Property

The average asking price of property in Southland has hit the $500,000 mark, but it hasn’t put off first home owners from purchasing. Southland is one of just four regions where the average asking price for residential properties increased from October to November, data from realestate.co.nz shows.

Invercargill’s new prominent HWR Tower building on the corner of Esk and Dee Street is starting to look impressive, moving into the final five months of the project.  Project manager Geoff Cotton said the tower crane will be removed next week, weather dependant, so they can then put the roof on the

The Hawthorndale Care Village began on site today (Friday 21st October) with a rather “BIG” and special start to the construction process. Transport World Director, Joc O’Donnell had kindly donated the 15-tonne CAT digger, used at their Dig This Experience based in Invercargill as an auction item al

Several big chain retailers are interested in moving South to establish their businesses in the old Farmers building – but no tenants have been confirmed yet. Rumours have been going around town that JB-HiFi and Chemist Warehouse are moving into the department store, but building owner Gaire Thompso

Construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village project in Invercargill is set to begin in October 2022. Hawthorndale Care Village Charitable Trust Working Group Member Paddy O’Brien said detailed design work was being completed and site work would get underway in early October on the $35 million proj

Work in developing a housing project at Invercargill’s Ascot Park Racecourse is getting closer to a start. Southland racing Club President Sean Bellew says first part of transformation of the front car park area in to a housing development is about to get underway. Bellew says the Racing Club is app

Update: Invercargill Central fly through video embedded below. It’s barreling along! That’s the state of play with progress on the building of Invercargill Central. whatsoninvers.nz had a walk through with new centre manager Kelvin Mooney through the week. We can only say that we are, and no doubt y

Invercargill Central Limited’s new centre manager Kelvin Mooney is one of the luckiest guys in town. Imagine being the first person to be handed the keys to the new multi-million dollar inner city development when Stage One opens on 14th of July. Beginning his new role in March, Kelvin is responsibl