IMAGE: SUPPLIEDThe demolition of historic buildings in Invercargill raised concerns and a lot of questions from commissioners at a resource consent hearing yesterday. HWCP Management Ltd presented its $200million project to the Invercargill City Council seeking approval for demolition of 14 buildings scheduled on the council district plan. The Bank of New South Wales in Dee St would be retained in full, while the facades of Cambridge Arcade, Coxhead and The Southland Times buildings would be maintained. On the site, the company would build a retail precinct at the block bounded by Tay, Dee, Esk and Kelvin Sts. Commissioner John Maassen questioned how Mr Cawte decided demolition of the building was the correct move as ``one month ago it was in the plan and now is not''.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 14:03 UTC