Sounds like a plan
A major new office, retail and parking complex in Five Mile is among a host of new planning applications in the works.
The retail park's owners, Queenstown Gateway Ltd, want to build two buildings behind Woolworths, on Murchison Road. Murchison Tower would be six-storeys high, with shops and restaurants on ground floor and offices on the other five. Altogether it would provide 7,430sqm of floor space and be around 25 metres high - about 7m higher than the maximum allowed.
An adjoining car park building would have one level of basement parking and three levels above ground, all in providing 320 spaces. The company already has planning permission for buildings on the site, but has significantly changed the designs.
Other applications before Queenstown planners include a worker accommodation building at The Hills, with 18 rooms; Queenstown Trails' route for the Jack's Point / Hanley Farm connection to Kawarau Falls bridge; and 51 homes and 57 visitor accommodation apartments at Jack's Point.
Luma Enchanted at Kiwi Park also looks here to stay - they've applied to continue the show into the summer months, looking to extend from the original end date of 16 November to 30 April, 2026.
