Property Management

Apartment tower plan in Takapuna

Rick Martin's Cornerstone Group wants to build a 30-level apartment tower on a Takapuna block and hopes to sell half the units by January.

Sunday, November 23rd 2003

Some locals are unhappy about the plan. The head of a local business association fears Takapuna could become a dormitory suburb, robbed of its prime commercial land.

Martin, unveiling his plans yesterday, said he would apply next month to the North Shore City Council for resource consent to build the 120-unit block to be called The Sentinel.

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