An inner city Invercargill retailer of 54 years says it is difficult to remain upbeat about the state of the CBD and he fully backs Invercargill City Council investing in a major CBD development. Councillors are this week listening to public submissions in regard to if the Invercargill City Council should invest up to $30 million into HWCP Management Ltd's proposed CBD block development. Meanwhile, at the hearing Invercargill-based Medispace project director Mark Simmons confirmed his business was behind the proposed medical centre earmarked within the block. The company was now eyeing the CBD block for a medical hub in Invercargill. "Medispace sunk a six-figure sum into the pre-work for that [corner of Tay St and Deveron St] project in the expectation that it would happen, it was disappointing that it didn't.

Source: Stuff July 16, 2019 05:37 UTC