’s company Addequity Limited has created a 26-lot lifestyle enclave at Waiau Pa, south of Auckland, west of Karaka, and overlooking the Manukau Harbour.
He said new home owners in the region should have the freedom to live on large sections if they wanted to – rather than live in a ‘compact’ city as proposed by the recently released Auckland Unitary Plan.
McQuire's development, Seagrove Landing, has sections ranging from 2500 sq m to 3950 sq m and priced from NZ$380,000 up to NZ$455,000 and is being marketed by Ben Jameson of Bayleys.
"With the theme of residential ‘compacting’ coming through the Auckland Unitary Plan, subdivisions like Seagrove Landing are going to become fewer and fewer as planning and building restrictions force more housing intensification on land when it becomes available,” Jameson said.
“As Auckland’s population continues to grow exponentially over the coming decades, the availability of substantial bare residential sections in premium locations is going to decrease.
That’s where Seagrove Landing comes into its own – with some big sections being offered," he said.
The Seagrove Landing development is named after one of Auckland’s little-known World War II military episodes.
Seagrove Aerodrome contained two airstrips and was first utilised by the United States Navy.
Hangers were built into a hillside, while barracks, mess halls, and a hospital were constructed to cater for 250 personnel.
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