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A second option for developing 7 Tamariki Ave in Ōrewa – directly in front of The Nautilus apartment block – has come to light, and been granted resource consent.
Nautilus developer Rick Martin, of K Rd Investments, owns the building (now known as Coast HQ) and last year applied to demolish it and build an eight-storey high block of 73 apartments and ground floor retail (HM May 16, 2022).
That proposal was deemed by Auckland Council to require full public notification, and the applicant then put it on hold.
Since then, K Rd Investments has put in a new application, this time for a five storey building (20m) comprising 55 short-term visitor accommodation units and a rooftop garden.
Level 4 of the proposed building will extend above the podium of the Nautilus.
The consent decision states that privacy for Nautilus residents will be maintained by glazing and screening and that only the three east-end apartments of the Nautilus building, on levels 4, 5 and 6, will experience some shading during the early morning hours from the proposed building.
This application was granted by Council, without public notification, on May 17.
The site was put up for sale in recent months and whether or not that consented development eventuates will therefore be up to the new owner.
Last week real estate agent Dylan Turner of Ray White told the paper that negotiations are being finalised with a potential purchaser. Turner would not name the interested party, but describes them as “a local community stalwart”.
He expects that the sale could be completed by the end of next month.
Backstories May 16 and September 5, 2022
