PHOTO: SUPPLIED – Harcourts commercial sales and leasing managing director Mike Neale.

Hamilton’s central city is almost unrecognisable from five years ago thanks to a small group of local developers.

Many of the changes reflect the changing requirements of tenants, according to local Harcourts managing director Mike Neale.

For example, buildings are being renovated in Garden Place, which is surrounded by former insurance company and bank buildings dating back to the 1940s.

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